Public Act 102-0591
 
HB2401 EnrolledLRB102 16283 RJF 21665 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended  by 
changing Section 5 as follows:
 



    (15 ILCS 305/5)  (from Ch. 124, par. 5)


    Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State: 

    1. To countersign and affix the seal of state to all 
commissions
required by law to be issued by the Governor.

    2. To make a register of all appointments by the Governor, 
specifying
the person appointed, the office conferred, the 
date of the appointment,
the date when bond or oath is taken 
and the date filed.  If Senate
confirmation is required, the 
date of the confirmation shall be included
in the register.

    3. To make proper indexes to public acts, resolutions, 
papers and
documents in the Secretary's his  office.

    3-a. To review all rules of all State agencies adopted in 
compliance
with the
codification system prescribed by the 
Secretary.  The review shall be for the
purposes and include 
all the powers and duties provided in the Illinois

Administrative Procedure Act.  The Secretary of State shall 
cooperate with the
Legislative Information System to insure 
the accuracy of the text of the rules
maintained under the 
Legislative Information System Act.

    4. To give any person requiring the same paying the lawful 
fees
therefor, a copy of any law, act, resolution, record or 
paper in the Secretary's his office, and attach thereto the 
Secretary's his certificate, under the seal of the state.

    5. To take charge of and preserve from waste, and keep in 
repair,
the houses, lots, grounds and appurtenances, situated 
in the City of
Springfield, and belonging to or occupied by the 
State, the care of
which is not otherwise provided for by law, 
and to take charge of and
preserve from waste, and keep in 
repair, the houses, lots, grounds and
appurtenances, situated 
in the State outside the City of Springfield
where such 
houses, lots, grounds and appurtenances are occupied by the

Secretary of State and no other State officer or agency.

    6. To supervise the distribution of the laws.

    7. To perform such other duties as may be required by law. 
The
Secretary of State may, within appropriations authorized 
by the General
Assembly, maintain offices in the State Capital 
and in such other places
in the State as the Secretary he may 
deem necessary to properly carry out the powers
and duties 
vested in the Secretary him by law.

    8. In addition to all other authority granted to the 
Secretary by law, subject to appropriation, to make grants or 
otherwise provide assistance to, among others without 
limitation, units of local government, school districts, 
educational institutions, private agencies, not-for-profit 
organizations, and for-profit entities for the health, safety, 
and welfare of Illinois residents for purposes related to 
education, transportation, construction, capital 
improvements, social services, and any other lawful public 
purpose.  Upon request of the Secretary, all State agencies are 
mandated to provide the Secretary with assistance in 
administering the grants. 
    9.  To notify the Auditor General of any Public Act filed 
with the Office of the Secretary of State making an 
appropriation or transfer of funds from the State treasury. 
This paragraph (9) applies only through June 30, 2015. 
    10. To accept service of process only in those 
specifically mandated areas of the law and as determined by 
the General Assembly. The Secretary of State is not the 
default agent for service of process in the State of Illinois. 
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1496, eff. 1-13-11.)