Full Text of SB0576 99th General Assembly
SB0576sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Emil Jones, III Filed: 4/15/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 576
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 576 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Racial Impact Note Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Racial impact note. | 7 | | (a) Every bill which has or could have a disparate impact | 8 | | on racial and ethnic minorities, upon the request of any | 9 | | member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in | 10 | | the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or | 11 | | note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated | 12 | | impact on those racial and ethnic minorities likely to be | 13 | | impacted by the bill. Each racial impact note must include, for | 14 | | racial and ethnic minorities for which data are available: (i) | 15 | | an estimate of how the proposed legislation would impact racial | 16 | | and ethnic minorities; (ii) a statement of the methodologies |
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| 1 | | and assumptions used in preparing the estimate; (iii) an | 2 | | estimate of the racial and ethnic composition of the population | 3 | | who may be impacted by the proposed legislation, including | 4 | | those persons who may be negatively impacted and those persons | 5 | | who may benefit from the proposed legislation; and (iv) any | 6 | | other matter that a responding agency considers appropriate in | 7 | | relation to the racial and ethnic minorities likely to be | 8 | | affected by the bill. | 9 | | Section 10. Preparation. | 10 | | (a) The sponsor of each bill for which a request under | 11 | | Section 5 has been made shall present a copy of the bill with | 12 | | the request for a racial impact note to the appropriate | 13 | | responding agency or agencies under subsection (b). The | 14 | | responding agency or agencies shall prepare and submit the note | 15 | | to the sponsor of the bill within 5 calendar days, except that | 16 | | whenever, because of the complexity of the measure, additional | 17 | | time is required for the preparation of the racial impact note, | 18 | | the responding agency or agencies may inform the sponsor of the | 19 | | bill, and the sponsor may approve an extension of the time | 20 | | within which the note is to be submitted, not to extend, | 21 | | however, beyond June 15, following the date of the request. If, | 22 | | in the opinion of the responding agency or agencies, there is | 23 | | insufficient information to prepare a reliable estimate of the | 24 | | anticipated impact, a statement to that effect can be filed and | 25 | | shall meet the requirements of this Act. |
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| 1 | | (b) If a bill concerns arrests, convictions, or law | 2 | | enforcement, a statement shall be prepared by the Illinois | 3 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority specifying the impact | 4 | | on racial and ethnic minorities. If a bill concerns | 5 | | corrections, sentencing, or the placement of individuals | 6 | | within the Department of Corrections, a statement shall be | 7 | | prepared by the Department of Corrections specifying the impact | 8 | | on racial and ethnic minorities. If a bill concerns local | 9 | | government, a statement shall be prepared by the Department of | 10 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity specifying the impact on | 11 | | racial and ethnic minorities. If a bill concerns education, one | 12 | | of the following agencies shall prepare a statement specifying | 13 | | the impact on racial and ethnic minorities: (i) the Illinois | 14 | | Community Colleges Board, if the bill affects community | 15 | | colleges; (ii) the Illinois State Board of Education, if the | 16 | | bill affects primary and secondary education; or (iii) the | 17 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education, if the bill affects State | 18 | | universities. Any other State agency impacted or responsible | 19 | | for implementing all or part of this bill shall prepare a | 20 | | statement of the racial and ethnic impact of the bill as it | 21 | | relates to that agency. | 22 | | Section 15. Requisites and contents. The note shall be | 23 | | factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and, in | 24 | | addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if | 25 | | determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect |
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| 1 | | of the measure on racial and ethnic minorities. If, after | 2 | | careful investigation, it is determined that such an effect is | 3 | | not ascertainable, the note shall contain a statement to that | 4 | | effect, setting forth the reasons why no ascertainable effect | 5 | | can be given. | 6 | | Section 20. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical | 7 | | defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the racial | 8 | | impact note with regard to the merits of the measure for which | 9 | | the racial impact note is prepared; however, technical or | 10 | | mechanical defects may be noted.
| 11 | | Section 25. Appearance of State officials and employees in | 12 | | support or opposition of measure. The fact that a racial | 13 | | impact note is prepared for any bill or proposed rule shall not | 14 | | preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of the | 15 | | General Assembly of any official or authorized employee of the | 16 | | responding agency or agencies, or any other impacted State | 17 | | agency, who desires to be heard in support of or in opposition | 18 | | to the measure. | 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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