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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Intergenerational Poverty Act is amended by
5changing Section 95-501 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 70/95-501)
7    Sec. 95-501. The Commission on Poverty Elimination and
8Economic Security.
9    (a) Establishment. The Commission on Poverty Elimination
10and Economic Security is established.
11    (b) Purpose. The purpose of the Commission is to:
12        (1) Inform the public policy making process by:
13            (i) Improving policymakers' understanding of the
14        root causes of poverty and economic insecurity,
15        including contributing social, economic, and cultural
16        factors and the reasons that poverty and economic
17        insecurity persist in this State.
18            (ii) Expanding policymakers' understanding of
19        poverty by distinguishing a standard that measures a
20        level of freedom from deprivation from a standard that
21        measures economic security provided by a living wage
22        and access to a livable standard of living.
23            (iii) Educating policymakers on the impact poverty

 

 

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1        has on other measures of economic stability and
2        economic outcomes, including educational attainment,
3        rates of incarceration, lifetime earnings, access to
4        health care, health care outcomes, and access to
5        housing.
6        (2) Support governmental efforts to ensure that
7    residents of this State have equal opportunity to achieve
8    economic security.
9        (3) Reduce and ultimately eliminate poverty in this
10    State by making policy and other recommendations to the
11    legislative, executive, and judicial branches of this
12    State.
13    (c) Membership. The Commission shall consist of the
14following members:
15        (1) Four members of the General Assembly, one each
16    appointed by the President of the Senate, the Minority
17    Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
18    Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
19    Representative.
20        (2) Two members A member of the judiciary or a
21    designee who shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of
22    the Illinois Supreme Court.
23        (3) Twenty members of the public appointed under
24    subsection (d) representing stakeholders as follows:
25            (i) Two representatives, one of whom shall
26        represent an organization that focuses on rural

 

 

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1        poverty and one of whom shall represent an
2        organization that focuses on urban and suburban
3        poverty.
4            (ii) Two individuals who have experienced deep
5        poverty.
6            (iii) One representative of an organization that
7        advocates for health care access, affordability, and
8        availability.
9            (iv) One representative of an organization that
10        advocated for individuals with mental illness.
11            (v) One representative of an organization that
12        advocates for children and youth.
13            (vi) One representative of an organization that
14        advocates for equity and equality in education.
15            (vii) One representative of an organization that
16        advocates for individuals who are homeless.
17            (viii) One representative of a Statewide
18        antihunger organization.
19            (ix) One representative of an organization that
20        advocates for military veterans.
21            (x) One representative of an organization that
22        advocates for individuals with disabilities.
23            (xi) One representative of an organization that
24        advocates for immigrants.
25            (xii) One representative of a Statewide
26        faith-based organization that provides direct social

 

 

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1        services in this State.
2            (xiii) One representative of an organization that
3        advocates for economic security for women.
4            (xiv) One representative of an organization that
5        advocates for older adults.
6            (xv) One representative of a labor organization
7        that represents primarily low-wage and middle-wage
8        earners.
9            (xvi) One representative of school districts in
10        this State.
11            (xvii) One representative of county governments in
12        this State.
13            (xviii) One representative of municipal
14        corporation governments in this State.
15        (4) The members of the workgroup shall serve as
16    nonvoting ex officio members of the Commission.
17    (d) Appointment. The following shall apply:
18        (1) The public members of the Commission under
19    paragraph (3) of subsection (c) shall be appointed as
20    follows:
21            (i) Four shall be appointed by the Governor.
22            (ii) Four shall be appointed by the President of
23        the Senate.
24            (iii) Four shall be appointed by the Minority
25        Leader of the Senate.
26            (iv) Four shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

 

 

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1        House of Representatives.
2            (v) Four shall be appointed by the Minority Leader
3        of the House of Representatives.
4        (2) It shall be determined by lot which appointing
5    authority appoints which public members to the Commission.
6        (3) The appointed members shall reflect the racial,
7    gender, and geographic diversity of this State and shall
8    include representation from regions of this State
9    experiencing economic insecurity and the highest rates of
10    deep poverty.
11        (4) Public members of the Commission shall be selected
12    for service on the Commission within 45 days after the
13    effective date of this Act.
14    (e) Qualifications. Each member of the Commission must
15have been a resident of this State for a period of at least one
16year immediately preceding appointment and must continue
17residence in this State during the member's tenure of service
18on the Commission.
19    (f) Organizational meeting. The organizational meeting of
20the Commission shall take place after all members are
21appointed but no later than 60 days after the effective date of
22this Act.
23    (g) Compensation. Members shall serve without
24compensation, but public members may be reimbursed for
25reasonable and necessary travel expenses connected to
26Commission business.

 

 

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1    (h) Commission chairperson. The representatives of the
2antipoverty organizations appointed under subparagraph (i) of
3paragraph (3) of subsection (c) shall serve as cochairs of the
4Commission.
5    (i) Committees. The Commission may establish subcommittees
6to address specific issues or populations and may collaborate
7with individuals with relevant expertise who are not members
8of the Commission to assist the subcommittee in carrying out
9its duties.
10    (j) Meetings. The full Commission shall meet at least once
11annually.
12    (k) Quorum. A majority plus one of the voting members
13shall constitute a quorum.
14    (l) Voting. All actions of the Commission and any
15subcommittees established by the Commission shall be approved
16by a majority vote of the Commission or subcommittee as
17applicable.
18    (m) Open meetings. The meetings of the Commission shall be
19conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of
20the Open Meetings Act.
21    (n) Administrative support. The Department of Human
22Services shall provide staff and administrative support to
23assist the Commission in carrying out its duties.
24(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.