Full Text of SB0367 99th General Assembly
SB0367 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0367 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 775 ILCS 5/8-101 | from Ch. 68, par. 8-101 |
| Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the Human Rights Commission.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 8-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-101. Illinois Human Rights Commission)
| 8 | | (A) Creation; appointments. The The Human Rights | 9 | | Commission is created to consist
of 13 members appointed by the | 10 | | Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate. No more | 11 | | than 7 members shall be of the same political party. The
| 12 | | Governor shall designate one member as chairperson. All | 13 | | appointments shall
be in writing and filed with the Secretary | 14 | | of State as a public record.
| 15 | | (B) Terms. Of the members first appointed, 4 shall be | 16 | | appointed for a
term to expire on the third Monday of January, | 17 | | 1981, and 5 (including the
Chairperson) shall be appointed for | 18 | | a term to expire on the third Monday
of January, 1983.
| 19 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 20 | | contrary, the term
of office of each member of the Illinois | 21 | | Human Rights Commission is
abolished on July 29, 1985, but the
| 22 | | incumbent members shall continue to exercise all of the powers | 23 | | and be
subject to all of the duties of members of the |
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| 1 | | Commission until
their respective successors are appointed and | 2 | | qualified. Subject to the
provisions of subsection (A), of the | 3 | | 9 members appointed under Public Act
84-115, effective July 29, | 4 | | 1985, 5 members shall be appointed for terms to
expire on the | 5 | | third Monday of January, 1987, and 4 members shall be
appointed | 6 | | for terms to expire on the third Monday of January, 1989; and
| 7 | | of the 4 additional members appointed under Public Act 84-1084,
| 8 | | effective December 2, 1985, two shall be
appointed for a term | 9 | | to expire on the third Monday of January, 1987, and
two members | 10 | | shall be appointed for a term to expire on the third Monday
of | 11 | | January, 1989.
| 12 | | Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term of 4 years
| 13 | | and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified; | 14 | | except that any
member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring | 15 | | otherwise than by expiration of
a term shall be appointed only | 16 | | for the unexpired term of the member whom
he or she shall | 17 | | succeed and until his or her successor is appointed and
| 18 | | qualified.
| 19 | | (C) Vacancies. | 20 | | (1) In the case of vacancies on the Commission during
a | 21 | | recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary | 22 | | appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when he or | 23 | | she shall appoint a person
to fill the vacancy. Any person | 24 | | so nominated and confirmed by the Senate
shall hold office | 25 | | for the remainder of the term and until his or her | 26 | | successor
is appointed and qualified.
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| 1 | | (2) If the Senate is not in session at the time this | 2 | | Act takes effect,
the Governor shall make temporary | 3 | | appointments to the Commission as in the
case of vacancies.
| 4 | | (3) Vacancies in the Commission shall not impair the | 5 | | right of the remaining
members to exercise all the powers | 6 | | of the Commission. Except when authorized
by this Act to | 7 | | proceed through a 3 member panel, a majority of the members
| 8 | | of the Commission then in office shall constitute a quorum.
| 9 | | (D) Compensation. The Chairperson of the Commission shall | 10 | | be compensated
at the rate of $22,500 per year, or as set by | 11 | | the Compensation Review
Board, whichever is greater, during his | 12 | | or her service as Chairperson,
and each other member shall be | 13 | | compensated at the rate of $20,000 per
year, or as set by the | 14 | | Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
In addition, | 15 | | all members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for expenses
| 16 | | actually and necessarily incurred by them
in the performance of | 17 | | their duties.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1308 .)
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