Full Text of SB0568 99th General Assembly
SB0568sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Iris Y. Martinez Filed: 4/16/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 568
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 568 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Racial and Ethnic Impact Note Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Applicability. Every bill, the purpose or effect | 7 | | of which is to increase or decrease disproportionality and | 8 | | equity of racial and ethnic minority persons of the State, | 9 | | shall have prepared for it prior to second reading in the house | 10 | | of introduction a brief explanatory statement or note which | 11 | | shall include a reliable evidenced based estimate of the | 12 | | disproportionate or unique impact of the policy, program, or | 13 | | appropriation, on minority persons in this State. The statement | 14 | | or note shall also include an explanation of the methodology | 15 | | used to determine the disproportionate or unique impact on the | 16 | | racial or ethnic minority population of the State. These |
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| 1 | | statements or notes shall be known as racial and ethnic impact | 2 | | notes. | 3 | | Section 10. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill, to which | 4 | | Section 5 applies, shall present a copy of the bill, with his | 5 | | request for a racial and ethnic impact note, to the board, | 6 | | commission, department, agency, or other entity of the State | 7 | | which is to receive or expend the appropriation proposed or | 8 | | which is responsible for the administration of the policy or | 9 | | program proposed. The responsible State entity shall consult | 10 | | with the Illinois African-American Family Commission and the | 11 | | Illinois Latino Family Commission and provide each Commission | 12 | | with the racial and ethnic impact note. The racial and ethnic | 13 | | impact note shall be prepared by such board, commission, | 14 | | department, agency, or other entity and furnished to the | 15 | | sponsor of the bill within 7 calendar days thereafter; except | 16 | | that whenever, because of the complexity of the measure, | 17 | | additional time is required for preparation of the racial and | 18 | | ethnic impact note, the board, commission, department, agency, | 19 | | or other entity may so inform the sponsor of the bill and he or | 20 | | she may approve an extension of the time within which the note | 21 | | is to be furnished, not to extend, however, beyond June 15, | 22 | | following the date of the request. Whenever any measure for | 23 | | which a racial and ethnic impact note is required affects more | 24 | | than one State board, commission, department, agency, or other | 25 | | entity, the board, commission, department, agency, or other |
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| 1 | | entity most affected by its provisions according to the sponsor | 2 | | shall be responsible for preparation of the racial and ethnic | 3 | | impact note. Whenever any measure for which a racial and ethnic | 4 | | impact note is required does not affect a specific board, | 5 | | commission, department, agency or other such entity, the | 6 | | sponsor of the measure shall be responsible for preparation of | 7 | | the racial and ethnic impact note. | 8 | | Section 15. Vote on necessity of racial and ethnic impact | 9 | | note. Whenever the sponsor of any measure is of the opinion | 10 | | that no racial and ethnic impact note is necessary, one member | 11 | | from either the African-American Legislative Caucus or Latino | 12 | | Legislative Caucus may thereafter request that a note be | 13 | | obtained. | 14 | | Section 20. Requisites and contents. The note shall be | 15 | | factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall | 16 | | provide a reliable evidenced based estimate of the | 17 | | disproportionate or unique impact on the racial and ethnic | 18 | | minority groups of this State, and, in addition, it shall | 19 | | include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or | 20 | | reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure. | 21 | | If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no | 22 | | racial and ethnic impact estimate is possible, the note shall | 23 | | contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons | 24 | | why no racial and ethnic impact estimate can be given. |
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| 1 | | Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical and mechanical | 2 | | defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the racial | 3 | | and ethnic impact note with regard to the merits of the measure | 4 | | for which the racial and ethnic impact note is prepared; | 5 | | however, technical or mechanical defects may be noted. It shall | 6 | | also include such other information as is required by rules | 7 | | which may be adopted by each chamber of the General Assembly | 8 | | with respect to the preparation of racial and ethnic impact | 9 | | notes. The name of the State board, commission, department, | 10 | | agency, or other entity preparing the note shall appear at the | 11 | | end and the original note shall be signed by the head of the | 12 | | board, commission, department, agency, or other entity, or by a | 13 | | responsible representative designated by him or her for that | 14 | | purpose. | 15 | | Section 30. Appearance of State officials and employees in | 16 | | support or opposition of measure. The fact that a racial and | 17 | | ethnic impact note is prepared for any bill shall not preclude | 18 | | or restrict the appearance before any committee of the General | 19 | | Assembly of any official or authorized employee of any State | 20 | | board, commission, department, agency, or other entity who | 21 | | desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the | 22 | | measure. | 23 | | Section 35. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of |
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| 1 | | effect of proposed amendment. Whenever any committee of either | 2 | | house of the General Assembly reports any bill with an | 3 | | amendment of such nature as will have a substantially | 4 | | disproportionate effect on any of the racial and ethnic | 5 | | minority groups of the State, as stated in the racial and | 6 | | ethnic impact note attached to the measure at the time of its | 7 | | referral to the committee, there shall be included with the | 8 | | report of the committee a statement of the effect of the change | 9 | | proposed by the amendment reported if desired by a majority of | 10 | | the committee. In like manner, whenever any measure is amended | 11 | | on the floor of either house of the General Assembly in such | 12 | | manner as to substantially affect the racial and ethnic groups | 13 | | of the State, a majority of both the African-American | 14 | | Legislative Caucus and the Latino Legislative Caucus may | 15 | | propose that no action shall be taken upon the amendment until | 16 | | the sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a | 17 | | statement of the racial and ethnic impact of his proposed | 18 | | amendment. | 19 | | Section 40. Confidentiality prior to introduction. The | 20 | | subject matter of bills submitted to boards, commissions, | 21 | | departments, agencies, or other entities for preparation of | 22 | | racial and ethnic impact notes shall be kept in strict | 23 | | confidence and no information relating thereto or relating to | 24 | | the racial and ethnic impact of any such measure shall be | 25 | | divulged by any official or employee thereof prior to its |
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| 1 | | introduction in the General Assembly.
| 2 | | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 3 | | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.".
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