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

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