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Sen. Daniel Biss
Filed: 4/17/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 564
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 564 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (15 ILCS 50/10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership; |
| 8 | | meeting notices. |
| 9 | | (a) The Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet |
| 10 | | a centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the |
| 11 | | public, of information relating to appointed positions on the |
| 12 | | State's boards and commissions. |
| 13 | | The database shall include, at a minimum: |
| 14 | | (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and |
| 15 | | responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the |
| 16 | | State's boards and commissions. |
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| 1 | | (2) The name and term of each current appointed member |
| 2 | | of a board or commission. |
| 3 | | (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of |
| 4 | | each of the State's boards and commissions. |
| 5 | | (4) Information as to how a person may apply for |
| 6 | | appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform |
| 7 | | application that may be downloaded and printed or that may |
| 8 | | be submitted electronically. Such application shall |
| 9 | | include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his |
| 10 | | or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for |
| 11 | | reporting purposes. |
| 12 | | (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's |
| 13 | | website that allows the public to search Statements of |
| 14 | | Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.
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| 15 | | (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of |
| 16 | | this Section, the Office shall establish and maintain on the |
| 17 | | Internet: |
| 18 | | (1) a centralized location for an electronic mail |
| 19 | | listserv for subscribers to receive notices of the meetings |
| 20 | | of each board and commission and the meeting's agenda; and |
| 21 | | (2) a listing of the meeting times and agendas for each |
| 22 | | board and commission. |
| 23 | | The Office shall send and post meeting notices and agendas |
| 24 | | pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) at least 48 hours before |
| 25 | | each meeting. For the purposes of this subsection (b), |
| 26 | | "electronic mail listserv" means an automatic mailing list |