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90_SB1071
20 ILCS 4010/2004 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1954
Amends the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities Law. Requires Senate advice and consent of the
Governor's appointments to the Council. Requires that,
beginning with terms beginning January 1998, the 8 voting
Council members representing local agencies, nongovernmental
agencies, and service groups shall include a school
superintendent, a special education director, and a private
special education facility director. 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. Of
15 the 8 voting members, one shall be a public school district
16 superintendent, one shall be a director of special education,
17 and one shall be a director of a private special education
18 facility. The requirements imposed by this amendatory Act of
19 1997 apply to terms of office beginning in or after January
20 1998.
21 (e) The Governor shall consider nominations made by
22 advocacy and community-based organizations.
23 (f) Of the initial members appointed by the Governor, 8
24 shall be appointed for terms of one year, 9 shall be
25 appointed for terms of 2 years, and 9 shall be appointed for
26 terms of 3 years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed
27 for terms of 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2
28 successive terms.
29 (g) Individual terms of office shall be chosen by lot at
30 the initial meeting of the council.
31 (h) Vacancies in the membership shall be filled in the
32 same manner as initial appointments. Appointments to fill
33 vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be
34 for the remainder of the unexpired term.
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1 (i) Members shall not receive compensation for their
2 services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses
3 plus up to $50 a day for any loss of wages incurred in the
4 performance of their duties.
5 (j) Total membership consists of the number of voting
6 members, as defined in this Section, excluding any vacant
7 positions. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of
8 total membership and shall be sufficient to constitute the
9 transaction of business of the council unless stipulated
10 otherwise in the bylaws of the council.
11 (k) The council shall meet at least quarterly.
12 (l) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his or
13 her designee, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the
14 council.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-1190; 87-447; 87-895; 87-1158.)
16 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
17 Sec. 2004. Council membership.
18 (a) The council shall be composed of 38 voting members,
19 27 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice
20 and consent of the Senate from residents of the State so as
21 to ensure that the membership reasonably represents consumers
22 of services to persons with developmental disabilities.
23 (b) Eleven voting members shall be the Directors of
24 Public Aid, Public Health, Aging, Children and Family
25 Services, the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State
26 protection and advocacy agency, the State Board of Education,
27 the Division of Specialized Care for Children of the
28 University of Illinois, and the State University Affiliated
29 Program, or their designees, plus the Secretary of Human
30 Services (or his or her designee) and one additional
31 representative of the Department of Human Services designated
32 by the Secretary.
33 (c) Nineteen voting members shall be persons with
34 developmental disabilities, parents or guardians of such
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1 persons, or immediate relatives or guardians of persons with
2 mentally impairing developmental disabilities. None of these
3 members shall be employees of a State agency which receives
4 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
5 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
6 1987, managing employees of any other entity which services
7 funds or provides services under the federal Developmental
8 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of
9 1987, or persons with an ownership or control interest in
10 such an entity. Of these members:
11 (1) At least 6 shall be persons with developmental
12 disabilities and at least 6 shall be immediate relatives
13 or guardians of persons with mentally impairing
14 developmental disabilities; and
15 (2) One member shall be an immediate relative or
16 guardian of an institutionalized or previously
17 institutionalized person with a developmental disability.
18 (d) Eight voting members shall be representatives of
19 local agencies, nongovernmental agencies and groups concerned
20 with services to persons with developmental disabilities. Of
21 the 8 voting members, one shall be a public school district
22 superintendent, one shall be a director of special education,
23 and one shall be a director of a private special education
24 facility. The requirements imposed by this amendatory Act of
25 1997 apply to terms of office beginning in or after January
26 1998.
27 (e) The Governor shall consider nominations made by
28 advocacy and community-based organizations.
29 (f) Of the initial members appointed by the Governor, 8
30 shall be appointed for terms of one year, 9 shall be
31 appointed for terms of 2 years, and 9 shall be appointed for
32 terms of 3 years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed
33 for terms of 3 years. No member shall serve more than 2
34 successive terms.
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1 (g) Individual terms of office shall be chosen by lot at
2 the initial meeting of the council.
3 (h) Vacancies in the membership shall be filled in the
4 same manner as initial appointments. Appointments to fill
5 vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be
6 for the remainder of the unexpired term.
7 (i) Members shall not receive compensation for their
8 services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses
9 plus up to $50 a day for any loss of wages incurred in the
10 performance of their duties.
11 (j) Total membership consists of the number of voting
12 members, as defined in this Section, excluding any vacant
13 positions. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of
14 total membership and shall be sufficient to constitute the
15 transaction of business of the council unless stipulated
16 otherwise in the bylaws of the council.
17 (k) The council shall meet at least quarterly.
18 (l) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or his or
19 her designee, shall serve as a nonvoting member of the
20 council.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
22 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
23 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
24 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
25 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
26 text does not accelerate or delay it the taking effect of (i)
27 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
28 any other Public Act.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.