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1 AN ACT concerning the executive branch.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act
5 is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 3975/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 2103)
7 Sec. 3. Illinois Workforce Investment Board.
8 (a) The Illinois Workforce Investment Board shall
9 include:
10 (1) the Governor;
11 (2) 2 members of the House of Representatives
12 appointed by the Speaker of the House and 2 members of
13 the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and
14 (3) persons appointed by the Governor, with the
15 advice and consent of the Senate (except in the case of a
16 person holding an office or employment described in
17 subparagraph (F) when appointment to the office or
18 employment requires the advice and consent of the
19 Senate), from among the following:
20 (A) representatives of business in this State
21 who (i) are owners of businesses, chief executives
22 or operating officers of businesses, or other
23 business executives or employers with optimum
24 policymaking or hiring authority, including members
25 of local boards described in Section 117(b)(2)(A)(i)
26 of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998;
27 (ii) represent businesses with employment
28 opportunities that reflect the employment
29 opportunities in the State; and (iii) are appointed
30 from among individuals nominated by State business
31 organizations and business trade associations;
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1 (B) chief elected officials from cities and
2 counties;
3 (C) representatives of labor organizations who
4 have been nominated by State labor federations;
5 (D) representatives of individuals or
6 organizations that have experience with youth
7 activities;
8 (E) representatives of individuals or
9 organizations that have experience and expertise in
10 the delivery of workforce investment activities,
11 including chief executive officers of community
12 colleges and community-based organizations within
13 the State;
14 (F) the lead State agency officials with
15 responsibility for the programs and activities that
16 are described in Section 121(b) of the federal
17 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and carried out by
18 one-stop partners and, in any case in which no lead
19 State agency official has responsibility for such a
20 program, service, or activity, a representative in
21 the State with expertise in such program, service,
22 or activity; and
23 (G) any other representatives and State agency
24 officials that the Governor may appoint, including,
25 but not limited to, one or more representatives of
26 local public education, post-secondary institutions,
27 secondary or post-secondary vocational education
28 institutions, and community-based organizations;
29 and.
30 (H) representatives of individuals or
31 organizations that represent or advocate on behalf
32 of persons with disabilities in the workforce.
33 (b) Members of the Board that represent organizations,
34 agencies, or other entities must be individuals with optimum
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1 policymaking authority within the organization, agency, or
2 entity. The members of the Board must represent diverse
3 regions of the State, including urban, rural, and suburban
4 areas.
5 (c) A majority of the members of the Board must be
6 representatives described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph
7 (3) of subsection (a). There must be at least 2 members from
8 each of the categories described in subparagraphs (D) and (E)
9 of paragraph (3) of subsection (a). There must be at least 3
10 members from the category described in subparagraph (C) of
11 paragraph (3) of subsection (a). There must be at least one
12 member from the category described in subparagraph (H) of
13 paragraph (3) of subsection (a). A majority of any committee
14 the Board may establish for the purpose of general oversight,
15 control, supervision, or management of the Board's business
16 must be representatives described in subparagraph (A) of
17 paragraph (3) of subsection (a); any such committee must also
18 include at least one representative from each of the
19 categories described in subparagraphs (C) through (E) and (H)
20 of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and may include one or
21 more representatives from any other categories described in
22 paragraph (3) of subsection (a).
23 (d) The Governor shall select a chairperson for the
24 Board from among the representatives described in
25 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a).
26 (d-5) (Blank).
27 (e) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly does not
29 affect the tenure of any member appointed to and serving on
30 the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council on the
31 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
32 Assembly. Members of the Board nominated for appointment in
33 2000, 2001, or 2002 shall serve for fixed and staggered
34 terms, as designated by the Governor, expiring no later than
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1 July 1 of the second calendar year succeeding their
2 respective appointments or until their successors are
3 appointed and qualified. Members of the Board nominated for
4 appointment after 2002 shall serve for terms expiring on July
5 1 of the second calendar year succeeding their respective
6 appointments, or until their successors are appointed and
7 qualified. A State official or employee serving on the Board
8 under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) by
9 virtue of his or her State office or employment shall serve
10 during the term of that office or employment. A vacancy is
11 created in situations including, but not limited to, those in
12 which an individual serving on the Board ceases to satisfy
13 all of the requirements for appointment under the provision
14 under which he or she was appointed. The Governor may at any
15 time make appointments to fill vacancies for the balance of
16 an unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
17 manner as the original appointment. Members shall serve
18 without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary
19 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
20 (f) The Board shall meet at least 4 times per calendar
21 year at times and in places that it deems necessary. The
22 Board shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act and, to the
23 extent required by that law, its meetings shall be publicly
24 announced and open and accessible to the general public. The
25 Board shall adopt any rules and operating procedures that it
26 deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this
27 Act and under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
28 (Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.