Public Act 100-0234
 
SB1670 EnrolledLRB100 09770 RJF 19939 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is 
amended  by changing Sections 5, 10, and 25 as follows:
 
    (15 ILCS 50/5)

    Sec. 5. Definitions.   As used in this Act:
    "Board" means a board authorized or created by executive 
order of the Governor, statute, or the Illinois Constitution to 
which the Governor has authority (whether or not exercised) to 
appoint one or more members.
    "Commission" means a commission or other body authorized or 
created by executive order of the Governor, statute, or the 
Illinois Constitution to which the Governor has authority 
(whether or not exercised) to appoint one or more members.
    "Office" means the Governor's Office of Boards and 
Commissions, or a successor entity within the Governor's 
administration.

    "Sexual orientation" shall have the same meaning as in 
Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. 
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
    (15 ILCS 50/10)
    Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership; 
meeting notices.   
    (a) The Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet 
a centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the 
public, of information relating to appointed positions on the 
State's boards and commissions.
    The database shall include, at a minimum:
        (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and 
    responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the 
    State's boards and commissions.
        (2) The name and term of each current appointed member 
    of a board or commission.
        (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of 
    each of the State's boards and commissions.
        (4) Information as to how a person may apply for 
    appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform 
    application that may be downloaded and printed or that may 
    be submitted electronically. Such application shall 
    include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his 
    or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for 
    reporting purposes. Additionally, such application shall 
    include a data field where an applicant may optionally 
    disclose his or her sexual orientation for reporting 
    purposes. 
        (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's 
    website that allows the public to search Statements of 
    Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.


    (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of 
this Section, the Office shall establish and maintain on the 
Internet:
        (1) a centralized location for an electronic mail 
    listserv for subscribers to receive notices of the meetings 
    of each board and commission and the meeting's agenda; and
        (2) a listing of the meeting times and agendas for each 
    board and commission.
    The Office shall send and post meeting notices and agendas 
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) at least 48 hours before 
each meeting. For the purposes of this subsection (b), 
"electronic mail listserv" means an automatic mailing list 
server used to manage electronic mail transmissions to a list 
of subscribers. 
(Source: P.A. 98-1087, eff. 1-1-15; 99-218, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
    (15 ILCS 50/25)
    Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning 
October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor 
shall file a report with the General Assembly detailing the 
following information:
        (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender, 
    and disability status) of each appointment made by the 
    Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30 
    of the reporting year. Such demographic information shall 
    also include the voluntarily and publicly disclosed sexual 
    orientation of each appointment;
        (2) the aggregate demographic information for those 
    persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's 
    office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior 
    year through June 30 of the reporting year. Such aggregate 
    demographic information shall also include the voluntarily 
    and publicly disclosed sexual orientation of those 
    applicants; and
        (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial 
    appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of 
    June 30 of the reporting year. Such demographic composition 
    information shall also include the voluntarily and 
    publicly disclosed sexual orientation of each appointee. 
    The Governor shall electronically publish an annual report 
detailing the demographic composition of the gubernatorial 
appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the 
date of the report.

(Source: P.A. 98-1087, eff. 1-1-15.)