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91_SB0517
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1 AN ACT to create the State Government Building Safety
2 Commission and amending a named Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 State Government Building Safety Commission Act.
7 Section 5. State Government Building Safety Commission.
8 (a) There is created the State Government Building
9 Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission)
10 consisting of 2 members of the Senate appointed by the
11 President of the Senate, 1 member of the Senate appointed by
12 the Minority Leader of the Senate, 2 members of the House of
13 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, 1
14 member of the House of Representatives appointed by the
15 Minority Leader of the House, the Director of State Police,
16 ex-officio, the Director of Security for the Office of the
17 Secretary of State, ex-officio, the Director of Central
18 Management Services or his or her designee, ex-officio, and
19 the Superintendent of the City of Chicago Police Department
20 or his or her designee.
21 (b) The members of the Commission shall serve without
22 compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
23 necessary expenses from funds appropriated by the General
24 Assembly for that purpose.
25 (c) The Commission shall meet initially at the call of
26 the Director of State Police, shall select one of its members
27 as chairperson at its initial meeting, shall thereafter meet
28 at the call of the chairperson, may hold hearings in closed
29 session, and shall receive the assistance of those agencies
30 it deems appropriate. The Commission shall also consult
31 appropriate federal government agencies, if necessary, for
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1 its report.
2 (d) The Commission shall survey security procedures of
3 the 50 states at each state capitol building and other
4 primary office buildings of each state government, including
5 the staffing and training of full-time security personnel
6 employed in those buildings, and the use of metal detectors,
7 video cameras, and other screening devices. The Commission
8 shall make recommendations for implementation of increased
9 security procedures, if necessary, for the following
10 buildings: the Capitol Building, the Stratton Building, and
11 the Michael J. Howlett Building in Springfield, Illinois and
12 the James R. Thompson Center and the State of Illinois
13 Building in Chicago, Illinois.
14 The Commission shall report its findings to the Governor
15 and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 1999. The
16 report may be kept confidential at the discretion of the
17 Commission, except that the report shall be disclosed to the
18 President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and
19 Minority Leader of the House, the Secretary of State, and the
20 Governor. The provisions of Section 3.1 of the General
21 Assembly Organization Act do not apply to the report
22 submitted under this Section.
23 Section 105. The General Assembly Organization Act is
24 amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
25 (25 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 63, par. 3.1)
26 Sec. 3.1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 of
27 the State Government Building Safety Commission Act, whenever
28 any law or resolution requires a report to the General
29 Assembly, that reporting requirement shall be satisfied by
30 filing one copy of the report with each of the following:
31 the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House
32 of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and
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1 the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
2 Unit. Additional copies shall be filed with the State
3 Government Report Distribution Center for the General
4 Assembly as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the
5 State Library Act.
6 (Source: P.A. 83-1257.)
7 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.