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91_HB0622
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1 AN ACT concerning the Lieutenant Governor.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Commission on Community Service
5 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 710/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3804)
7 Sec. 4. Operation. The Lieutenant Governor shall
8 appoint a Director of the Lieutenant Governor's Commission on
9 Community Service who shall serve at the Lieutenant
10 Governor's pleasure and who shall receive such compensation
11 as is determined by the Lieutenant Governor. The Director
12 shall employ such staff as is necessary to carry out the
13 purpose of this Act. The Commission, working in cooperation
14 with State agencies, individuals, local groups, and
15 organizations throughout the State, may undertake programs
16 and activities that which further the purposes of this Act
17 including, but not limited to, the following:
18 (a) providing technical assistance to programs
19 which depend upon volunteers;
20 (b) initiating community service programs to meet
21 previously unmet needs in Illinois;
22 (c) promoting and coordinating efforts to expand
23 and improve the statewide community service network;
24 (d) recognizing outstanding community service
25 accomplishments;
26 (e) disseminating information to support community
27 service programs and to broaden community service
28 involvement throughout the State;
29 (f) implementing federally funded grant programs in
30 Illinois such as the National and Community Service Trust
31 Act.
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1 The Commission may receive and expend funds, grants and
2 services from any source for purposes reasonable and
3 necessary to carry out a coordinated plan of community
4 service throughout the State.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-902; 88-597, eff. 1-9-95.)
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