Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 4/4/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 229




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 229 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 10 and  by adding Section 25 as 
6follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 50/10)

8    Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership.   The 
9Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a 
10centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the 
11public, of information relating to appointed positions on the 
12State's boards and commissions.
13    The database shall include, at a minimum:
14        (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and 
15    responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the 
16    State's boards and commissions.
 
 
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1        (2) The name and term of each current appointed member 
2    of a board or commission.
3        (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of 
4    each of the State's boards and commissions.
5        (4) Information as to how a person may apply for 
6    appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform 
7    application that may be downloaded and printed or that may 
8    be submitted electronically. Such application shall 
9    include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his 
10    or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for 
11    reporting purposes. 
12        (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's 
13    website that allows the public to search Statements of 
14    Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.


15(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
16    (15 ILCS 50/25 new)
17    Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning 
18October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor 
19shall file a report with the General Assembly and the 
20Legislative Research Unit detailing the following information:
21        (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender, 
22    and disability status) of each appointment made by the 
23    Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30 
24    of the reporting year;
25        (2) the aggregate demographic information for those 
 
 
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1    persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's 
2    office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior 
3    year through June 30 of the reporting year; and
4        (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial 
5    appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of 
6    June 30 of the reporting year.
7    The Legislative Research Unit shall publish an annual 
8report detailing the demographic composition of the 
9gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task 
10force as of the date of the report.".