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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1712
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1712 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 4        "Section  5.  The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
 5    changing Section 8.01 as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 105/8.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 6108.01)
 7        Sec.  8.01.   Coordinating   Committee;   members.    The
 8    Coordinating   Committee  of  State  Agencies  Serving  Older
 9    Persons shall consist of the Director of  the  Department  on
10    Aging  as Chairman, the Director of the Lieutenant Governor's
11    Office of Volunteer and  Senior  Action  Centers,  the  State
12    Superintendent of Education, the Secretary of Human Services,
13    the  Secretary  of  Transportation,  and the Directors of the
14    following Departments or agencies: Labor; Veterans'  Affairs;
15    Public  Health;  Public  Aid;  Children  and Family Services;
16    Commerce and Community Affairs; Insurance; Revenue;  Illinois
17    Housing Development Authority; and Comprehensive State Health
18    Planning.
19    (Source:  P.A.  88-54;  89-249,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-507,  eff.
20    7-1-97.)
21        Section 10.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
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 1    amended by changing Sections 46.53 and 67.35 as follows:
 2        (20 ILCS 605/46.53) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.53)
 3        Sec. 46.53. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
 4        (a)  There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
 5    Advisory  Board  consisting  of  7  members  appointed by the
 6    Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Of those
 7    7, 4 shall be appointed from a list  of  at  least  10  names
 8    submitted  by  the  boards  of  directors  from  the  various
 9    certified   community  programs.   Each  certified  community
10    program may submit only one recommendation to  be  considered
11    by  the  Governor.   The  Lieutenant Governor or his designee
12    shall be a member and serve as Chairman, except that (i) when
13    Section 6 of  Article  V  of  the  Illinois  Constitution  is
14    operative  the officer next in line of succession shall serve
15    as Chairman and (ii) until January 11, 1999  9,  1995,  while
16    the  office  of  Lieutenant Governor is otherwise vacant, the
17    powers and duties  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  under  this
18    Section  shall be carried out as provided in Section 67.35 of
19    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  The  Board  shall
20    meet at least quarterly at the discretion of the Chairman and
21    at such other times as the Chairman or any 4 members consider
22    necessary.  Four members shall constitute a quorum.
23        (b)  The  purpose  of  the Board shall be to assist local
24    governments and community organizations in:
25             (1)  educating  the  public  about  the   need   for
26        recycling and reducing solid waste;
27             (2)  promoting  the  establishment  of recycling and
28        programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
29        re-use and diversion;
30             (3)  developing local markets for recycled products;
31             (4)  cooperating with other State agencies and  with
32        local governments having environmental responsibilities;
33             (5)  seeking    funding    from   governmental   and
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 1        non-governmental sources.
 2        (c)  The Lieutenant Governor shall  employ  and  fix  the
 3    salary   of  a  Statewide  coordinator  who,  to  the  extent
 4    possible,  shall  assist  local  governments  and   community
 5    organizations  that  plan  to implement programs set forth in
 6    subsection (b).  The Board shall establish guidelines for the
 7    certification by the Board of local governments and community
 8    organizations.   Such  guidelines  shall  be  approved  by  a
 9    majority of the members of the Board.
10        The Statewide coordinator may encourage local governments
11    and community organizations to  apply  for  certification  of
12    programs  by  the  Board.  However, the Statewide coordinator
13    shall give equal consideration to  newly  certified  programs
14    and older certified programs.
15        The  Statewide coordinator shall submit proposed programs
16    to the Board.  The Board shall approve program proposals by a
17    majority vote of the quorum present.  In no event  shall  the
18    Board  veto  a  program  by a vote of fewer than 4 members. A
19    vetoed proposal may  be  resubmitted  to  the  Board  by  the
20    Statewide coordinator after necessary changes in the proposal
21    have been made.
22        The  Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a special
23    fund in the  State  treasury.   Moneys  from  any  public  or
24    private  source  may  be  deposited  into  the  Keep Illinois
25    Beautiful Fund.  Moneys in the Keep Illinois  Beautiful  Fund
26    shall  be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
27    Pursuant to action by the Board, the Lieutenant Governor  may
28    authorize  grants  from  moneys  appropriated  from  the Keep
29    Illinois  Beautiful  Fund  for  certified   community   based
30    programs  for  up  to  50%  of the cash needs of the program;
31    provided, that at least 50% of the needs of the program shall
32    be contributed to the program in cash, and not  in  kind,  by
33    local sources.
34        Moneys   appropriated   for   certified  community  based
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 1    programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000  population
 2    shall  be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
 3    other community.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-186; 88-553.)
 5        (20 ILCS 405/67.35)
 6        Sec.  67.35.  Matters  relating  to  the  Office  of  the
 7    Lieutenant Governor.
 8        (a)  It is the purpose of this Section to provide for the
 9    administration of the affairs of the Office of the Lieutenant
10    Governor during  a  period  when  the  Office  of  Lieutenant
11    Governor is vacant.
12        It  is the intent of the General Assembly that all powers
13    and duties of the Lieutenant Governor assumed  and  exercised
14    by   the   Director   of  Central  Management  Services,  the
15    Department  of  Central  Management  Services,   or   another
16    Director,  State  employee, or State agency designated by the
17    Governor under the provisions of this amendatory Act of  1998
18    1994  be  reassumed by the Lieutenant Governor on January 11,
19    1999 9, 1995.
20        (b)  Until January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office  of
21    Lieutenant  Governor  is  vacant,  the  Director  of  Central
22    Management  Services shall assume and exercise the powers and
23    duties given to the Lieutenant Governor  under  the  Illinois
24    Commission  on  Community  Service  Act Lieutenant Governor's
25    Office of Voluntary Action Act, Section 46.53  of  this  Code
26    (relating  to  the  Keep Illinois Beautiful program), Section
27    12-1  of  the  State  Finance  Act,  the  Employee  Ownership
28    Assistance Act, the Gifts and Grants to Government  Act,  and
29    the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation Act.
30        The  Director  of  Central  Management Services shall not
31    assume or  exercise  the  powers  and  duties  given  to  the
32    Lieutenant Governor under the Rural Bond Bank Act.
33        (c)  Until  January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office of
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 1    Lieutenant Governor is  vacant,  the  Department  of  Central
 2    Management  Services shall assume and exercise the powers and
 3    duties given to the Office of the Lieutenant  Governor  under
 4    Section  2-3.112  of  the  School  Code,  the  Illinois River
 5    Watershed Restoration Act, the Illinois Wildlife Prairie Park
 6    Act, Section 12-1 of the State Finance  Act,  the  Lieutenant
 7    Governor's  Office  of  Voluntary Action Act and the Illinois
 8    Distance Learning Foundation Act.
 9        (c-5)  Notwithstanding subsection (c): (i)  the  Governor
10    shall  appoint  an  interim  member,  who  shall  be  interim
11    chairperson, of the Illinois River Coordinating Council while
12    the office of the Lieutenant Governor is vacant until January
13    11,  1999  and  (ii)  the  Governor  shall appoint an interim
14    member, who shall be interim  chairperson,  of  the  Illinois
15    Wildlife  Prairie  Park  Commission  while  the office of the
16    Lieutenant Governor is vacant until January 11, 1999.
17        (d)  Until January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office  of
18    Lieutenant  Governor  is  vacant,  the  Department of Central
19    Management Services may assume and exercise  the  powers  and
20    duties that have been delegated to the Lieutenant Governor by
21    the Governor.
22        (e)  Until  January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office of
23    Lieutenant Governor is vacant, appropriations to  the  Office
24    of  the  Lieutenant Governor may be obligated and expended by
25    the Department  of  Central  Management  Services,  with  the
26    authorization of the Director of Central Management Services,
27    for  the  purposes  specified in those appropriations.  These
28    obligations and expenditures shall continue to  be  accounted
29    for  as  obligations  and  expenditures  of the Office of the
30    Lieutenant Governor.
31        (f)  Until January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office  of
32    Lieutenant Governor is vacant, all employees of the Office of
33    the  Lieutenant  Governor  who  are  needed  to carry out the
34    responsibilities of the Office are temporarily reassigned  to
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 1    the   Department   of   Central  Management  Services.   This
 2    reassignment shall not be deemed to constitute new employment
 3    or to change the terms or conditions  of  employment  or  the
 4    qualifications  required  of  the  employees, except that the
 5    reassigned employees shall be subject to supervision  by  the
 6    Department during the temporary reassignment period.
 7        (g)  Until  January 11, 1999 9, 1995, while the office of
 8    Lieutenant Governor is  vacant,  the  Department  of  Central
 9    Management Services shall temporarily assume and exercise the
10    powers  and  duties  of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
11    under  contracts  to  which  the  Office  of  the  Lieutenant
12    Governor is a party.  The assumption  of  rights  and  duties
13    under this subsection shall not be deemed to change the terms
14    or conditions of the contract.
15        The  Department of Central Management Services may amend,
16    extend, or terminate any such contract in accordance with its
17    terms; may agree to terminate a contract at  the  request  of
18    the  other party; and may, with the approval of the Governor,
19    enter into new contracts on  behalf  of  the  Office  of  the
20    Lieutenant Governor.
21        (h)  The  Governor  may  designate  a  State  employee or
22    director  other  than  the  Director  of  Central  Management
23    Services or a State  agency  other  than  the  Department  of
24    Central  Management  Services  to  assume  and  exercise  any
25    particular  power or duty that would otherwise be assumed and
26    exercised by the Director of Central Management  Services  or
27    the   Department   of   Central   Management  Services  under
28    subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Section.
29        Except as provided below, if the  Governor  designates  a
30    State employee or director other than the Director of Central
31    Management   Services  or  a  State  agency  other  than  the
32    Department of Central Management  Services,  that  person  or
33    agency  shall  be  responsible  for those duties set forth in
34    subsections (e), (f), and (g) that  directly  relate  to  the
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 1    designation of duties under subsections (b), (c), and (d).
 2        If  the  Governor's  designation relates to duties of the
 3    Commission on Community  Service  Voluntary  Action  Advisory
 4    Council  or the Distance Learning Foundation, the Director of
 5    Central Management Services and  the  Department  of  Central
 6    Management  Services  may,  if  so  directed by the Governor,
 7    continue to be responsible for  those  duties  set  forth  in
 8    subsections (e), (f), and (g) relating to that designation.
 9        (i)  Business  transacted  under  the  authority  of this
10    Section by entities other than the Office of  the  Lieutenant
11    Governor  shall be transacted on behalf of and in the name of
12    the Office of  the  Lieutenant  Governor.   Property  of  the
13    Office  of  the Lieutenant Governor shall remain the property
14    of that Office  and  may  continue  to  be  used  by  persons
15    performing  the  functions  of that Office during the vacancy
16    period, except as otherwise directed by the Governor.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-553; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
18        Section 13.  The Illinois Commission on Community Service
19    Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
20        (20 ILCS 710/10 new)
21        Sec. 10.  Civil Administrative Code.  To the extent  that
22    Section 67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
23    applicable to this Act, this Act is subject to the provisions
24    of   Section  67.35  of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
25    Illinois.
26        Section 15.  The Illinois River Watershed Restoration Act
27    is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
28        (20 ILCS 3967/15)
29        Sec. 15. Illinois River Coordinating Council.
30        (a)  There is established the Illinois River Coordinating
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 1    Council, consisting of 13 voting members to be  appointed  by
 2    the Governor. One member shall be the Lieutenant Governor who
 3    shall  serve  as  a  voting  member and as chairperson of the
 4    Council.  The Agency members of the Council shall include the
 5    Director, or his or her designee, of each  of  the  following
 6    agencies:    the Department of Agriculture, the Department of
 7    Commerce and Community Affairs,  the  Illinois  Environmental
 8    Protection  Agency,  the Department of Natural Resources, and
 9    the Department of Transportation.  In addition,  the  Council
10    shall   include   one  member  representing  Soil  and  Water
11    Conservation Districts located within the  Watershed  of  the
12    Illinois River and its tributaries and 6 members representing
13    local  communities,  not-for-profit  organizations working to
14    protect the Illinois River Watershed, business,  agriculture,
15    recreation,  conservation, and the environment.  The Governor
16    may,  at  his  or   her   discretion,   appoint   individuals
17    representing   federal  agencies  to  serve  as  ex  officio,
18    non-voting members.
19        (b)  Members of the Council  shall  serve  2-year  terms,
20    except  that  of the initial appointments, 5 members shall be
21    appointed to serve  3-year  terms  and  4  members  to  serve
22    one-year terms.
23        (c)  The Council shall meet at least quarterly.
24        (d)  The  Office  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  shall be
25    responsible for the operations of the  Council.   The  Office
26    may  reimburse  members  of  the  Council  for  ordinary  and
27    contingent  expenses  incurred  in the performance of Council
28    duties.
29        (e)  This Section is subject to the provisions of Section
30    67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-120, eff. 7-16-97.)
32        Section 20.  The Illinois Wildlife Prairie  Park  Act  is
33    amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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 1        (20 ILCS 4029/15)
 2        Sec.  15.  Illinois Wildlife Prairie Park Commission. The
 3    Illinois Wildlife  Prairie  Park  Commission  is  created  to
 4    accept  moneys  from  the  State  and other private or public
 5    entities on behalf of the Illinois Wildlife Prairie Park  and
 6    to  oversee  the financial management of any such moneys used
 7    for the benefit of the Illinois Wildlife Prairie  Park.   The
 8    Commission shall be composed of 5 members.  Membership of the
 9    Commission  shall be composed of the Lieutenant Governor, who
10    shall  be the chairman of the Commission, and 4 other persons
11    appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
12    Senate, who have  demonstrated  an  interest  in  recreation,
13    education,   and   the  conservation  of  natural  resources,
14    including the propagation of wild flowers and plants and  the
15    habitat  for  native  fauna.  All members shall be ex officio
16    directors of the board of the Foundation or the  Foundation's
17    successor.    Members  of  the  Commission  appointed  by the
18    Governor shall be appointed for terms of 4  years  and  until
19    their   successors   are  appointed;  provided  that  of  the
20    Commissioners first appointed, one shall serve a  term  of  2
21    years,  one  shall serve a term of 3 years, and 2 shall serve
22    terms of 4 years as determined by drawing lots.   Members  of
23    the  Commission  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
24    services,  except  for  their  actual  and necessary expenses
25    incurred in the performance of their official duties.   Three
26    members  of  the  Commission  shall constitute a quorum to do
27    business, and the concurrence of at least 3 members shall  be
28    necessary  for a decision.  The Commission shall hold regular
29    quarterly meetings.  Special meetings may be  called  by  the
30    chairperson  and shall be called on the request of a majority
31    of members, as may be required.
32        The Commission shall provide  for  the  proper  and  safe
33    keeping  of  its permanent records. It shall keep a system of
34    accounts showing a true and accurate record of  its  receipts
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 1    and  disbursements, and it shall cause an audit to be made of
 2    its books, records, and accounts.
 3        The records of the Commission shall be subject to  public
 4    inspection   at   all     reasonable  hours  and  under  such
 5    regulations as the members may prescribe.
 6        The Commission shall annually make a  full  and  complete
 7    report  to  the  Governor  and  the  General  Assembly of the
 8    transactions  and  operations  of  the  Commission  for   the
 9    preceding year.  The report shall contain a full statement of
10    the  Commission's  receipts and disbursements and the program
11    of  work  for  the  period  covered,  and  may  include  such
12    recommendations as may be  deemed advisable.
13        This Section is subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section
14    67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-501, eff. 8-19-97.)
16        Section 25.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
17    Section 12-1 as follows:
18        (30 ILCS 105/12-1) (from Ch. 127, par. 148-1)
19        Sec. 12-1. Travel control boards.
20        (a)  The following travel control boards are created with
21    the members and jurisdiction set forth below:
22             (1)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
23        Office of the Attorney General consisting of the Attorney
24        General as chairman and  2  members  of  his  supervisory
25        staff   appointed   by   him.    The   board  shall  have
26        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
27             (2)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
28        Office   of  the  State  Comptroller  consisting  of  the
29        Comptroller as chairman and 2 members of his  supervisory
30        staff   appointed   by   him.    The   board  shall  have
31        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
32             (3)  The Higher Education Travel Control Board shall
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 1        consist of 11 members, one to be appointed by each of the
 2        following:  the Board of Trustees of  the  University  of
 3        Illinois,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of Southern Illinois
 4        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Chicago  State
 5        University, the Board of  Trustees  of  Eastern  Illinois
 6        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of Governors State
 7        University, the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Illinois  State
 8        University,   the   Board  of  Trustees  of  Northeastern
 9        Illinois University, the Board of  Trustees  of  Northern
10        Illinois  University,  the  Board  of Trustees of Western
11        Illinois University, the Illinois Community College Board
12        and the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  Each  member
13        shall  be  an  officer,  member  or employee of the board
14        making the appointment, or of an institution governed  or
15        maintained   by   such   board.   The  board  shall  have
16        jurisdiction  over  travel  by  the   Board   of   Higher
17        Education,  the  Board  of  Trustees of the University of
18        Illinois, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern  Illinois
19        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Chicago  State
20        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees of Eastern Illinois
21        University, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Governors  State
22        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Illinois State
23        University,  the  Board  of  Trustees   of   Northeastern
24        Illinois  University,  the  Board of Trustees of Northern
25        Illinois University, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Western
26        Illinois   University,  the  Illinois  Community  College
27        Board, the State Community College of East St. Louis, the
28        Illinois  State   Scholarship   Commission,   the   State
29        Universities  Retirement  System,  the  University  Civil
30        Service  Merit  Board,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the
31        Illinois   Mathematics   and  Science  Academy   and  all
32        employees of the named Boards, Commission and System  and
33        of  the  institutions governed or maintained by the named
34        Boards.  The Higher Education Travel Control Board  shall
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 1        select a chairman from among its members.
 2             (4)  The  Legislative  Travel  Control  Board  shall
 3        consist of the following members serving ex-officio:  The
 4        Auditor  General  as  chairman,  the  President  and  the
 5        Minority  Leader  of  the  Senate and the Speaker and the
 6        Minority Leader of the  House  of  Representatives.   The
 7        board  shall  have  jurisdiction over travel by employees
 8        of:   the  General  Assembly,  legislative   boards   and
 9        commissions,  the  Office  of the Auditor General and all
10        legislative agencies.
11             (5)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
12        Office  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  consisting  of the
13        Lieutenant Governor as chairman  and  2  members  of  his
14        supervisory staff appointed by him.  The board shall have
15        jurisdiction  over travel by employees of the office. The
16        Travel Control Board within the office of the  Lieutenant
17        Governor is subject to the provisions of Section 67.35 of
18        the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
19             (6)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
20        Office of  the  Secretary  of  State  consisting  of  the
21        Secretary  of  State  as  chairman,  and 2 members of his
22        supervisory staff appointed by him.  The board shall have
23        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
24             (7)  A Travel Control Board is  created  within  the
25        Judicial  Branch  consisting  of a chairman and 2 members
26        appointed by the Supreme  Court.  The  board  shall  have
27        jurisdiction  over  travel  by  personnel of the Judicial
28        Branch, except the circuit courts and the judges.
29             (8)  A Travel Control Board  is  created  under  the
30        State   Board  of  Education,  consisting  of  the  State
31        Superintendent of Education as chairman, and 2 members of
32        his supervisory staff appointed by  the  State  Board  of
33        Education.  The Board shall have jurisdiction over travel
34        by employees of the State Board of Education.
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 1             (9)  A  Travel  Control  Board is created within the
 2        Office of the State Treasurer, consisting  of  the  State
 3        Treasurer  as  chairman  and 2 members of his supervisory
 4        staff  appointed  by   him.    The   board   shall   have
 5        jurisdiction over travel by employees of the office.
 6             (10)  A  Governor's  Travel Control Board is created
 7        consisting of the Governor ex-officio as chairman, and  2
 8        members  appointed  by the Governor. The board shall have
 9        jurisdiction over travel by employees and officers of all
10        State agencies as defined in the Illinois State  Auditing
11        Act,  except  for  the following:  judges, members of the
12        General Assembly, elected constitutional officers of  the
13        State,  the  Auditor  General,  and  personnel  under the
14        jurisdiction of another travel control board  created  by
15        statute.
16        (a-5)  The  Commissioner  of  Banks  and Real Estate, the
17    Prisoner Review Board,  and  the  State  Fire  Marshal  shall
18    submit  to  the Governor's Travel Control Board the quarterly
19    reports required by regulation pertaining to their  employees
20    reimbursed for housing.
21        (b)  Each  travel  control  board created by this Section
22    shall meet at the call of the chairman at least quarterly  to
23    review   all  vouchers,  or  a  report  thereof,  for  travel
24    reimbursements involving an exception  to  the  State  Travel
25    Regulations  and  Rates.   Each  travel  control  board shall
26    prescribe the procedures for  submission  of  an  information
27    copy  of  vouchers  involving  an  exception  to  the general
28    provisions established by the State  Travel  Regulations  and
29    Reimbursement Rates.
30        (c)  Any  chairman  or  member  of a travel control board
31    may, with the consent of the respective appointing  official,
32    designate  a  deputy  to  serve  in  his  place at any or all
33    meetings of the board.  The designation shall be  in  writing
34    and directed to the chairman of the board.
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 1        (d)  No  member  of  a  travel  control board may receive
 2    additional compensation for his service as a member.
 3        (e)  A report of the travel reimbursement claims reviewed
 4    by each travel  control  board  shall  be  submitted  to  the
 5    Legislative  Audit  Commission at least once each quarter and
 6    that Commission shall comment on  all  such  reports  in  its
 7    annual reports to the General Assembly.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-214, eff. 8-4-95; 89-508,
 9    eff. 7-3-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
10        Section  30.   The  Gifts and Grants to Government Act is
11    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
12        (30 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 168-81)
13        Sec. 1.   The  Governor,  Lieutenant  Governor,  Attorney
14    General,  Secretary  of  State, Comptroller and Treasurer may
15    accept monetary gifts  or  grants  from  any  nongovernmental
16    source, upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed, and
17    may  expend,  subject  to appropriation, such gifts or grants
18    for any purpose necessary or desirable in the exercise of the
19    powers or the performance of the duties of their offices.
20        Until January 11, 1999  9,  1995,  while  the  office  of
21    Lieutenant  Governor  is vacant, the powers and duties of the
22    Lieutenant Governor under this Act shall be  carried  out  as
23    provided in Section 67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of
24    Illinois.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-553.)
26        Section  35.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
27    Section 2-3.112 as follows:
28        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.112)
29        Sec. 2-3.112.  Service evaluation reports.
30        (a)  The Service Evaluation Committee is  hereby  created
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 1    to  design  and develop, under the direction of the Office of
 2    the  Lieutenant  Governor,  a  form  to  be  used  by  school
 3    districts as provided in this Section  to  annually  evaluate
 4    the  nature  and  quality  of the services furnished to those
 5    school districts by the State  Board  of  Education  and  the
 6    regional   offices   of  education.  The  Service  Evaluation
 7    Committee shall be composed of 7 members, consisting  of  one
 8    member  from  each  of  the following entities, designated in
 9    each case by the governing board of the entity from which the
10    member is designated:
11             (1)  the Regional Superintendents Association;
12             (2)  the  staff  employed  by  the  State  Board  of
13        Education;
14             (3)  the Illinois Parent Teacher Association;
15             (4)  the Illinois Education Association;
16             (5)  the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
17             (6)  the Illinois Association of School Boards; and
18             (7)  the    Illinois    Association    of     School
19        Administrators.
20    Members  of  the  Service Evaluation Committee shall serve at
21    the pleasure of the governing board of the  entity  by  which
22    they  are  designated  to  serve as members of the Committee.
23    Committee members shall serve without compensation but  shall
24    be   reimbursed   for  the  reasonable  expenses  which  they
25    necessarily   incur   in    the    performance    of    their
26    responsibilities as members of the Committee.
27        (b)  Under  the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant
28    Governor, the Committee, at periodic intervals not to  exceed
29    3  years, shall review the form to be used for the evaluation
30    and make any modifications in the form that it determines are
31    necessary.  The design, development,  and  any  modifications
32    that are to be made to the form shall be determined not later
33    than August 1 of each year, beginning in 1998.
34        (c)  The  Office  of  the Lieutenant Governor shall cause
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 1    the form  of  evaluation  as  last  designed,  developed,  or
 2    modified  under this Section to be printed and distributed to
 3    the board of education of each school district in  the  State
 4    not later than September 1 of each year, beginning in 1998.
 5        (d)  The   president   of   the  board  of  education  is
 6    authorized to cause the evaluation form to be  completed  and
 7    may  sign the form as president of the board of education and
 8    forward the completed form to the Office  of  the  Lieutenant
 9    Governor not later than November 1 of each year, beginning in
10    1998.  Before completing and signing the evaluation form, the
11    president,  acting  through  the  board  of  education, shall
12    request and receive comments, opinions, and other input  from
13    the   district's   administrators,   teachers,   and  teacher
14    organizations to assist the board of education in evaluating,
15    rating, and reporting, on the form to be transmitted  to  the
16    Office  of the Lieutenant Governor, the nature and quality of
17    the services furnished to the district by the State Board  of
18    Education  and  the  regional  office  of  education  for the
19    educational service region in which the  school  district  is
20    located.
21        (e)  The  Office  of the Lieutenant Governor shall review
22    and tally the results of all evaluation forms  received  from
23    the  several  school  districts  of  the  State  and submit a
24    written report of the evaluation results to the Governor, the
25    General  Assembly,  the  members  of  the  State   Board   of
26    Education,  and  each of the several regional superintendents
27    of schools not later than December 15 of each year, beginning
28    in 1998.  The Office of the Lieutenant  Governor,  in  making
29    the  annual written report required by this subsection, shall
30    not report, publish,  or  otherwise  release  the  evaluation
31    results  separately for any regional offices of education but
32    instead the evaluation results with respect to  the  regional
33    offices  of  education  shall  be  tallied and reported on an
34    aggregate or composite basis, in  such  manner  as  to  avoid
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 1    reporting   evaluation   results  on  a  regional  office  of
 2    education by regional office of education basis.
 3        (f)  This Section is subject to the provisions of Section
 4    67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
 5    (Source: P.A.  89-212,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;
 6    90-96, eff. 1-1-98; 90-498, eff. 1-1-98.)
 7        Section  40.   The  Illinois Distance Learning Foundation
 8    Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 9        (105 ILCS 40/5)
10        Sec. 5. Creation of  Foundation.   The  General  Assembly
11    authorizes   the  Lieutenant  Governor,  in  accordance  with
12    Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to create
13    the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation.   Pursuant to this
14    authority, the Lieutenant Governor shall create the  Illinois
15    Distance  Learning Foundation as a not-for-profit foundation.
16    The Lieutenant Governor shall file articles of  incorporation
17    as  required under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act
18    of 1986 to create the Foundation.  The Foundation's Board  of
19    Directors  shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from
20    time  to  time.   The  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  serve  as
21    Chairman of the Board of Directors of  the  Foundation.   The
22    Director  of the Governor's Rural Affairs Council shall serve
23    as the initial Director of the Foundation.  No member of  the
24    Board  of  Directors  may receive compensation for his or her
25    services to the Foundation.
26        Until January 11, 1999  9,  1995,  while  the  office  of
27    Lieutenant  Governor  is vacant, the powers and duties of the
28    Lieutenant Governor and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor
29    under this Act shall be carried out as  provided  in  Section
30    67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
31    (Source: P.A. 88-146; 88-553.)
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.".

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