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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1587
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1587 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 8 through 30 with the following:
4 "Sec. 1-30. Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force.
5 (a) The Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force is created
6 within the Department to provide advice to the Department,
7 the Governor, and the General Assembly regarding welfare
8 reform. The task force shall consist of 16 members appointed
9 by legislative leaders, of whom 4 shall be appointed by the
10 Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4 shall be appointed
11 by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 4
12 shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and 4
13 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
14 Each of these appointing authorities may appoint no more than
15 2 members of the General Assembly to serve on the task force.
16 The Secretary shall appoint 2 members from the general public
17 who have expertise and interest in the subject of welfare
18 reform. The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of
19 Public Aid, or their designees, shall serve as ex-officio,
20 non-voting members of the task force. All appointments shall
21 be in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a
22 public record. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment in
23 the same manner as the original appointment. In the case of
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1 an appointment of a member of the General Assembly, a vacancy
2 shall exist when a member no longer holds the elected
3 legislative office held at the time of appointment. Members
4 appointed other than to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for
5 a 2-year term. The term of all voting members, whether
6 appointed to fill a vacancy or otherwise, shall expire on
7 February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
8 (b) At their first meeting and in February of each
9 odd-numbered year thereafter, the appointed members of the
10 task force shall elect from among the task force members who
11 are members of the General Assembly 2 co-chairpersons and
12 other officers as necessary. The co-chairpersons may not be
13 members appointed by the same legislative leader or by
14 legislative leaders affiliated with the same political party
15 and may not be members of the same house of the General
16 Assembly. The task force shall conduct at least 4 public
17 hearings annually and may conduct meetings more often upon
18 the call of the chair or any 9 members. A quorum of the task
19 force shall be 10 members.
20 (c) Members shall serve without compensation, but shall
21 be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually incurred
22 in carrying out their duties. These expenses shall be
23 reimbursed in the same manner as other advisory committees
24 and task forces to the Department. The Department shall
25 provide staff and technical assistance to the task force to
26 enable it perform its functions.
27 (d) The task force shall monitor implementation of State
28 and federal welfare reform laws, regulations, programs, and
29 funding, including the federal Personal Responsibility and
30 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193)
31 and related measures. The task force shall, as it deems
32 necessary, advise the Department, the Governor, and the
33 General Assembly regarding changes in policies, programs, and
34 laws that may improve the State's implementation and
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1 administration of welfare reform measures.
2 (e) This Section is repealed on May 31, 2005.".