103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3766

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Illinois Moorish-American Family Commission Act. Creates the Illinois Moorish-American Family Commission to advise the Governor and General Assembly, as well as work directly with State agencies, to improve and expand existing policies, services, programs, and opportunities for Moorish-American families, children, and adults and guide the efforts of and collaborate with State agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department on Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Employment Security, and others. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Commission, funding, addresses and reports, and oversight. Provides that administrative, technical, and staffing support for the Commission shall be provided by the Commission on Equity and Inclusion. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Moorish-American Family Commission Act.
 
6    Section 5. Creation; purpose. The Illinois
7Moorish-American Family Commission is created for the purpose
8of doing all of the following:
9        (1) Advise the Governor and General Assembly, as well
10    as work directly with State agencies, to improve and
11    expand existing policies, services, programs, and
12    opportunities for Moorish-American families, children, and
13    adults.
14        (2) Guide the efforts of and collaborate with State
15    agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department on
16    Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
17    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the
18    Department of Corrections, the Department of Human
19    Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family
20    Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department
21    of Transportation, the Department of Employment Security,
22    and others.
23        This shall be achieved primarily by:

 

 

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1            (A) monitoring and commenting on existing and
2        proposed legislation and programs designed to address
3        the needs of Moorish-Americans in the State;
4            (B) assisting State agencies in developing
5        programs, services, public policies, and research
6        strategies that will expand and enhance the social and
7        economic well-being of Moorish-American children,
8        families, and adults;
9            (C) facilitating the participation of and
10        representation of Moorish-Americans in the
11        implementation and planning of policies, development,
12        programs, and services; and
13            (D) promoting research efforts to document the
14        impact of policies and programs on Moorish-American
15        families.
16        The work of the Illinois Moorish-American Family
17    Commission shall include the use of existing reports,
18    records, research and planning efforts, procedures, and
19    programs.
 
20    Section 10. Commission members.
21    (a) The Commission shall include the following members:
22        (1) the Governor or his or her designee;
23        (2) the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee;
24        (3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his
25    or her designee;

 

 

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1        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
2    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
3        (5) the President of the Senate or his or her
4    designee;
5        (6) one member of the Senate appointed by the
6    President of the Senate;
7        (7) the Minority Leader of the House of
8    Representatives or his or her designee;
9        (8) one member of the House of Representatives
10    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
11    Representatives;
12        (9) the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her
13    designee;
14        (10) one member of the Senate appointed by the
15    Minority Leader of the Senate;
16        (11) the Secretary of State or his or her designee;
17        (12) the Attorney General or his or her designee;
18        (13) the State Comptroller or his or her designee;
19        (14) the State Treasurer or his or her designee;
20        (15) the Cook County Board President or his or her
21    designee; and
22        (16) the Mayor of the City of Chicago or his or her
23    designee.
24    The Department on Aging, the Department of Children and
25Family Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic
26Opportunity, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

 

 

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1Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family
2Services, the Department of Public Health, the State Board of
3Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
4Community College Board, the Department of Human Rights, the
5Capital Development Board, the Department of Labor, the
6Department of Transportation, and the elected or appointed
7officers of each county, such as sheriff, county clerk,
8treasurer, and such other officers as provided by law or by
9county ordinance under subsection (c) of Section 4 of Article
107 of the Illinois Constitution, wherein a Moorish-American
11resides or may have reason to travel to or through shall each
12appoint a liaison to serve ex officio on the Commission.
13    (b) The Commission shall include the following
14Moorish-Americans appointed by the Governor:
15        (1) the Grand Governor or Grand Governess of Illinois
16    for the Moorish Science Temple of America or his or her
17    designee;
18        (2) the Grand Sheik or Grand Sheikess of every
19    lawfully chartered, subordinate temple of the Moorish
20    Science Temple of America within the State or his or her
21    designee; and
22        (3) 2 members of each lawfully chartered, subordinate
23    temple of the Moorish Science Temple of America within the
24    State, selected by the Grand Sheik or Governor of that
25    subordinate temple of the Moorish Science Temple of
26    America.

 

 

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1    (c) Each member under subsection (a) shall have a working
2knowledge of human services, community development, and
3economic public policies in the State and must complete
4training on Moorish-American culture and Moorish-American
5diversity, equity, and inclusion not later than the opening of
6the first meeting of the Commission.
 
7    Section 15. Appointment; term; chairperson.
8    (a) Appointment of all members to the Commission shall be
9made within 60 days after the effective date of this Act, with
10the first meeting of the Commission to be held within 30 days
11thereafter.
12    (b) State agency members shall serve from election to
13election, except in the case of initial appointments.
14    (c) Moorish-American members shall serve on the Commission
15from annual convention to annual convention.
16    (d) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected
17from among the members of the Moorish Science Temple of
18America by the members of the Commission who are members of the
19Moorish Science Temple of America during the first meeting.
 
20    Section 20. Funding.
21    (a) The Commission shall operate subject to appropriation.
22    (b) The Commission may receive funding through
23appropriations available for its purposes made to each
24department, unit, or branch of government, as the case may be,

 

 

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1responsible for appointing a liaison to serve ex officio on
2the Commission.
3    (c) The Commission may receive and expend funding from
4federal and private sources, including gifts, donations, and
5private grants.
6    (d) The Commission may receive and expend funds for the
7establishment, preservation, and progress of institutions for
8the benefit of Moorish-American families and Moorish-American
9cultural heritage.
10    (e) The first year's appropriation for the Commission
11shall take into account the anticipated creation and
12establishment of not less than one free-standing Commission
13office in each state representative district.
14    (f) Succeeding annual Commission budgets shall respond
15equitably to the recommendations of the Commission in response
16to the previous year's findings and reports of the Commission,
17Commissioners, and Commission offices and Commission officers.
18    (g) The Moorish-American members of the Commission shall
19be compensated for their service at a per annum rate
20equivalent to the per diem rate for State legislators, plus
21travel expenses. Members who are State or legislative officers
22or appointed by State or legislative officers shall serve
23without additional compensation but shall be reimbursed for
24Commission-related expenses.
 
25    Section 25. Annual addresses and reports.

 

 

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1    (a) The Chairperson of the Commission or his or her
2designee shall issue an annual address on the state of
3Moorish-Americans to the Governor, the General Assembly, and
4the Illinois Supreme Court.
5    (b) The Commission shall issue an annual report to the
6Moorish Science Temple of America, the Governor, the General
7Assembly, and the Commission on Equity and Inclusion on the
8Commission's progress toward its goals and objectives. This
9report is to be made available to the public.
 
10    Section 30. Oversight. Notwithstanding any other law to
11the contrary, the Commission on Equity and Inclusion shall
12have oversight of the operations of the Commission and its
13offices.
 
14    Section 35. Administrative, technical, and staffing
15support. Administrative, technical, and staffing support for
16the Commission shall be provided by the Commission on Equity
17and Inclusion.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.