SB0100eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0100 Engrossed LRB100 04974 RJF 14984 b

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Complete Count Commission Act.

Section 5. Commission; members; meetings.

(a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission is created, which shall consist of the following members:

(1) the President of the Senate or his or her designee;

(2) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee;

(3) the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her designee;

(4) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives or his or her designee;

(5) the Mayor of Chicago or his or her designee;

(6) the Governor or his or her designee;

(7) the Secretary of State or his or her designee;

(8) the President of the Cook County Board or his or her designee;

(9) seven individuals residing outside of the City of Chicago, reflecting the geographic diversity of the State, appointed by the Governor;

(10) a representative of the Chicago Urban League jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(11) a representative of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(12) a representative of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(13) a representative of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce appointed by the Governor;

(14) a representative of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(15) a representative of the Black Chamber of Commerce jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(16) a representative of Asian Americans Advancing Justice jointly appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

(17) one representative each appointed by the President of the Senate or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her designee, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives or his or her designee.

(b) Members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing official and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.

(c) The Governor and Mayor of Chicago shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-chairs or upon request of any 10 members of the Commission.

Section 10. Expenses; Director; Assistant Director.

(a) Members of the Commission shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the course of their service to the Commission out of any moneys available for that purpose.

(b) The Commission may employ a Director and Assistant Director upon a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the Commission. The Director and Assistant Director may be compensated from moneys appropriated or available for that purpose.

Section 15. Duties.

(a) The Commission shall develop, recommend, and assist in the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage full participation in the 2020 federal decennial census of population required by Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code.

(b) The census outreach strategy shall include, but not be limited to, State agency initiatives to encourage participation in the 2020 Census, the establishment and support of school-based outreach programs, partnerships with non-profit community-based organizations, and a multi-lingual, multi-media campaign designed to ensure an accurate and complete count of Illinois' population.

(c) To assist in carrying out its duties, the Commission may create and appoint subcommittees as it deems appropriate and shall solicit participation from relevant experts and practitioners involved in census issues.

Section 20. Coordination; support.

(a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission outreach strategy shall be coordinated from the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Mayor of Chicago, which shall enlist all State and City of Chicago agencies and departments directly responsible to the Governor or the Mayor of Chicago, as the case may be, to identify effective methods of outreach to Illinoisans and to provide resources to ensure the outreach program is successful and that all Illinoisans are counted. Each agency and department shall inform the Office of the Governor or Office of the Mayor of Chicago, as the case may be, of their designated census coordinator for purposes of this effort.

(b) All State agencies and departments shall cooperate with the Commission and provide support to the Commission. Other entities of State government not directly responsible to the Governor, including other constitutional officers, the offices of the legislative and judicial branches, and units of local government shall cooperate and provide all reasonable assistance to the Commission.

Section 25. Reports.

The Commission shall submit an interim report to the General Assembly by November 30, 2018, containing its recommended outreach strategy to encourage full participation and to avoid an undercount in the 2020 Census; thereafter, the Commission shall submit its final report to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 2019, specifying its recommended outreach strategy for implementation for the 2020 Census.

Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 30, 2021.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.