HB1023sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 2/13/2018

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1023

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1023 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 405-526 as follows:

(20 ILCS 405/405-526 new)

Sec. 405-526. Support Your Neighbor Commission.

(a) The Support Your Neighbor Commission is created within the Department of Central Management Services to help increase the number of American and Illinois made products procured and sold by the State.

(b) The Commission shall be composed of:

(1) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(3) one member appointed by the President of the Senate;

(4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;

(5) one member appointed by the Governor to represent labor organizations representing manufacturing employees with over 500,000 members;

(6) one member appointed by the Governor to represent auto workers' unions;

(7) one member appointed by the Governor to represent machinist workers' unions;

(8) one member appointed by the Governor to represent garment workers' unions;

(9) one member appointed by the Governor to represent statewide business groups representing American manufacturers;

(10) one member appointed by the Governor to represent the auto industry manufacturing sector;

(11) one member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of construction equipment and farm implement manufacturing; and

(12) one member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of the American garment industry.

(c) In addition to the members listed in subsection (b), each of the following, or their designee, shall serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the Commission: the Director of Central Management Services, the Director of Labor, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Executive Director of the Board of Higher Education, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Director of Natural Resources.

(d) Appointed members shall serve a term of 4 years. The initial terms for members of the Commission shall commence within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.

(e) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, from appropriations to the Department of Central Management Services available for that purpose and subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board.

(f) Except ex-officio members, the members of the Commission shall be considered members with voting rights. A quorum of the Commission members shall consist of a majority of the members of the Commission. All actions and recommendations of the Commission must be approved by a majority vote of the members.

(g) Vacancies occurring among the members shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members are eligible for reappointment.

(h) The Commission shall file a report by December 31 of each year with the Department of Central Management Services. This report shall be posted on the Internet website of the Department of Central Management Services.

(i) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Commission created under this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly serve as a continuation of the Support Your Neighbor Commission created under Public Act 98-1031, as if Section 405-525 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois had not been repealed, and that all actions taken in reliance on the continuation in effect of Section 405-525 after December 31, 2017 and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly are hereby ratified as if Section 405-525 were continuously in effect.

The members of the Support Your Neighbor Commission created under Public Act 98-1031 serving on December 31, 2017 shall continue in office as the members of the Commission created under this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, until their successors are appointed and qualified.

(j) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2021.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".