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HB0517 Engrossed                               LRB9102818RCks

 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Violence Prevention  Act  of
 2    1995 by changing Section 10.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of  1995
 6    is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 4027/10)
 8        Sec.  10.  Illinois Violence Prevention Authority.  There
 9    is hereby created the Illinois Violence Prevention  Authority
10    (hereafter "Authority") which shall be chaired jointly by the
11    Attorney  General and the Director of Public Health and shall
12    also include: the Secretary of Human Services (or his or  her
13    designee) plus 2 additional representatives of the Department
14    of  Human  Services designated by the Secretary; the director
15    or designee of the following departments of State government:
16    the Department of State Police, the Illinois Criminal Justice
17    Information Authority, the Department of Children and  Family
18    Services,  the  Department  on  Aging, and the State Board of
19    Education, and the Department of Corrections;  the  chair  or
20    designee  of  the  Authority's  Youth  Advisory Board, who is
21    entitled to vote as a member of the Authority if 16 years  of
22    age  or  older;  and 10 8 public members representing health,
23    criminal justice, and  civic  associations  or  organizations
24    working  in  the  area  of  violence  prevention,  5  4  each
25    appointed  by the Attorney General and the Director of Public
26    Health.  Appointed members serve  3-year  terms  and  may  be
27    reappointed for an unlimited number of terms.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

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