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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Interagency Military Base Support and Economic Development Committee.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Military Economic Development Committee (currently, the Interagency Military Base Support and Economic Development Committee) as an entity within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor (currently, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) for specified purposes. Provides for the appointment of 10 (currently, 8) public members to the Committee. Provides that the chair and vice-chairs of the Committee shall appoint up to 4 members having military veteran or defense industry backgrounds from across the State of Illinois. Provides that public member appointees and veteran or defense industry appointees shall serve 4-year terms with appointments to be staggered every 2 years. Makes the Adjutant General of the Department of Military Affairs a vice-chair of the Committee along with the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that any appointed member of the Committee who fails to attend at least 3 meetings in a year shall no longer be a member of the Committee, and his or her replacement shall be appointed in the same manner as the member being replaced for the remainder of that member's current term. Makes conforming changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Committee Amendment No. 1 with changes. Provides that the Adjutant General of the Department of Military Affairs shall appoint a military veteran as a member of the Committee who shall serve as a vice-chair of the Committee (rather than the Adjutant General serving as a vice-chair). Provides that if an excused absence from a Committee meeting is requested by an appointed member, such absence may be granted by the chair of the Committee. Provides that any appointed member of the Committee who has at least 2 unexcused absences in a year (rather than fails to attend at least 3 meetings in a year) shall no longer be a member of the Committee, and his or her replacement shall be appointed in the same manner as the member being replaced for the remainder of that member's current term.
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