Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 4/17/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 946

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 946, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
622-77 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/22-77 new)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
9    Sec. 22-77. Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force.
10    (a) There is created the Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force
11to address the growing problem of heroin use in high schools
12across this State. The Task Force shall consist of all of the
13following members:
14        (1) Four members of the House of Representatives,
15    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
16        (2) Three members of the House of Representatives,

 

 

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1    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
2    Representatives.
3    Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation
4but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary
5expenses from funds appropriated to the State Board of
6Education for that purpose. The members of the Task Force shall
7be reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to
8the State Board of Education available for that purpose and
9subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board.
10    (b) The State Board of Education shall provide
11administrative and other support to the Task Force.
12    (c) The Task Force shall conduct a study on the heroin use
13problem in high schools and suggest programs for high schools
14to use to address the problem, which programs may involve local
15law enforcement agencies.
16    (d) On or before June 30, 2014, the Task Force shall report
17its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, by
18filing copies of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the
19General Assembly Organization Act, and to the Governor.
20    (e) The Task Force is abolished and this Section is
21repealed on July 1, 2014.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".