Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for EO1609

Rescinds Executive Order 2013-03, dissolving the Millennium Reserve Steering Committee. Reinstates the Millennium Reserve State Agency Task Force created under Executive Order 2013-03. Provides for the composition of the Task Force, for the Director of Natural Resources, or his or her designee, to serve as the chairperson, and for the Department of Natural Resources to provide administrative support for the Task Force. Allows the Task Force to consider the recommendations, action plan, priorities, and priority projects being advanced by the successor organization to the Millennium Reserve Steering Committee and other Millennium Reserve Initiative partners. Provides that the Task Force shall: identify barriers faced by Millennium Reserve Initiative partners to accessing information, technical assistance, and funding from the Task Force's member agencies; develop sustainable policies and programs to address those barriers within each agency's mission, authorities, and existing resources; and promote and facilitate public-private partnerships to advance the Millennium Reserve Initiative's goals. Provides that the Task Force shall issue to the Governor an annual report on June 30, 2017 and a final report on June 30, 2018, after which it shall be dissolved. Contains provisions regarding: the Freedom of Information Act; severability; and savings. Effective immediately.

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