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90_SB1925
New Act
25 ILCS 5/3.1 from Ch. 63, par. 3.1
Creates the State Government Building Safety Commission
Act. Creates the State Government Building Safety Commission
consisting of the Director of State Police, the Director of
Security for the Office of the Secretary of State, and 8
members of the General Assembly, 2 each appointed by the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House and the President
and Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides that the
Commission shall study security procedures of the 50 states
at each state capitol building and other primary office
buildings of each state government and shall make its
recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or
before December 30, 1998 for the implementation of increased
security procedures for the Capitol Building, Stratton
Building, the Michael J. Howlett Building, the James R.
Thompson Center, and the State of Illinois Building. Permits
the Commission to keep the report confidential. Amends the
General Assembly Organization Act to exempt the report on
security from the public filing requirements of reports
submitted to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to create the State Government Building Safety
2 Commission and amending a named Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 State Government Building Safety Commission Act.
7 Section 5. State Government Building Safety Commission.
8 (a) There is created the State Government Building
9 Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission)
10 consisting of 2 members of the Senate appointed by the
11 President of the Senate, 2 members of the Senate appointed by
12 the Minority Leader of the Senate, 2 members of the House of
13 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, 2
14 members of the House of Representatives appointed by the
15 Minority Leader of the House, the Director of State Police,
16 ex-officio, and the Director of Security for the Office of
17 the Secretary of State, ex-officio.
18 (b) The members of the Commission shall serve without
19 compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
20 necessary expenses from funds appropriated by the General
21 Assembly for that purpose.
22 (c) The Commission shall meet initially at the call of
23 the Director of State Police, shall select one of its members
24 as chairperson at its initial meeting, shall thereafter meet
25 at the call of the chairperson, may hold hearings in closed
26 session, and shall receive the assistance of those agencies
27 it deems appropriate.
28 (d) The Commission shall survey security procedures of
29 the 50 states at each state capitol building and other
30 primary office buildings of each state government, including
31 the staffing and training of full-time security personnel
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1 employed in those buildings, and the use of metal detectors
2 and other screening devices. The Commission shall make
3 recommendations for implementation of increased security
4 procedures for the following buildings: the Capitol
5 Building, the Stratton Building, and the Michael J. Howlett
6 Building in Springfield, Illinois and the James R. Thompson
7 Center and the State of Illinois Building in Chicago,
8 Illinois.
9 The Commission shall report its findings to the Governor
10 and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 1998. The
11 report may be kept confidential at the discretion of the
12 Commission, except that the report shall be disclosed to the
13 President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
14 Minority Leader of the House, the Secretary of State, and the
15 Governor. The provisions of Section 3.1 of the General
16 Assembly Organization Act do not apply to the report
17 submitted under this Section.
18 Section 105. The General Assembly Organization Act is
19 amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
20 (25 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 63, par. 3.1)
21 Sec. 3.1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 of
22 the State Government Building Safety Commission Act, whenever
23 any law or resolution requires a report to the General
24 Assembly, that reporting requirement shall be satisfied by
25 filing one copy of the report with each of the following:
26 the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House
27 of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and
28 the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
29 Unit. Additional copies shall be filed with the State
30 Government Report Distribution Center for the General
31 Assembly as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the
32 State Library Act.
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1 (Source: P.A. 83-1257.)
2 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.