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(7) The Chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway |
Authority or his or her designee. |
(8) The Chairperson of the Illinois Commerce |
Commission or his or her designee. |
(9) The Chairperson of the Commuter Rail Board Board |
of Directors of Metra or his or her designee. |
(10) The Mayor of the City of Chicago or his or her |
designee. |
(11) A representative of a labor organization |
representing rail workers, appointed by the Governor. |
(12) A representative of a trade organization related |
to the rail industry, appointed by the Governor. |
(13) A representative of the Metropolitan Mayors and |
Managers Association, appointed by the Governor. |
(14) A representative from the Illinois Railroad |
Association, appointed by the Governor. |
(15) A representative from the University of Illinois |
System, appointed by the Governor. |
(16) A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan |
Agency for Planning, appointed by the Governor. |
(17) A representative of the Illinois Municipal |
League, appointed by the Governor. |
(18) A representative of the Champaign-Urbana Mass
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Transit District, appointed by the Governor. |
(19) A representative of the Region 1 Planning |
Council, appointed by the Governor. |
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(20) A representative of the McLean County Regional |
Planning Commission, appointed by the Governor. |
(21) A representative of the East-West Gateway Council |
of Governments, appointed by the Governor. |
(c) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected |
from the Commission's membership by a simple majority vote of |
the total membership of the Commission. The Vice-Chairperson |
of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission's |
membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership |
of the Commission. |
(d) Appointments made by the Governor under subsection (b) |
shall be made no later than January 1, 2023 The Governor, |
President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, |
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader |
of the House of Representatives shall make their initial |
appointments to the Commission by January 1, 2022. |
(e) Vacancies in Commission membership shall be filled in |
the same manner as provided under subsection (b) initial |
appointments. |
(f) Total membership of the Commission consists of the |
number of members serving on the Commission, not including any |
vacant positions. A quorum consists of a simple majority of |
total membership and shall be sufficient to conduct the |
business of the Commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the |
bylaws of the Commission. |
(g) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly, and hold |
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its first meeting within 30 days after the appointment of |
members under subsection (d). |
(h) Members of the Commission shall receive no |
compensation for service as members.
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(Source: P.A. 102-261, eff. 8-6-21.)
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Section 5. The Local
Journalism Task Force Act is amended |
by changing Sections 10 and 25 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 4108/10) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
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Sec. 10. Membership. |
(a) The Task Force shall include
the following members:
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one member of the House of
Representatives appointed by the |
Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member of the |
House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of |
the House of Representatives; one member of the Senate |
appointed by
the President of the Senate; one member of the |
Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; and one |
member appointed by the
Governor. |
(b) The Task Force shall also include the following |
members appointed by the Governor: one representative of the |
Chicago News Guild; one representative of the Chicago Chapter |
of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and |
Technicians-Communication Workers of America; one |
representative of the Medill School of
Journalism, Media, |
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Integrated Marketing Communications at
Northwestern |
University; one representative of the Public Affairs Reporting |
Program at the
University of
Illinois at Springfield; one |
representative of the School
of Journalism at Southern |
Illinois University Carbondale; one
representative of the |
Illinois Press Association; one representative of the
Illinois |
Broadcasters Association; one representative of the Illinois
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Legislative Correspondents Association; one representative of |
the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council; one representative |
of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; one |
representative of the University of Illinois at |
Urbana-Champaign; one representative of the Chicago |
Independent Media Alliance; one representative of the National |
Association of Black Journalists; one representative of the |
Association of LGBTQ Journalists; one representative of the |
National Association of Hispanic Journalists; one |
representative of the Asian American Journalists Association; |
one representative of the Native American Journalists |
Association; and one representative of the
Illinois Municipal |
League. |
(c) Appointments shall be made no later
than 30 days |
following the effective date of this Act. Any additional |
appointments made pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 102nd |
General Assembly shall be made no later than 30 days following |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General |
Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)
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(20 ILCS 4108/25) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
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Sec. 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force
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shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for
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legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
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than July 1, 2023 one year after the effective date of this |
Act.
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(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |