Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/5/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4437 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4437, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 2310-635 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-635  new)
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    Sec. 2310-635. Student athletes; EKG test required. The 
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Department shall require an electrocardiogram (EKG) test as 
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part of the health examination that student athletes are 
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required to undergo.  Notwithstanding any other rulemaking 
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authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency 
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or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any 
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authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce 
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the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
 


 






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Assembly.  If, however, the Governor believes that rules are 
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necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may 
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suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the 
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Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by 
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requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking 
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by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other 
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appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion.   
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Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
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Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority 
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under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not 
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otherwise explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory 
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Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor.".