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91_SB1915
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
2 1995 by changing Section 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995
6 is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 4027/10)
8 Sec. 10. Illinois Violence Prevention Authority. There
9 is hereby created the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
10 (hereafter "Authority") which shall be chaired jointly by the
11 Attorney General and the Director of Public Health and shall
12 also include: the Secretary of State (or his or her
13 designee); the Director of the Administrative Office of the
14 Illinois Courts (or his or her designee); the Secretary of
15 Human Services (or his or her designee) plus 2 additional
16 representatives of the Department of Human Services
17 designated by the Secretary; the director or designee of the
18 following departments of State government: the Department of
19 State Police, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
20 Authority, the Department of Children and Family Services,
21 the Department on Aging, the State Board of Education, and
22 the Department of Corrections; the chair or designee of the
23 Authority's Youth Advisory Board, who is entitled to vote as
24 a member of the Authority if 16 years of age or older; and 10
25 public members representing health, criminal justice, and
26 civic associations or organizations working in the area of
27 violence prevention, 5 each appointed by the Attorney General
28 and the Director of Public Health. Appointed members serve
29 3-year terms and may be reappointed for an unlimited number
30 of terms.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-284, eff. 1-1-00.)
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1 Section 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.