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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for 
5Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act is amended  by changing 
6Section 10 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 4095/10)

8    Sec. 10. Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons 
9with Disabilities Task Force. 
10    (a) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons 
11with Disabilities Task Force is created.
12    (b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons 
13with Disabilities Task Force shall be appointed and hold its 
14first meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this 
15Act,  be convened by the Governor, and operate with 
16administrative support from the Illinois Department of Human 
17Services Employment Security.
18    (c) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following 
19representatives of State Government: a high-ranking member of 
20the Governor's management team, designated by the Governor; 
21representatives of each division of the Department of Human 
22Services, designated by the Secretary of Human Services;  the 
23Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or his or her 
 
 
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1designee; the Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her 
2designee; the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or 
3his or her designee; the Director of Employment Security or his 
4or her designee; the Executive Director of the Illinois Council 
5on Developmental Disabilities or his or her designee; and the 
6State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee.
7    (d) The Task Force shall also consist of no more than 15 
8public members who shall be appointed by the Governor and who 
9represent the following constituencies:  statewide 
10organizations that advocate for persons with physical, 
11developmental and psychiatric disabilities, entities with 
12expertise in assistive technology devices and services for 
13persons with disabilities, advocates for veterans with 
14disabilities, centers for independent living, disability 
15services providers,  organized labor, higher education,  the 
16private sector business community, entities that provide 
17employment and training services to persons with disabilities, 
18and at least 5 persons who have a disability.
19    (e) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the 
20representative of the Governor and a public member who shall be 
21chosen by the other public members of the Task Force.
22    (f) The Task Force members shall serve voluntarily and 
23without compensation.  Persons with disabilities serving on the 
24Task Force shall be accommodated to enable them to fully 
25participate in Task Force activities.
26    (g) The co-chairs of the Task Force shall extend an 
 
 
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1invitation to chairs and minority spokespersons of appropriate 
2legislative committees to attend all meetings of the Task 
3Force, and may invite other individuals who are not members of 
4the Task Force to participate in subcommittees of the Task 
5Force or to take part in discussions of topics for which those 
6individuals have particular expertise.
7    (h) The Task Force shall coordinate its work with existing 
8State advisory bodies whose work may include employment and 
9economic opportunity for persons with disabilities.

10(Source: P.A. 96-368, eff. 8-13-09; 97-1066, eff. 8-24-12.)
  
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.