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90_SB0237
20 ILCS 4010/2004 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1954
Amends the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities Law. Provides that 27 of the 38 voting members
of the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities shall be appointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate (now appointed by the
Governor). Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Planning Council on
2 Developmental Disabilities Law by changing Section 2004.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Planning Council on
6 Developmental Disabilities Law is amended by changing Section
7 2004 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 4010/2004) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1954)
9 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
10 Sec. 2004. Council membership.
11 (a) The council shall be composed of 38 voting members,
12 27 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice
13 and consent of the Senate from residents of the State so as
14 to ensure that the membership reasonably represents consumers
15 of services to persons with developmental disabilities.
16 (b) Eleven voting members shall be the Directors of
17 Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Public Aid,
18 Rehabilitation Services, Public Health, Aging, Children and
19 Family Services, the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission,
20 the State protection and advocacy agency, the State Board of
21 Education, the Division of Specialized Care for Children of
22 the University of Illinois, and the State University
23 Affiliated Program, or their designees.
24 (c) Nineteen voting members shall be persons with
25 developmental disabilities, parents or guardians of such
26 persons, or immediate relatives or guardians of persons with
27 mentally impairing developmental disabilities. None of these
28 members shall be employees of a State agency which receives
29 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
30 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
31 1987, managing employees of any other entity which services
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1 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
2 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
3 1987, or persons with an ownership or control interest in
4 such an entity. Of these members:
5 (1) At least 6 shall be persons with developmental
6 disabilities and at least 6 shall be immediate relatives
7 or guardians of persons with mentally impairing
8 developmental disabilities; and
9 (2) One member shall be an immediate relative or
10 guardian of an institutionalized or previously
11 institutionalized person with a developmental disability.
12 (d) Eight voting members shall be representatives of
13 local agencies, nongovernmental agencies and groups concerned
14 with services to persons with developmental disabilities.
15 (e) The Governor shall consider nominations made by
16 advocacy and community-based organizations.
17 (f) Of the initial members appointed by the Governor, 8
18 shall be appointed for terms of one year, 9 shall be
19 appointed for terms of 2 years, and 9 shall be appointed for
20 terms of 3 years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed
21 for terms of 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2
22 successive terms.
23 (g) Individual terms of office shall be chosen by lot at
24 the initial meeting of the council.
25 (h) Vacancies in the membership shall be filled in the
26 same manner as initial appointments. Appointments to fill
27 vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be
28 for the remainder of the unexpired term.
29 (i) Members shall not receive compensation for their
30 services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses
31 plus up to $50 a day for any loss of wages incurred in the
32 performance of their duties.
33 (j) Total membership consists of the number of voting
34 members, as defined in this Section, excluding any vacant
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1 positions. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of
2 total membership and shall be sufficient to constitute the
3 transaction of business of the council unless stipulated
4 otherwise in the bylaws of the council.
5 (k) The council shall meet at least quarterly.
6 (l) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his or
7 her designee, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the
8 council.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-1190; 87-447; 87-895; 87-1158.)
10 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
11 Sec. 2004. Council membership.
12 (a) The council shall be composed of 38 voting members,
13 27 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice
14 and consent of the Senate from residents of the State so as
15 to ensure that the membership reasonably represents consumers
16 of services to persons with developmental disabilities.
17 (b) Eleven voting members shall be the Directors of
18 Public Aid, Public Health, Aging, Children and Family
19 Services, the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State
20 protection and advocacy agency, the State Board of Education,
21 the Division of Specialized Care for Children of the
22 University of Illinois, and the State University Affiliated
23 Program, or their designees, plus the Secretary of Human
24 Services (or his or her designee) and one additional
25 representative of the Department of Human Services designated
26 by the Secretary.
27 (c) Nineteen voting members shall be persons with
28 developmental disabilities, parents or guardians of such
29 persons, or immediate relatives or guardians of persons with
30 mentally impairing developmental disabilities. None of these
31 members shall be employees of a State agency which receives
32 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
33 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
34 1987, managing employees of any other entity which services
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1 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
2 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
3 1987, or persons with an ownership or control interest in
4 such an entity. Of these members:
5 (1) At least 6 shall be persons with developmental
6 disabilities and at least 6 shall be immediate relatives
7 or guardians of persons with mentally impairing
8 developmental disabilities; and
9 (2) One member shall be an immediate relative or
10 guardian of an institutionalized or previously
11 institutionalized person with a developmental disability.
12 (d) Eight voting members shall be representatives of
13 local agencies, nongovernmental agencies and groups concerned
14 with services to persons with developmental disabilities.
15 (e) The Governor shall consider nominations made by
16 advocacy and community-based organizations.
17 (f) Of the initial members appointed by the Governor, 8
18 shall be appointed for terms of one year, 9 shall be
19 appointed for terms of 2 years, and 9 shall be appointed for
20 terms of 3 years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed
21 for terms of 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2
22 successive terms.
23 (g) Individual terms of office shall be chosen by lot at
24 the initial meeting of the council.
25 (h) Vacancies in the membership shall be filled in the
26 same manner as initial appointments. Appointments to fill
27 vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be
28 for the remainder of the unexpired term.
29 (i) Members shall not receive compensation for their
30 services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses
31 plus up to $50 a day for any loss of wages incurred in the
32 performance of their duties.
33 (j) Total membership consists of the number of voting
34 members, as defined in this Section, excluding any vacant
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1 positions. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of
2 total membership and shall be sufficient to constitute the
3 transaction of business of the council unless stipulated
4 otherwise in the bylaws of the council.
5 (k) The council shall meet at least quarterly.
6 (l) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his or
7 her designee, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the
8 council.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
10 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
11 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
12 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
13 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
14 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
15 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
16 any other Public Act.
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.