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Public Act 100-0131
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for |
Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act is amended by changing |
Section 10 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 4095/10)
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Sec. 10. Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force. |
(a) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force is created. |
(b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons |
with Disabilities Task Force shall be appointed and hold its |
first meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this |
Act, be convened by the Governor, and operate with |
administrative support from the Illinois Department of Human |
Services Employment Security. |
(c) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following |
representatives of State Government: a high-ranking member of |
the Governor's management team, designated by the Governor; |
representatives of each division of the Department of Human |
Services, designated by the Secretary of Human Services; the |
Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or his or her |
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designee; the Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her |
designee; the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or |
his or her designee; the Director of Employment Security or his |
or her designee; the Executive Director of the Illinois Council |
on Developmental Disabilities or his or her designee; and the |
State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee. |
(d) The Task Force shall also consist of no more than 15 |
public members who shall be appointed by the Governor and who |
represent the following constituencies: statewide |
organizations that advocate for persons with physical, |
developmental and psychiatric disabilities, entities with |
expertise in assistive technology devices and services for |
persons with disabilities, advocates for veterans with |
disabilities, centers for independent living, disability |
services providers, organized labor, higher education, the |
private sector business community, entities that provide |
employment and training services to persons with disabilities, |
and at least 5 persons who have a disability. |
(e) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the |
representative of the Governor and a public member who shall be |
chosen by the other public members of the Task Force. |
(f) The Task Force members shall serve voluntarily and |
without compensation. Persons with disabilities serving on the |
Task Force shall be accommodated to enable them to fully |
participate in Task Force activities. |
(g) The co-chairs of the Task Force shall extend an |
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invitation to chairs and minority spokespersons of appropriate |
legislative committees to attend all meetings of the Task |
Force, and may invite other individuals who are not members of |
the Task Force to participate in subcommittees of the Task |
Force or to take part in discussions of topics for which those |
individuals have particular expertise. |
(h) The Task Force shall coordinate its work with existing |
State advisory bodies whose work may include employment and |
economic opportunity for persons with disabilities.
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(Source: P.A. 96-368, eff. 8-13-09; 97-1066, eff. 8-24-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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