Full Text of SB2811 103rd General Assembly
SB2811 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2811 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 20 ILCS 415/4d | from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d | 30 ILCS 500/1-10 | |
| Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that positions that are paid in accordance with prevailing wage laws, as well as beauticians and teachers of beauty culture and teachers of barbering, are exempt from jurisdiction B (currently, jurisdictions A, B, and C). Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to procurement expenditures related to efforts to recruit candidates to State employment. Effective immediately |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 4d as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/4d) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d) | 7 | | Sec. 4d. Partial exemptions. The following positions in | 8 | | State service are exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C to the | 9 | | extent stated for each, unless those jurisdictions are | 10 | | extended as provided in this Act: | 11 | | (1) In each department, board or commission that now | 12 | | maintains or may hereafter maintain a major administrative | 13 | | division, service or office in both Sangamon County and | 14 | | Cook County, 2 private secretaries for the director or | 15 | | chairman thereof, one located in the Cook County office | 16 | | and the other located in the Sangamon County office, shall | 17 | | be exempt from jurisdiction B; in all other departments, | 18 | | boards and commissions one private secretary for the | 19 | | director or chairman thereof shall be exempt from | 20 | | jurisdiction B. In all departments, boards and commissions | 21 | | one confidential assistant for the director or chairman | 22 | | thereof shall be exempt from jurisdiction B. This | 23 | | paragraph is subject to such modifications or waiver of |
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| 1 | | the exemptions as may be necessary to assure the | 2 | | continuity of federal contributions in those agencies | 3 | | supported in whole or in part by federal funds. | 4 | | (2) The resident administrative head of each State | 5 | | charitable, penal and correctional institution, the | 6 | | chaplains thereof, and all member, patient and inmate | 7 | | employees are exempt from jurisdiction B. | 8 | | (3) The Civil Service Commission, upon written | 9 | | recommendation of the Director of Central Management | 10 | | Services, shall exempt from jurisdiction B other positions | 11 | | which, in the judgment of the Commission, involve either | 12 | | principal administrative responsibility for the | 13 | | determination of policy or principal administrative | 14 | | responsibility for the way in which policies are carried | 15 | | out, except positions in agencies which receive federal | 16 | | funds if such exemption is inconsistent with federal | 17 | | requirements, and except positions in agencies supported | 18 | | in whole by federal funds. | 19 | | (4) All individuals in positions paid in accordance | 20 | | with prevailing wage laws, as well as beauticians and | 21 | | teachers of beauty culture and teachers of barbering , are | 22 | | exempt from jurisdiction B . | 23 | | (5) Licensed attorneys in positions as legal or | 24 | | technical advisors; positions in the Department of Natural | 25 | | Resources requiring incumbents to be either a registered | 26 | | professional engineer or to hold a bachelor's degree in |
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| 1 | | engineering from a recognized college or university; | 2 | | licensed physicians in positions of medical administrator | 3 | | or physician or physician specialist (including | 4 | | psychiatrists); all positions within the Department of | 5 | | Juvenile Justice requiring licensure by the State Board of | 6 | | Education under Article 21B of the School Code; all | 7 | | positions within the Illinois School for the Deaf and the | 8 | | Illinois School for the Visually Impaired requiring | 9 | | licensure by the State Board of Education under Article | 10 | | 21B of the School Code and all rehabilitation/mobility | 11 | | instructors and rehabilitation/mobility instructor | 12 | | trainees at the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired; | 13 | | and registered nurses (except those registered nurses | 14 | | employed by the Department of Public Health); except those | 15 | | in positions in agencies which receive federal funds if | 16 | | such exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements | 17 | | and except those in positions in agencies supported in | 18 | | whole by federal funds, are exempt from jurisdiction B | 19 | | only to the extent that the requirements of Section 8b.1, | 20 | | 8b.3 and 8b.5 of this Code need not be met. | 21 | | (6) All positions established outside the geographical | 22 | | limits of the State of Illinois to which appointments of | 23 | | other than Illinois citizens may be made are exempt from | 24 | | jurisdiction B. | 25 | | (7) Staff attorneys reporting directly to individual | 26 | | Commissioners of the Illinois Workers' Compensation |
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| 1 | | Commission are exempt from jurisdiction B. | 2 | | (8) (Blank). | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 103-108, eff. 6-27-23.) | 4 | | Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1-10 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/1-10) | 7 | | Sec. 1-10. Application. | 8 | | (a) This Code applies only to procurements for which | 9 | | bidders, offerors, potential contractors, or contractors were | 10 | | first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This Code shall not | 11 | | be construed to affect or impair any contract, or any | 12 | | provision of a contract, entered into based on a solicitation | 13 | | prior to the implementation date of this Code as described in | 14 | | Article 99, including, but not limited to, any covenant | 15 | | entered into with respect to any revenue bonds or similar | 16 | | instruments. All procurements for which contracts are | 17 | | solicited between the effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and | 18 | | July 1, 1998 shall be substantially in accordance with this | 19 | | Code and its intent. | 20 | | (b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the | 21 | | funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal | 22 | | assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to: | 23 | | (1) Contracts between the State and its political | 24 | | subdivisions or other governments, or between State |
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| 1 | | governmental bodies, except as specifically provided in | 2 | | this Code. | 3 | | (2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of | 4 | | Section 20-80. | 5 | | (3) Purchase of care, except as provided in Section | 6 | | 5-30.6 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and this Section. | 7 | | (4) Hiring of an individual as an employee and not as | 8 | | an independent contractor, whether pursuant to an | 9 | | employment code or policy or by contract directly with | 10 | | that individual. | 11 | | (5) Collective bargaining contracts. | 12 | | (6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of | 13 | | this type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 | 14 | | must be published in the Procurement Bulletin within 10 | 15 | | calendar days after the deed is recorded in the county of | 16 | | jurisdiction. The notice shall identify the real estate | 17 | | purchased, the names of all parties to the contract, the | 18 | | value of the contract, and the effective date of the | 19 | | contract. | 20 | | (7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated | 21 | | litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations, | 22 | | provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor | 23 | | shall give his or her prior approval when the procuring | 24 | | agency is one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, | 25 | | and provided that the chief legal counsel of any other | 26 | | procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or |
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| 1 | | her prior approval when the procuring entity is not one | 2 | | subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor. | 3 | | (8) (Blank). | 4 | | (9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois | 5 | | Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used. | 6 | | (10) (Blank). | 7 | | (11) Public-private agreements entered into according | 8 | | to the procurement requirements of Section 20 of the | 9 | | Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act and | 10 | | design-build agreements entered into according to the | 11 | | procurement requirements of Section 25 of the | 12 | | Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. | 13 | | (12) (A) Contracts for legal, financial, and other | 14 | | professional and artistic services entered into by the | 15 | | Illinois Finance Authority in which the State of Illinois | 16 | | is not obligated. Such contracts shall be awarded through | 17 | | a competitive process authorized by the members of the | 18 | | Illinois Finance Authority and are subject to Sections | 19 | | 5-30, 20-160, 50-13, 50-20, 50-35, and 50-37 of this Code, | 20 | | as well as the final approval by the members of the | 21 | | Illinois Finance Authority of the terms of the contract. | 22 | | (B) Contracts for legal and financial services entered | 23 | | into by the Illinois Housing Development Authority in | 24 | | connection with the issuance of bonds in which the State | 25 | | of Illinois is not obligated. Such contracts shall be | 26 | | awarded through a competitive process authorized by the |
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| 1 | | members of the Illinois Housing Development Authority and | 2 | | are subject to Sections 5-30, 20-160, 50-13, 50-20, 50-35, | 3 | | and 50-37 of this Code, as well as the final approval by | 4 | | the members of the Illinois Housing Development Authority | 5 | | of the terms of the contract. | 6 | | (13) Contracts for services, commodities, and | 7 | | equipment to support the delivery of timely forensic | 8 | | science services in consultation with and subject to the | 9 | | approval of the Chief Procurement Officer as provided in | 10 | | subsection (d) of Section 5-4-3a of the Unified Code of | 11 | | Corrections, except for the requirements of Sections | 12 | | 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and 20-160 and Article 50 of this | 13 | | Code; however, the Chief Procurement Officer may, in | 14 | | writing with justification, waive any certification | 15 | | required under Article 50 of this Code. For any contracts | 16 | | for services which are currently provided by members of a | 17 | | collective bargaining agreement, the applicable terms of | 18 | | the collective bargaining agreement concerning | 19 | | subcontracting shall be followed. | 20 | | On and after January 1, 2019, this paragraph (13), | 21 | | except for this sentence, is inoperative. | 22 | | (14) Contracts for participation expenditures required | 23 | | by a domestic or international trade show or exhibition of | 24 | | an exhibitor, member, or sponsor. | 25 | | (15) Contracts with a railroad or utility that | 26 | | requires the State to reimburse the railroad or utilities |
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| 1 | | for the relocation of utilities for construction or other | 2 | | public purpose. Contracts included within this paragraph | 3 | | (15) shall include, but not be limited to, those | 4 | | associated with: relocations, crossings, installations, | 5 | | and maintenance. For the purposes of this paragraph (15), | 6 | | "railroad" means any form of non-highway ground | 7 | | transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic | 8 | | guideways and "utility" means: (1) public utilities as | 9 | | defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, (2) | 10 | | telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202 | 11 | | of the Public Utilities Act, (3) electric cooperatives as | 12 | | defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, (4) | 13 | | telephone or telecommunications cooperatives as defined in | 14 | | Section 13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, (5) rural | 15 | | water or waste water systems with 10,000 connections or | 16 | | less, (6) a holder as defined in Section 21-201 of the | 17 | | Public Utilities Act, and (7) municipalities owning or | 18 | | operating utility systems consisting of public utilities | 19 | | as that term is defined in Section 11-117-2 of the | 20 | | Illinois Municipal Code. | 21 | | (16) Procurement expenditures necessary for the | 22 | | Department of Public Health to provide the delivery of | 23 | | timely newborn screening services in accordance with the | 24 | | Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. | 25 | | (17) Procurement expenditures necessary for the | 26 | | Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation, the Department of Human Services, | 2 | | and the Department of Public Health to implement the | 3 | | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program and Opioid | 4 | | Alternative Pilot Program requirements and ensure access | 5 | | to medical cannabis for patients with debilitating medical | 6 | | conditions in accordance with the Compassionate Use of | 7 | | Medical Cannabis Program Act. | 8 | | (18) This Code does not apply to any procurements | 9 | | necessary for the Department of Agriculture, the | 10 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the | 11 | | Department of Human Services, the Department of Commerce | 12 | | and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Public | 13 | | Health to implement the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act if | 14 | | the applicable agency has made a good faith determination | 15 | | that it is necessary and appropriate for the expenditure | 16 | | to fall within this exemption and if the process is | 17 | | conducted in a manner substantially in accordance with the | 18 | | requirements of Sections 20-160, 25-60, 30-22, 50-5, | 19 | | 50-10, 50-10.5, 50-12, 50-13, 50-15, 50-20, 50-21, 50-35, | 20 | | 50-36, 50-37, 50-38, and 50-50 of this Code; however, for | 21 | | Section 50-35, compliance applies only to contracts or | 22 | | subcontracts over $100,000. Notice of each contract | 23 | | entered into under this paragraph (18) that is related to | 24 | | the procurement of goods and services identified in | 25 | | paragraph (1) through (9) of this subsection shall be | 26 | | published in the Procurement Bulletin within 14 calendar |
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| 1 | | days after contract execution. The Chief Procurement | 2 | | Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the | 3 | | notice. Each agency shall provide the Chief Procurement | 4 | | Officer, on a monthly basis, in the form and content | 5 | | prescribed by the Chief Procurement Officer, a report of | 6 | | contracts that are related to the procurement of goods and | 7 | | services identified in this subsection. At a minimum, this | 8 | | report shall include the name of the contractor, a | 9 | | description of the supply or service provided, the total | 10 | | amount of the contract, the term of the contract, and the | 11 | | exception to this Code utilized. A copy of any or all of | 12 | | these contracts shall be made available to the Chief | 13 | | Procurement Officer immediately upon request. The Chief | 14 | | Procurement Officer shall submit a report to the Governor | 15 | | and General Assembly no later than November 1 of each year | 16 | | that includes, at a minimum, an annual summary of the | 17 | | monthly information reported to the Chief Procurement | 18 | | Officer. This exemption becomes inoperative 5 years after | 19 | | June 25, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27). | 20 | | (19) Acquisition of modifications or adjustments, | 21 | | limited to assistive technology devices and assistive | 22 | | technology services, adaptive equipment, repairs, and | 23 | | replacement parts to provide reasonable accommodations (i) | 24 | | that enable a qualified applicant with a disability to | 25 | | complete the job application process and be considered for | 26 | | the position such qualified applicant desires, (ii) that |
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| 1 | | modify or adjust the work environment to enable a | 2 | | qualified current employee with a disability to perform | 3 | | the essential functions of the position held by that | 4 | | employee, (iii) to enable a qualified current employee | 5 | | with a disability to enjoy equal benefits and privileges | 6 | | of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated | 7 | | employees without disabilities, and (iv) that allow a | 8 | | customer, client, claimant, or member of the public | 9 | | seeking State services full use and enjoyment of and | 10 | | access to its programs, services, or benefits. | 11 | | For purposes of this paragraph (19): | 12 | | "Assistive technology devices" means any item, piece | 13 | | of equipment, or product system, whether acquired | 14 | | commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that | 15 | | is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional | 16 | | capabilities of individuals with disabilities. | 17 | | "Assistive technology services" means any service that | 18 | | directly assists an individual with a disability in | 19 | | selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology | 20 | | device. | 21 | | "Qualified" has the same meaning and use as provided | 22 | | under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act when | 23 | | describing an individual with a disability. | 24 | | (20) Procurement expenditures necessary for the | 25 | | Illinois Commerce Commission to hire third-party | 26 | | facilitators pursuant to Sections 16-105.17 and 16-108.18 |
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| 1 | | of the Public Utilities Act or an ombudsman pursuant to | 2 | | Section 16-107.5 of the Public Utilities Act, a | 3 | | facilitator pursuant to Section 16-105.17 of the Public | 4 | | Utilities Act, or a grid auditor pursuant to Section | 5 | | 16-105.10 of the Public Utilities Act. | 6 | | (21) Procurement expenditures for the purchase, | 7 | | renewal, and expansion of software, software licenses, or | 8 | | software maintenance agreements that support the efforts | 9 | | of the Illinois State Police to enforce, regulate, and | 10 | | administer the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the | 11 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act, the Firearms Restraining | 12 | | Order Act, the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, | 13 | | the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS), the | 14 | | Uniform Crime Reporting Act, the Criminal Identification | 15 | | Act, the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act, and | 16 | | the Gun Trafficking Information Act, or establish or | 17 | | maintain record management systems necessary to conduct | 18 | | human trafficking investigations or gun trafficking or | 19 | | other stolen firearm investigations. This paragraph (21) | 20 | | applies to contracts entered into on or after the | 21 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 22 | | Assembly and the renewal of contracts that are in effect | 23 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 24 | | General Assembly. | 25 | | (22) Contracts for project management services and | 26 | | system integration services required for the completion of |
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| 1 | | the State's enterprise resource planning project. This | 2 | | exemption becomes inoperative 5 years after the effective | 3 | | date of the changes made to this Section by this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. This | 5 | | paragraph (22) applies to contracts entered into on or | 6 | | after the effective date of the changes made to this | 7 | | Section by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | 8 | | Assembly and the renewal of contracts that are in effect | 9 | | on the effective date of the changes made to this Section | 10 | | by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. | 11 | | (23) (22) Procurements necessary for the Department of | 12 | | Insurance to implement the Illinois Health Benefits | 13 | | Exchange Law if the Department of Insurance has made a | 14 | | good faith determination that it is necessary and | 15 | | appropriate for the expenditure to fall within this | 16 | | exemption. The procurement process shall be conducted in a | 17 | | manner substantially in accordance with the requirements | 18 | | of Sections 20-160 and 25-60 and Article 50 of this Code. A | 19 | | copy of these contracts shall be made available to the | 20 | | Chief Procurement Officer immediately upon request. This | 21 | | paragraph is inoperative 5 years after the effective date | 22 | | of | | | this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. | 23 | | (24) Procurement expenditures related to efforts to | 24 | | recruit candidates to State employment. The process of | 25 | | recruiting candidates described in this paragraph (24) | 26 | | shall be conducted in a manner substantially in accordance |
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| 1 | | with the requirements of the following provisions of this | 2 | | Code: Sections 50-13, 50-20, and 50-35, and the provisions | 3 | | of this subsection (b) concerning information that is | 4 | | required to be posted to the procurement bulletin. This | 5 | | paragraph (24) does not apply on and after January 1, | 6 | | 2029. | 7 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for contracts | 8 | | with an annual value of more than $100,000 entered into on or | 9 | | after October 1, 2017 under an exemption provided in any | 10 | | paragraph of this subsection (b), except paragraph (1), (2), | 11 | | or (5), each State agency shall post to the appropriate | 12 | | procurement bulletin the name of the contractor, a description | 13 | | of the supply or service provided, the total amount of the | 14 | | contract, the term of the contract, and the exception to the | 15 | | Code utilized. The chief procurement officer shall submit a | 16 | | report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than | 17 | | November 1 of each year that shall include, at a minimum, an | 18 | | annual summary of the monthly information reported to the | 19 | | chief procurement officer. | 20 | | (c) This Code does not apply to the electric power | 21 | | procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the | 22 | | Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public | 23 | | Utilities Act. | 24 | | (d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code, | 25 | | and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois | 26 | | Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the |
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| 1 | | procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the | 2 | | Illinois Lottery Law. | 3 | | (e) This Code does not apply to the process used by the | 4 | | Capital Development Board to retain a person or entity to | 5 | | assist the Capital Development Board with its duties related | 6 | | to the determination of costs of a clean coal SNG brownfield | 7 | | facility, as defined by Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power | 8 | | Agency Act, as required in subsection (h-3) of Section 9-220 | 9 | | of the Public Utilities Act, including calculating the range | 10 | | of capital costs, the range of operating and maintenance | 11 | | costs, or the sequestration costs or monitoring the | 12 | | construction of clean coal SNG brownfield facility for the | 13 | | full duration of construction. | 14 | | (f) (Blank). | 15 | | (g) (Blank). | 16 | | (h) This Code does not apply to the process to procure or | 17 | | contracts entered into in accordance with Sections 11-5.2 and | 18 | | 11-5.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. | 19 | | (i) Each chief procurement officer may access records | 20 | | necessary to review whether a contract, purchase, or other | 21 | | expenditure is or is not subject to the provisions of this | 22 | | Code, unless such records would be subject to attorney-client | 23 | | privilege. | 24 | | (j) This Code does not apply to the process used by the | 25 | | Capital Development Board to retain an artist or work or works | 26 | | of art as required in Section 14 of the Capital Development |
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| 1 | | Board Act. | 2 | | (k) This Code does not apply to the process to procure | 3 | | contracts, or contracts entered into, by the State Board of | 4 | | Elections or the State Electoral Board for hearing officers | 5 | | appointed pursuant to the Election Code. | 6 | | (l) This Code does not apply to the processes used by the | 7 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission to procure supplies and | 8 | | services paid for from the private funds of the Illinois | 9 | | Prepaid Tuition Fund. As used in this subsection (l), "private | 10 | | funds" means funds derived from deposits paid into the | 11 | | Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund and the earnings thereon. | 12 | | (m) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of | 13 | | funds with which contracts are paid, including federal | 14 | | assistance moneys. Except as specifically provided in this | 15 | | Code, this Code shall not apply to procurement expenditures | 16 | | necessary for the Department of Public Health to conduct the | 17 | | Healthy Illinois Survey in accordance with Section 2310-431 of | 18 | | the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the | 19 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-175, eff. 7-29-21; 102-483, eff 1-1-22; | 21 | | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-600, eff. 8-27-21; 102-662, eff. | 22 | | 9-15-21; 102-721, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | 23 | | 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-103, eff. | 24 | | 6-27-23; revised 9-5-23.) | 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law. |
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