98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3049

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3983/20

    Amends the Illinois Latino Family Commission Act. Replaces the Department of Public Aid with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Adds liaisons from the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois State Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Capital Development Board.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Latino Family Commission Act is
5amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3983/20)
7    Sec. 20. Appointment; terms. The Illinois Latino Family
8Commission shall be comprised of 15 members. The Governor, the
9President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the
10Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
11Leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint 3
12members to the Commission. Each member shall have working
13knowledge of human services, community development, and
14economic public policies in Illinois. The Governor shall
15appoint the chairperson or chairpersons.
16    The members shall reflect regional representation to
17ensure that the needs of Latino families and children
18throughout the State are met. The members shall be selected
19from a variety of disciplines. They shall represent a
20partnership and collaborative effort between public and
21private agencies, the business sector, and community-based
22human services organizations.
23    Members shall serve 3-year terms, except in the case of

 

 

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1initial appointments. Five members, as determined by lot, shall
2be appointed to one-year terms; 5 members shall be appointed to
32-year terms; and 5 members shall be appointed to 3-year terms,
4so that the terms are staggered. Members shall serve without
5compensation, but shall be reimbursed for Commission-related
6expenses.
7    The Department on Aging, the Department of Children and
8Family Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic
9Opportunity, the Department of Corrections, the Department of
10Employment Security, the Department of Human Services, the
11Department of Healthcare and Family Services Public Aid, the
12Department of Public Health, the Illinois State Board of
13Education, the Illinois State Board of Higher Education, the
14Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Department of
15Human Rights, the Capital Development Board, and the Department
16of Transportation shall each appoint a liaison to serve
17ex-officio on the Commission. The Office of the Governor, in
18cooperation with the State agencies appointing liaisons to the
19Commission under this paragraph, shall provide administrative
20support to the Commission.
21(Source: P.A. 95-619, eff. 9-14-07.)