Full Text of SB1869 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Language Access to Government Services Task Force Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds the | 7 | | following:
| 8 | | (1) Nearly 10% of Illinois' population is limited | 9 | | English proficient, giving Illinois the 5th largest | 10 | | limited English proficient population in the United States | 11 | | at over 1.1 million residents.
| 12 | | (2) Language barriers continue to exist for many | 13 | | Illinois residents who are limited English proficient, and | 14 | | these barriers limit their ability to fully participate in | 15 | | civic life and maximize their economic productivity.
| 16 | | (3) Language barriers for limited English proficient | 17 | | residents create very real challenges when trying to access | 18 | | information about available government services or an | 19 | | individual's legal rights or obligations under State and | 20 | | local laws.
| 21 | | (4) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act requires program | 22 | | recipients of federal funds, such as certain State | 23 | | agencies, to take reasonable steps to ensure that limited |
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| 1 | | English proficient persons have meaningful access to their | 2 | | programs and activities.
| 3 | | (5) The public safety, health, economic prosperity, | 4 | | and general welfare of all Illinois residents is furthered | 5 | | by increasing language access to State programs and | 6 | | services.
| 7 | | Section 10. The Language Access to Government Services Task | 8 | | Force.
| 9 | | (a) There is hereby created the Language Access to | 10 | | Government Services Task Force to study and reduce the language | 11 | | barriers existing among Illinois residents who are limited | 12 | | English proficient, and to maximize their ability to access | 13 | | government services and participate in civic discourse.
| 14 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
| 15 | | (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President | 16 | | of the Senate;
| 17 | | (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | 18 | | Leader of the Senate;
| 19 | | (3) one member of the House of Representatives | 20 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
| 21 | | (4) one member of the House of Representatives | 22 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 23 | | Representatives;
| 24 | | (5) one member appointed by the Governor as a | 25 | | representative of the Governor's Office;
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| 1 | | (6) one member appointed by the Attorney General as a | 2 | | representative of the Attorney General's Office;
| 3 | | (7) one member appointed by the Secretary of State as a | 4 | | representative of the Secretary of State's Office;
| 5 | | (8) one member appointed by the Secretary of the | 6 | | Illinois Department of Human Services as a representative | 7 | | of the Department of Human Services;
| 8 | | (9) five members appointed by the Governor, upon | 9 | | recommendation of a non-profit organization that promotes | 10 | | civic engagement and advocates on behalf of immigrant | 11 | | communities through a coalition of member organizations | 12 | | that serve Latino, Asian, African, Arab, and European | 13 | | immigrants; and
| 14 | | (10) five members appointed by the Governor, upon | 15 | | recommendation of a non-profit organization that promotes | 16 | | civic engagement among Asian American communities and | 17 | | advocates on behalf of Asian American communities through | 18 | | its Pan-Asian coalition.
| 19 | | (c) Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation | 20 | | for serving as members, and shall be appointed within 30 days | 21 | | after the effective date of this Act and begin meeting no later | 22 | | than 30 days after the appointments are finalized, but shall | 23 | | hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2017. In the | 24 | | event that any appointment required to be made by the Governor | 25 | | under paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (b) is not made | 26 | | within 30 days after the effective date of this Act, the |
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| 1 | | Secretary of Human Services shall make such appointments within | 2 | | 15 days after the appointment deadline.
| 3 | | (d) The Task Force shall elect a chairperson from among its | 4 | | membership, and the Department of Human Services shall provide | 5 | | technical support and assistance to the Task Force and shall be | 6 | | responsible for administering its operations and ensuring that | 7 | | the requirements of this Act are met. The Task Force may | 8 | | otherwise consult with any persons or entities it deems | 9 | | necessary to carry out its purposes.
| 10 | | Section 15. Duties of the Language Access to Government | 11 | | Services Task Force. The duties of the Task Force shall consist | 12 | | of the following:
| 13 | | (1) review existing language access laws or ordinances | 14 | | in other parts of the country, including existing reports | 15 | | or academic publications on such laws or ordinances;
| 16 | | (2) evaluate their effectiveness in eliminating | 17 | | language barriers for limited English proficient | 18 | | communities;
| 19 | | (3) consider any other available and relevant | 20 | | information on language access issues in Illinois, | 21 | | including census data, community feedback, or surveys;
| 22 | | (4) identify and recommend specific best-practices and | 23 | | provisions for a State language access law; and
| 24 | | (5) produce a final report summarizing the Task Force's | 25 | | findings and detailing its specific recommendations for a |
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| 1 | | State language access law and highlight any areas of major | 2 | | disagreement within the Task Force.
| 3 | | Section 20. Report. The Task Force shall submit its final | 4 | | report with findings and recommendations to the General | 5 | | Assembly, the Governor, and the Attorney General on or before | 6 | | July 1, 2018. | 7 | | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on December 31, | 8 | | 2018. | 9 | | Section 100. The Legislative Information System Act is | 10 | | amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
| 11 | | (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
| 12 | | Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative | 13 | | information. To
make available to the public
all of the | 14 | | following information in
electronic form:
| 15 | | (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule of | 16 | | legislative floor
sessions
for each of the 2 houses of the | 17 | | General Assembly together with a list of
matters pending | 18 | | before them and the weekly schedule of legislative
| 19 | | committee hearings together with matters scheduled for | 20 | | their consideration.
| 21 | | (2) On or before July 1, 1999,
a list of the committees | 22 | | of the General Assembly and their
members.
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| 1 | | (3) On or before July 1, 1999,
the text of each bill | 2 | | and resolution introduced
and of each engrossed, enrolled, | 3 | | and re-enrolled bill
and resolution and the text of each
| 4 | | adopted amendment and conference committee report.
| 5 | | (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items | 6 | | specified in
paragraph (3) of this Section, together with
a | 7 | | summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding | 8 | | each bill
and resolution introduced.
| 9 | | (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the House | 10 | | and the
Senate of the General Assembly.
| 11 | | (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 12 | | Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
| 13 | | (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 14 | | Assembly,
the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
| 15 | | (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 16 | | Assembly, the Constitution of the United States and the | 17 | | Constitution
of the State of Illinois.
| 18 | | (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
| 19 | | Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative Code.
| 20 | | (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second | 21 | | General
Assembly, the most current
issue of the Illinois | 22 | | Register published on or after the effective date of this
| 23 | | amendatory Act of 1998.
| 24 | | (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee on | 25 | | Legislative Support
Services
elects to make available.
| 26 | | The information shall be made available to the public
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| 1 | | through a website maintained by the System the World Wide Web .
| 2 | | The information may also be made
available by any other means | 3 | | of access that would facilitate public access to
the | 4 | | information.
| 5 | | Any documentation that describes the electronic digital | 6 | | formats of the
information shall be made available
through a | 7 | | website maintained by the System the World Wide Web .
| 8 | | Personal information concerning a person who accesses this | 9 | | public information
may be
maintained only for the purpose of | 10 | | providing service to the person.
| 11 | | No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative | 12 | | Information System
as a condition of accessing the information, | 13 | | except that a reasonable fee may
be charged for any customized | 14 | | services and shall be deposited into the General
Assembly | 15 | | Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
| 16 | | The electronic public access provided through the System's | 17 | | website World Wide Web
shall be in addition to any other | 18 | | electronic or print distribution of the
information.
| 19 | | Within one-year after the effective date of this amendatory | 20 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly, to the extent practicable, | 21 | | the System shall use a free translation tool to enable | 22 | | translation into multiple languages of the information made | 23 | | available to the public through the website maintained by the | 24 | | System. The translation tool shall, at a minimum, translate the | 25 | | following content on the website maintained by the System: the | 26 | | home page; information regarding the members of the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives and the Senate, including, but not limited to, | 2 | | each member's biography, committee assignments, and sponsored | 3 | | bills; information regarding the membership of, bills assigned | 4 | | to, and meeting schedules of each standing and special | 5 | | committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate; | 6 | | information on the procedural status of each bill and | 7 | | resolution, together with any amendments thereto, and | 8 | | appointment message filed in the House of Representatives or | 9 | | the Senate, including both general information and | 10 | | user-selected information (through the "My Legislation" | 11 | | function or otherwise), but not including the synopsis or text | 12 | | of any bill or resolution, or any amendment thereto, or any | 13 | | appointment message, Public Act, or Executive Order; | 14 | | information regarding previous General Assemblies, not | 15 | | including the synopsis or text of any bill or resolution, or | 16 | | any amendment thereto, or any appointment message, Public Act, | 17 | | or Executive Order; contact information for the General | 18 | | Assembly, legislative support service agencies, and other | 19 | | related offices in the Capitol Complex; and information | 20 | | regarding access for persons with disabilities. The System may, | 21 | | in its discretion, provide for additional content to be | 22 | | translated. The languages available for translation shall be | 23 | | those provided by the translation tool. Before a user accesses | 24 | | translated information, the System shall ensure that a | 25 | | disclaimer is first displayed, stating that: the translated | 26 | | information is offered as a convenience and should not be |
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| 1 | | considered accurate as to the translation of the text in | 2 | | question; and the English language version is the official and | 3 | | authoritative version of the text in question. | 4 | | No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to alter | 5 | | or relinquish any
copyright or other proprietary interest or | 6 | | entitlement of the State of Illinois
relating to any of the | 7 | | information made available under this Section.
| 8 | | The information shall be made available as provided in this | 9 | | Section in the
shortest
practicable time after it is publicly | 10 | | available in any other form;
provided that
the System may make | 11 | | information available under this Section only if the
| 12 | | availability in no way reduces the quality and timeliness of
| 13 | | service available to and required under this Act for
| 14 | | legislative users and does not unduly burden the General | 15 | | Assembly or its
support services agencies. Failure to provide | 16 | | information under this Section
does not affect
the validity of | 17 | | any action of the General Assembly. The General Assembly and
| 18 | | the State of Illinois are not liable for the accuracy, | 19 | | availability, or use of
the information provided under this | 20 | | Section.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)
| 22 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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