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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 10 and by adding Section 25 as | ||||||
| 6 | follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (15 ILCS 50/10)
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| 8 | Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership. The | ||||||
| 9 | Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a | ||||||
| 10 | centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the | ||||||
| 11 | public, of information relating to appointed positions on the | ||||||
| 12 | State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 13 | The database shall include, at a minimum: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and | ||||||
| 15 | responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the | ||||||
| 16 | State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 17 | (2) The name and term of each current appointed member | ||||||
| 18 | of a board or commission. | ||||||
| 19 | (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of | ||||||
| 20 | each of the State's boards and commissions. | ||||||
| 21 | (4) Information as to how a person may apply for | ||||||
| 22 | appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform | ||||||
| 23 | application that may be downloaded and printed or that may | ||||||
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| 1 | be submitted electronically. Such application shall | ||||||
| 2 | include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his | ||||||
| 3 | or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for | ||||||
| 4 | reporting purposes. | ||||||
| 5 | (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's | ||||||
| 6 | website that allows the public to search Statements of | ||||||
| 7 | Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.) | ||||||
| 9 | (15 ILCS 50/25 new) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning | ||||||
| 11 | October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor | ||||||
| 12 | shall file a report with the General Assembly and the | ||||||
| 13 | Legislative Research Unit detailing the following information: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender, | ||||||
| 15 | and disability status) of each appointment made by the | ||||||
| 16 | Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30 | ||||||
| 17 | of the reporting year; | ||||||
| 18 | (2) the aggregate demographic information for those | ||||||
| 19 | persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's | ||||||
| 20 | office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior | ||||||
| 21 | year through June 30 of the reporting year; and | ||||||
| 22 | (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial | ||||||
| 23 | appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of | ||||||
| 24 | June 30 of the reporting year. | ||||||
| 25 | The Legislative Research Unit shall publish an annual | ||||||
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| 1 | report detailing the demographic composition of the | ||||||
| 2 | gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task | ||||||
| 3 | force as of the date of the report.
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