HB3816eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3816 Engrossed LRB097 13548 PJG 58069 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:

(15 ILCS 50/25 new)

Sec. 25. Dissolution of inactive boards and commissions.

(a) Within 10 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Governor shall make reasonable efforts to notify each statutorily created board or commission of (i) the reporting requirement imposed under subsection (b), and (ii) the right of the board or commission to request that the Governor prevent the dissolution of the board or commission under subsection (e).

(b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, each statutorily created board or commission not subject to subsection (g) shall report to the Secretary of State on that board's or commission's last meeting prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and the report shall include the date, time, and location of the meeting.

(c) Within 60 days after the 30-day period set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, listing all statutorily created boards and commissions that have not met in the 2 years immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. If a board or commission not subject to subsection (g) does not report to the Secretary of State pursuant to this subsection, then it shall be deemed to be inactive and subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e).

(d) Unless the Governor acts pursuant to subsection (e), if a board or commission has not met at least once during the 2 years prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and is reported as inactive pursuant to subsection (b), then the board or commission is dissolved at the end of the 75-day period set forth in subsection (e).

(e) Within 75 days after the Governor's receipt of the report submitted by the Secretary of State under subsection (c), the Governor may prevent the dissolution of any inactive board or commission by filing a written statement with the Secretary of State and the Senate that authorizes the continued existence of the board or commission and provides a rationale for why the board or commission needs to exist. Before the expiration of the 75-day period set forth in this subsection, each board or commission may request that the Governor prevent the dissolution of the board or commission in accordance with this subsection.

(f) Within 14 days after the 75-day period set forth in subsection (e), the Governor shall publish a list of all boards and commissions dissolved under subsection (d). The Legislative Reference Bureau shall prepare for introduction no later than in the annual session of the General Assembly next occurring after the list is published by the Governor a revisory bill effecting such changes in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the statutes to the changes in law made by the dissolution of the boards and commissions included in the list published by the Governor. The failure of the General Assembly to enact such a bill does not affect the validity of the dissolution of any board or commission under this Section.

(g) Any board or commission created after July 1, 2010 is exempt from this Section.

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