Rep. William Davis
Filed: 3/12/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5116
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5116, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and | ||||||
6 | Community Service Act is amended by changing Section 4 as | ||||||
7 | follows:
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8 | (20 ILCS 710/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3804)
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9 | Sec. 4. Operation. | ||||||
10 | (1) The
Governor shall appoint a Director
of the Commission | ||||||
11 | on Volunteerism and Community
Service who shall
serve
at the | ||||||
12 | Governor's pleasure
and who shall receive such compensation
as | ||||||
13 | is determined by
the Governor. The Director shall
employ such | ||||||
14 | staff as is necessary to
carry out the purpose of this Act. The | ||||||
15 | Commission, working
in cooperation with State agencies, | ||||||
16 | individuals, local groups, and
organizations
throughout the |
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1 | State, may undertake programs and activities which further the
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2 | purposes of this Act including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
3 | following:
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4 | (a) providing technical assistance to programs which | ||||||
5 | depend upon
volunteers;
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6 | (b) initiating community service programs to meet
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7 | previously unmet needs in Illinois;
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8 | (c) promoting and coordinating efforts to expand and | ||||||
9 | improve the
statewide community service network;
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10 | (d) recognizing outstanding community service
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11 | accomplishments;
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12 | (e) disseminating information to support community | ||||||
13 | service programs and to
broaden community service
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14 | involvement throughout the State;
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15 | (f) implementing federally funded grant programs in | ||||||
16 | Illinois such as the
National and Community Service Trust | ||||||
17 | Act.
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18 | (2) The Commission may, subject to appropriation from the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Service Education Award Grant Fund, award an Illinois | ||||||
20 | Service Education Award Grant to recipients of a national | ||||||
21 | service educational award, established under 42 U.S.C. Sec. | ||||||
22 | 12602 and awarded by the Corporation for National Community | ||||||
23 | Service, which grant must be awarded only as a partial matching | ||||||
24 | grant. | ||||||
25 | An individual who successfully completes a required term of | ||||||
26 | full-time national service in an approved national service |
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1 | position in this State may apply to receive an Illinois Service | ||||||
2 | Education Award Grant. | ||||||
3 | An Illinois Service Education Award Grant may be used for | ||||||
4 | any of the following purposes: | ||||||
5 | (a) To repay student loans associated with attending an | ||||||
6 | Illinois institution of higher learning, as defined in the | ||||||
7 | Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||||||
8 | (b) To pay all or part of the cost of attendance at an | ||||||
9 | Illinois institution of higher learning, as defined in the | ||||||
10 | Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||||||
11 | (c) To pay expenses incurred in participating in an | ||||||
12 | approved Illinois school-to-work program. | ||||||
13 | (d) Any other purpose for which the national service | ||||||
14 | educational award may lawfully be used. | ||||||
15 | The Illinois Service Education Award Grant Fund is created | ||||||
16 | as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund | ||||||
17 | shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Commission for | ||||||
18 | the purposes of this subsection (2). | ||||||
19 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
20 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
21 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
22 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
23 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
24 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
25 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
26 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General |
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1 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
2 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
3 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
4 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
5 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
6 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
7 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
8 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
9 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
10 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
11 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
12 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
13 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
15 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
16 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
17 | (3) The Commission may receive and expend funds, grants and
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18 | services from any source for purposes reasonable and necessary | ||||||
19 | to carry out a
coordinated plan of community service
throughout | ||||||
20 | the State.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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22 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
23 | Section 5.710 as follows: | ||||||
24 | (30 ILCS 105/5.710 new) |
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1 | Sec. 5.710. The Illinois Service Education Award Grant | ||||||
2 | Fund. ".
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