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Public Act 91-0284

HB0517 Enrolled                                LRB9102818RCks

    AN ACT to amend the Illinois Violence Prevention  Act  of
1995 by changing Section 10.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of  1995
is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 4027/10)
    Sec.  10.  Illinois Violence Prevention Authority.  There
is hereby created the Illinois Violence Prevention  Authority
(hereafter "Authority") which shall be chaired jointly by the
Attorney  General and the Director of Public Health and shall
also include: the Secretary of Human Services (or his or  her
designee) plus 2 additional representatives of the Department
of  Human  Services designated by the Secretary; the director
or designee of the following departments of State government:
the Department of State Police, the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority, the Department of Children and  Family
Services,  the  Department  on  Aging, and the State Board of
Education, and the Department of Corrections;  the  chair  or
designee  of  the  Authority's  Youth  Advisory Board, who is
entitled to vote as a member of the Authority if 16 years  of
age  or  older;  and 10 8 public members representing health,
criminal justice, and  civic  associations  or  organizations
working  in  the  area  of  violence  prevention,  5  4  each
appointed  by the Attorney General and the Director of Public
Health.  Appointed members serve  3-year  terms  and  may  be
reappointed for an unlimited number of terms.
(Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

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