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90_HB1277
New Act
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c
Creates the Commission on the Status of Women and defines
its powers and duties. Provides that the Commission shall
study the status of women in the State and make annual
recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly for
constructive legislation. Amends the Personnel Code to
exempt from its provisions employees of the Commission.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning a commission on the status of women.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Commission on the Status of Women Act.
6 Section 5. Creation; membership; appointments;
7 vacancies. There is created a Commission on the Status of
8 Women consisting of 16 members: 4 members of the House of
9 Representatives to be appointed 2 by the Speaker of the House
10 and 2 by the Minority Leader of the House, 4 members of the
11 Senate to be appointed 2 by the President of the Senate and 2
12 by the Minority Leader of the Senate, and 8 members of the
13 public to be appointed, 2 each, by the Speaker and by the
14 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and by the
15 President and by the Minority Leader of the Senate. The
16 members of the Commission shall be appointed biennially for
17 terms expiring on July 1 of each succeeding odd-numbered year
18 and shall serve until their respective successors are
19 appointed and qualified, except that General Assembly members
20 shall serve until their respective successors are appointed
21 or until termination of their legislative service, whichever
22 first occurs. The members of the Commission shall receive no
23 compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for
24 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
25 duties. Vacancies occurring because of death or resignation
26 shall be filled by the appointing authority for the group in
27 which the vacancy occurs.
28 Section 10. Organization; rules; employees and
29 assistants; offices. The Commission shall within 30 days
30 after its appointment organize by appointing one member as
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1 its Chairperson and by making necessary rules for the
2 administration of the Commission that are not inconsistent
3 with this Act. The Commission may from time to time amend
4 these rules.
5 The Commission may employ those employees and assistants
6 as it deems necessary without regard to the Personnel Code or
7 any other law of this State concerning State employment. The
8 employees and assistants of the Commission shall be
9 reimbursed for all actual and necessary traveling expenses
10 and disbursements incurred by them in the discharge of their
11 official duties.
12 The Commission shall maintain an office or offices for
13 the transaction of its business in any city or cities in the
14 State of Illinois that the Commission may designate and may
15 incur the necessary expenses for office furniture,
16 stationery, printing, and other incidental necessities.
17 Section 15. Nine members of the Commission shall
18 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the
19 concurrence of at least 8 Commissioners shall be necessary to
20 render a decision by the Commission.
21 Section 20. Studies and recommendations. The Commission
22 shall study the status of women in this State and make
23 recommendations for constructive action in the following
24 areas:
25 (1) Employment policies and practices.
26 (2) Illinois Labor laws.
27 (3) Legal rights.
28 (4) The family and the employed woman.
29 (5) Expanded programs to help women as wives, mothers,
30 and workers.
31 (6) Women as citizen volunteers.
32 (7) Education.
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1 In addition, the Commission shall study and analyze all
2 facts relating to Illinois laws, regulations, and guidelines
3 with respect to equal protection under the Illinois
4 Constitution.
5 The Commission may survey activity in the area of the
6 status of women carried on by any commission, agency, or
7 department of the federal government or State or any private
8 entity and may cooperate with these entities in conducting
9 investigations and studies.
10 Section 25. Gifts and grants. The Commission may accept
11 monetary gifts or grants from the federal government or its
12 agencies, from any charitable foundation or professional
13 association, or from any other reputable source for the
14 implementation of any program necessary or desirable for
15 carrying out the general purposes of the Commission. Gifts
16 and grants may be held in trust by the Commission and
17 expended in the exercise of its powers and performance of its
18 duties as prescribed by law.
19 Section 30. Reports and recommendations. On or before
20 February 1 in each year, the Commission shall make to the
21 Governor and members of the General Assembly a full report of
22 its proceedings for the year ending the 1st day of December
23 in each year and may submit with the report recommendations
24 concerning the activities of the Commission, together with
25 recommendations for legislative consideration and action.
26 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
27 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
28 Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
29 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, and
30 the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Research
31 Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
32 Organization Act, and filing additional copies with the State
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1 Government Report Distribution Center for the General
2 Assembly as is required under Section 7 of the State Library
3 Act.
4 Section 105. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
5 Section 4c as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
7 Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
8 State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
9 unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in
10 this Act:
11 (1) All officers elected by the people.
12 (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
13 Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller, State
14 Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Attorney
15 General.
16 (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,
17 and notaries public.
18 (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
19 Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
20 officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative Reference
21 Bureau, the Legislative Research Unit, and the Legislative
22 Printing Unit.
23 (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard, and
24 Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions in
25 the State Military Service filled by enlistment and paid
26 from State funds.
27 (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
28 mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
29 (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General, the
30 Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the Illinois
31 Emergency Management Agency, members of boards and
32 commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
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1 Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
2 (8) The presidents, other principal administrative
3 officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties of
4 Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
5 Governors State University, Illinois State University,
6 Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
7 University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
8 Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
9 Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of Illinois,
10 State Universities Civil Service System, University
11 Retirement System of Illinois, and the administrative
12 officers and scientific and technical staff of the Illinois
13 State Museum.
14 (9) All other employees except the presidents, other
15 principal administrative officers, and teaching, research and
16 extension faculties of the universities under the
17 jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and
18 universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
19 Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
20 Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
21 Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
22 State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
23 University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
24 System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long as
25 these are subject to the provisions of the State Universities
26 Civil Service Act.
27 (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to the
28 merit provisions of the State Police Act.
29 (11) The scientific staff of the State Scientific
30 Surveys and the Hazardous Waste Research and Information
31 Center.
32 (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
33 Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
34 Safety and of the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the
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1 technical and engineering staff providing architectural and
2 engineering services in the Department of Central Management
3 Services.
4 (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway
5 Commission.
6 (14) The Secretary of the Industrial Commission.
7 (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
8 Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of the
9 Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of Insurance
10 in discharging his responsibilities relating to the
11 rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and dissolution of
12 companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
13 Illinois Insurance Code.
14 (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
15 Airport Authority.
16 (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
17 State Board of Investment.
18 (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
19 Corps program, administered by the Illinois Department of
20 Natural Resources, authorized grantee under Title VIII of the
21 "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC
22 993.
23 (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of Agriculture
24 for the operation of the Illinois State Fair and the DuQuoin
25 State Fair, no one person receiving more than 29 days of such
26 employment in any calendar year.
27 (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
28 Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
29 Service, a youth employment program that hires young people
30 to work in State parks for a period of one year or less.
31 (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
32 Commission.
33 (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
34 Science Academy.
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1 (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
2 Airport Authority.
3 (24) All employees and assistants of the Commission on
4 the Status of Women.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
6 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.