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Public Act 100-1179 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 5-15, 5-20, 5-300, 5-310, 5-315, | ||||
5-320, 5-325, 5-330, 5-335, 5-340, 5-345, 5-350, 5-355, 5-360, | ||||
5-362, 5-365, 5-375, 5-395, 5-400, 5-405, 5-410, 5-415, and | ||||
5-420 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 5/5-15) (was 20 ILCS 5/3)
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Sec. 5-15. Departments of State government. The | ||||
Departments of
State government are created as follows:
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The Department on Aging.
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The Department of Agriculture.
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The Department of Central Management Services.
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The Department of Children and Family Services.
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The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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The Department of Corrections.
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The Department of Employment Security.
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The Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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The Department of Human Rights.
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The Department of Human Services.
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The Department of Innovation and Technology. | ||
The Department of Insurance. | ||
The Department of Juvenile Justice.
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The Department of Labor.
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The Department of the Lottery.
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The Department of Natural Resources.
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The Department of Public Health.
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The Department of Revenue.
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The Department of State Police.
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The Department of Transportation.
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The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)
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Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments. Each department shall have | ||
an
officer as its head who shall
be known as director or | ||
secretary and who shall, subject to the
provisions of the Civil | ||
Administrative Code of Illinois,
execute the powers and | ||
discharge the duties
vested by law in his or her respective | ||
department.
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The following officers are hereby created:
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Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
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Director of Agriculture, for the Department of | ||
Agriculture.
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Director of Central Management Services, for the | ||
Department of Central
Management Services.
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Director of Children and Family Services, for the | ||
Department of Children and
Family Services.
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Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for
the | ||
Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
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Director of Corrections, for the Department of | ||
Corrections.
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Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, for | ||
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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Director of Employment Security, for the Department of | ||
Employment Security.
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Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, for | ||
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the | ||
Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human | ||
Rights.
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Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human | ||
Services.
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Secretary of Innovation and Technology, for the Department | ||
of Innovation and Technology. | ||
Director of Insurance, for the Department of Insurance. | ||
Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of | ||
Juvenile Justice.
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Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
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Director of the Lottery, for the Department of the Lottery. | ||
Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of |
Natural Resources.
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Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public | ||
Health.
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Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
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Director of State Police, for the Department of State | ||
Police.
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Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of | ||
Transportation.
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Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of | ||
Veterans' Affairs.
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(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-300) (was 20 ILCS 5/9)
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Sec. 5-300. Officers' qualifications and salaries. The | ||
executive
and administrative officers, whose offices are | ||
created by this Act,
must have the qualifications prescribed by | ||
law and shall receive annual
salaries, payable in equal monthly | ||
installments, as designated in the
Sections following this | ||
Section and preceding Section 5-500.
If set by the Governor, | ||
those annual salaries may not exceed 85% of the
Governor's | ||
annual salary. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for | ||
terms beginning after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 100th General Assembly, the annual salary of the | ||
director or secretary and assistant director or assistant | ||
secretary of each department created under Section 5-15 shall | ||
be an amount equal to 15% more than the annual salary of the |
respective officer in effect as of December 31, 2018. The | ||
calculation of the 2018 salary base for this adjustment shall | ||
not include any cost of living adjustments, as authorized by | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for | ||
the period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning | ||
July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the directors, | ||
secretaries, assistant directors, and assistant secretaries | ||
shall receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living | ||
adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the | ||
86th General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, | ||
eff.
6-28-01.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-310) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.21)
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Sec. 5-310. In the Department on Aging. For terms ending | ||
before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Aging shall | ||
receive
an annual salary as set by the
Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-315) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.02)
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Sec. 5-315. In the Department of Agriculture. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of | ||
Agriculture
shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The |
Assistant Director of Agriculture shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-320) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.19)
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Sec. 5-320. In the Department of Central Management | ||
Services. For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Director of Central Management Services shall receive an annual | ||
salary as
set by the Compensation
Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, each Each | ||
Assistant Director of Central Management Services shall | ||
receive an
annual salary as set by
the Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-325) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.16)
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Sec. 5-325. In the Department of Children and Family | ||
Services. For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Director of Children and Family Services shall receive an | ||
annual salary
as set by the Compensation Review
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-330) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.18)
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Sec. 5-330. In the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||
Opportunity. For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The
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Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall receive an |
annual salary as set by the Compensation Review
Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | ||
receive
an annual salary as set by the
Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-335) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.11a)
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Sec. 5-335. In the Department of Corrections. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of | ||
Corrections
shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Corrections shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the
Compensation Review Board for the | ||
Assistant Director of Corrections-Adult Division.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09; 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-340) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.30)
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Sec. 5-340. In the Department of Employment Security. For | ||
terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of
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Employment Security shall receive an annual salary as set by | ||
the Compensation Review Board.
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Each member of the Board of Review shall receive $15,000.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-345) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.15)
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Sec. 5-345. In the Department of Financial and Professional | ||
Regulation Institutions . For terms ending before December 31, | ||
2019, the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation | ||
The Director of
Financial Institutions shall receive an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the Director of | ||
Financial Institutions, the Director of Professional | ||
Regulation, the Director of Banking, and the Director of Real | ||
Estate The Assistant Director of Financial Institutions shall | ||
receive
an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-350) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.24)
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Sec. 5-350. In the Department of Human Rights. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Human | ||
Rights
shall receive an annual salary as
set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-355) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.05a)
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Sec. 5-355. In the Department of Human Services. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Secretary of Human
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Services shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation
Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Secretaries of Human Services shall each receive an | ||
annual
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-360) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.10)
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Sec. 5-360. In the Department of Insurance. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Insurance
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shall receive an annual salary as set by the Compensation | ||
Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Insurance shall receive
an annual salary | ||
as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-362)
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Sec. 5-362. In the Department of Juvenile Justice. For | ||
terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of | ||
Juvenile Justice shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-365) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.03)
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Sec. 5-365. In the Department of Labor. For terms ending | ||
before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Labor shall
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receive an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review |
Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Labor shall receive
an annual salary as | ||
set by the Compensation Review Board.
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The Chief Safety Inspector shall receive $24,700 from the | ||
third Monday
in January, 1979 to the third Monday in January, | ||
1980, and $25,000
thereafter, or as set by the Compensation | ||
Review Board, whichever is greater.
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The Superintendent of Occupational Safety and Health shall | ||
receive
$27,500, or as set by the Compensation Review Board, | ||
whichever is greater.
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The Superintendent of Women's and Children's Employment | ||
shall receive
$22,000 from the third Monday in January, 1979 to | ||
the third Monday in January,
1980, and $22,500 thereafter, or | ||
as set by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
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(Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-375) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.09)
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Sec. 5-375. In the Department of Natural Resources. For | ||
terms ending before December 31, 2019 The Director of Natural | ||
Resources shall continue to receive the annual
salary set by | ||
law for the Director of Conservation until January 20, 1997.
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Beginning on that date , the Director of Natural Resources shall | ||
receive an
annual salary as set by
the Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019 The Assistant |
Director of Natural Resources shall continue to receive the
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annual salary set by law for the Assistant Director of | ||
Conservation until
January 20, 1997. Beginning on that date , | ||
the Assistant Director of Natural
Resources shall receive an | ||
annual salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-395) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.17)
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Sec. 5-395. In the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||
Services. For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Director of Healthcare and Family Services
shall receive an | ||
annual salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||
receive
an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-400) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.07)
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Sec. 5-400. In the Department of Public Health. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Public | ||
Health shall receive
an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Public Health shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-405) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.12)
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Sec. 5-405. In the Department of Revenue. For terms ending | ||
before December 31, 2019, the The Director of Revenue
shall | ||
receive an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review | ||
Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Revenue shall receive an annual salary as | ||
set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-410) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.11)
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Sec. 5-410. In the Department of State Police. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of State
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Police shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of State Police shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-415) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.05)
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Sec. 5-415. In the Department of Transportation. For terms | ||
ending before December 31, 2019, the The Secretary of
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Transportation shall receive an annual salary as set by the |
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Secretary of Transportation shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-420) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.22)
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Sec. 5-420. In the Department of Veterans' Affairs. For | ||
terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director of
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Veterans' Affairs shall receive an annual salary as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board.
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For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Assistant Director of Veterans' Affairs shall receive
an annual | ||
salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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(20 ILCS 5/5-385 rep.) | ||
(20 ILCS 5/5-390 rep.) | ||
Section 7. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||
amended by repealing Sections 5-385 and 5-390. | ||
Section 10. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | ||
Section 5 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1605/5) (from Ch. 120, par. 1155)
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Sec. 5. (a) The Department shall be under
the supervision |
and direction
of a Director, who
shall be a person qualified by
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training and experience to perform the duties required by this | ||
Act. The
Director shall be appointed by the Governor, by and | ||
with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The term of office | ||
of the Director shall
expire on the third Monday of January in | ||
odd numbered years provided that
he or she shall hold office | ||
until a successor is appointed and qualified. For terms ending | ||
before December 31, 2019, the The annual salary of the Director | ||
is $142,000. For terms beginning after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the annual | ||
salary of the Director shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of | ||
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
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Any vacancy occurring in the office of the Director shall | ||
be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment. In | ||
case of a vacancy during the recess of the Senate, the Governor | ||
shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of | ||
the Senate, when the Governor shall nominate some person to | ||
fill the office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed | ||
by the Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the | ||
term and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
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During the absence or inability to act of the Director, or | ||
in the case of a vacancy in the office of Director until a | ||
successor is appointed and qualified, the Governor may | ||
designate some person as Acting Director of the Lottery to | ||
execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in | ||
that office. A person who is designated as an Acting Director |
shall not continue in office for more than 60 calendar days | ||
unless the Governor files a message with the Secretary of the | ||
Senate nominating that person to fill the office. After 60 | ||
calendar days, the office is considered vacant and shall be | ||
filled only under this Section. No person who has been | ||
appointed by the Governor to serve as Acting Director shall, | ||
except at the Senate's request, be designated again as an | ||
Acting Director at the same session of that Senate, subject to | ||
the provisions of this Section. A person appointed as an Acting | ||
Director is not required to meet the requirements of paragraph | ||
(1) of subsection (b) of this Section. In no case may the | ||
Governor designate a person to serve as Acting Director if that | ||
person has prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 97th General Assembly exercised any of the duties and | ||
functions of the office of Director without having been | ||
nominated by the Governor to serve as Director. | ||
(b) The Director shall devote his or her entire time and | ||
attention to the
duties of the office and shall not be engaged | ||
in any other profession or
occupation.
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The Director shall: | ||
(1) be qualified by training and experience to direct a | ||
lottery, including, at a minimum, 5 years of senior | ||
executive-level experience in the successful advertising, | ||
marketing, and selling of consumer products, 4 years of | ||
successful experience directing a lottery on behalf of a | ||
governmental entity, or 5 years of successful senior-level |
management experience at a lottery on behalf of a | ||
governmental entity; | ||
(2) have significant and meaningful management and | ||
regulatory experience; and | ||
(3) have a good reputation, particularly as a person of | ||
honesty, independence, and integrity. | ||
The Director shall not during his or her term of | ||
appointment: become a candidate for any elective office; hold | ||
any other elected or appointed public office; be actively | ||
involved in the affairs of any political party or political | ||
organization; advocate for the appointment of another person to | ||
an appointed or elected office or position; or actively | ||
participate in any campaign for any elective office. The | ||
Director may be appointed to serve on a governmental advisory | ||
or board study commission or as otherwise expressly authorized | ||
by law. | ||
(c) No person shall perform the duties and functions of the | ||
Director, or otherwise exercise the authority of the Director, | ||
unless the same shall have been appointed by the Governor | ||
pursuant to this Section. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-464, eff. 8-19-11; 98-499, eff. 8-16-13.)
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Section 15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by | ||
changing Section 17 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1805/17) (from Ch. 129, par. 220.17)
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Sec. 17.
The Adjutant General and the Assistant Adjutants | ||
General
shall give their entire time to their military duties. | ||
For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Adjutant | ||
General
shall receive an annual salary as
set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board, and each Assistant
Adjutant General | ||
shall receive an annual salary as set by the Compensation | ||
Review Board.
For terms beginning after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the annual | ||
salaries for the Adjutant General and the Assistant Adjutants | ||
General shall be an amount equal to 15% more than the | ||
respective officer's annual salary as of December 31, 2018. The | ||
calculation of the 2018 salary base for this adjustment shall | ||
not include any cost of living adjustments, as authorized by | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for | ||
the period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning | ||
July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the Adjutant General | ||
and the Assistant Adjutants General shall receive an increase | ||
in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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Section 20. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 1 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2905/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1)
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Sec. 1. There is hereby created the Office of the State |
Fire
Marshal, hereinafter referred to as the Office.
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The Office shall be under an executive director who shall | ||
be
appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the | ||
Senate.
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The executive director of the Office shall be known as the | ||
State Fire
Marshal . For terms ending before December 31, 2019, | ||
the State Fire Marshal and shall receive an annual salary as | ||
set by
the
Compensation Review Board.
For terms beginning after | ||
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||
Assembly, the State Fire Marshal's annual salary shall be an | ||
amount equal to 15% more than the State Fire Marshal's annual | ||
salary as of December 31, 2018. The calculation of the 2018 | ||
salary base for this adjustment shall not include any cost of | ||
living adjustments, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution | ||
192 of the 86th General Assembly, for the period beginning July | ||
1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019 and each July | ||
1 thereafter, the State Fire Marshal shall receive an increase | ||
in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly.
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The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall have a division | ||
that shall assume the duties of the Division of Fire
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Prevention, Department of Law Enforcement, and a division that | ||
shall assume the duties of Illinois Fire
Protection Personnel | ||
Standards and Education Commission. Each division
shall be | ||
headed by a division manager who shall be employed by the Fire | ||
Marshal, subject to the Personnel
Code, and shall be |
responsible to the Fire Marshal.
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(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
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Section 25. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)
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Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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(a) There is created within the executive branch of the | ||
State Government an
Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a | ||
Director of the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, herein | ||
called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof.
The | ||
Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice | ||
and consent of
the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2 | ||
years beginning on the third Monday
in January of the | ||
odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and
has | ||
qualified; except that the term of the first Director appointed | ||
under this
Act shall expire on the third Monday in January, | ||
1989. The Director shall not
hold any other remunerative public | ||
office. For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Director shall receive an annual
salary as set by the
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Compensation Review Board. For terms beginning after the | ||
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||
Assembly, the annual salary of the Director shall be as | ||
provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||
Illinois.
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(b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain, | ||
under the
provisions of the Personnel Code, technical, | ||
clerical, stenographic and other
administrative personnel, and | ||
may make expenditures within the appropriation
therefor as may | ||
be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency
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created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency | ||
created under
the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster | ||
Agency Act of 1975 and the
personnel, equipment, records, and | ||
appropriations of that agency are
transferred to the successor | ||
agency as of June 30, 1988 (the effective date of this Act).
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(c) The Director, subject to the direction and control of | ||
the Governor,
shall be the executive head of the Illinois | ||
Emergency Management Agency and
the State Emergency Response | ||
Commission and shall be responsible under the
direction of the | ||
Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency
management | ||
of this State. The Director shall also maintain liaison
and | ||
cooperate with
the emergency management organizations of this | ||
State and other states and of
the federal government.
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(d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an | ||
integral part in
the development and revision of political | ||
subdivision emergency operations
plans prepared under | ||
paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ
or | ||
otherwise secure the services of professional and technical | ||
personnel
capable of providing expert assistance to the | ||
emergency services and disaster
agencies. These personnel | ||
shall consult with emergency services and disaster
agencies on |
a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the areas,
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circumstances, and conditions that particular political | ||
subdivision emergency
operations plans are intended to apply.
| ||
(e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political | ||
subdivisions
shall be encouraged to form an emergency | ||
management advisory committee composed
of private and public | ||
personnel representing the emergency management phases of
| ||
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
The Local | ||
Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois
| ||
Emergency
Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall serve | ||
as
an advisory
committee to the emergency services and disaster | ||
agency or agencies serving
within the boundaries
of that Local | ||
Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:
| ||
(1) the development of emergency operations plan | ||
provisions for hazardous
chemical
emergencies; and
| ||
(2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities | ||
related to hazardous
chemical
emergencies.
| ||
(f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
| ||
(1) Coordinate the overall emergency management | ||
program of the State.
| ||
(2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal | ||
government and any
public or private agency or entity in | ||
achieving any purpose of this Act and
in implementing | ||
emergency management programs for mitigation, | ||
preparedness,
response, and recovery.
| ||
(2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness |
and response plan for any nuclear
accident in accordance | ||
with Section 65 of the Department of Nuclear Safety
Law of | ||
2004 (20 ILCS 3310) and in development of the
Illinois
| ||
Nuclear Safety Preparedness program in accordance with | ||
Section 8 of the
Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
| ||
(2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health
| ||
with respect to planning for and responding to public | ||
health emergencies.
| ||
(3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive | ||
orders,
proclamations, and regulations as necessary or | ||
appropriate in coping with
disasters.
| ||
(4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political | ||
subdivision
emergency operations plans that are not | ||
inconsistent with and are at least
as stringent as | ||
applicable federal laws and regulations.
| ||
(5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois | ||
Emergency Management
Agency rules, emergency operations
| ||
plans for those political subdivisions required to have an | ||
emergency services
and disaster agency pursuant to this | ||
Act.
| ||
(5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the | ||
political subdivision
emergency management
exercises, | ||
including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency | ||
operations
plans.
| ||
(5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance | ||
with Illinois
Emergency
Management
Agency rules, political |
subdivision emergency management exercises for those
| ||
political subdivisions
required to have an emergency | ||
services and disaster agency pursuant to this
Act.
| ||
(6) Determine requirements of the State and its | ||
political
subdivisions
for food, clothing, and other | ||
necessities in event of a disaster.
| ||
(7) Establish a register of persons with types of | ||
emergency
management
training and skills in mitigation, | ||
preparedness, response, and recovery.
| ||
(8) Establish a register of government and private | ||
response
resources
available for use in a disaster.
| ||
(9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its | ||
efforts to
distribute earthquake preparedness materials to | ||
schools, political
subdivisions, community groups, civic | ||
organizations, and the media.
Emphasis will be placed on | ||
those areas of the State most at risk from an
earthquake. | ||
Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,
| ||
airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants, | ||
lakes, dams,
emergency response facilities of all types, | ||
and all other major public or
private structures which are | ||
at the greatest risk of damage from
earthquakes under | ||
circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent
harm | ||
to the surrounding communities and residents.
| ||
(10) Disseminate all information, completely and | ||
without
delay, on water
levels for rivers and streams and | ||
any other data pertaining to potential
flooding supplied by |
the Division of Water Resources within the Department of
| ||
Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the | ||
maximum extent possible.
| ||
(11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical | ||
supply and
equipment
firms to
supply resources as are | ||
necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other
disaster | ||
as defined in this Act. These resources will be made | ||
available
upon notifying the vendor of the disaster. | ||
Payment for the resources will
be in accordance with | ||
Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of
Public | ||
Health shall determine which resources will be required and | ||
requested.
| ||
(11.5) In coordination with the Department of State | ||
Police, develop and
implement a community outreach program | ||
to promote awareness among the State's
parents and children | ||
of child abduction prevention and response.
| ||
(12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, | ||
award capital and
non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals | ||
or health care facilities located
outside of a city with a | ||
population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for
purposes | ||
that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond | ||
to mass
casualties and disasters, maintaining and | ||
improving patient safety and
quality of care, and | ||
protecting the confidentiality of patient information.
No | ||
single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed | ||
$300,000.
No single grant for a non-capital expenditure |
shall exceed $100,000.
In awarding such grants, preference | ||
shall be given to hospitals that serve
a significant number | ||
of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for
| ||
disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under | ||
the Illinois Public
Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a | ||
hospital or health care facility must
provide funding of at | ||
least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant
is | ||
being requested.
In awarding such grants the Illinois | ||
Emergency Management Agency shall consider
the | ||
recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association.
| ||
(13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or | ||
appropriate
for the implementation of this Act.
| ||
(g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized | ||
to make grants to various higher education institutions, public | ||
K-12 school districts, area vocational centers as designated by | ||
the State Board of Education, inter-district special education | ||
cooperatives, regional safe schools, and nonpublic K-12 | ||
schools for safety and security improvements. For the purpose | ||
of this subsection (g), "higher education institution" means a | ||
public university, a public community college, or an | ||
independent, not-for-profit or for-profit higher education | ||
institution located in this State. Grants made under this | ||
subsection (g) shall be paid out of moneys appropriated for | ||
that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond Fund. The Illinois | ||
Emergency Management Agency shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
subsection (g). These rules may specify: (i) the manner of |
applying for grants; (ii) project eligibility requirements; | ||
(iii) restrictions on the use of grant moneys; (iv) the manner | ||
in which the various higher education institutions must account | ||
for the use of grant moneys; and (v) any other provision that | ||
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency determines to be | ||
necessary or useful for the administration of this subsection | ||
(g). | ||
(g-5) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is | ||
authorized to make grants to not-for-profit organizations | ||
which are exempt from federal income taxation under section | ||
501(c)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code for eligible | ||
security improvements that assist the organization in | ||
preventing, preparing for, or responding to acts of terrorism. | ||
The Director shall establish procedures and forms by which | ||
applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for | ||
distributing grants to recipients. The procedures shall | ||
require each applicant to do the following: | ||
(1) identify and substantiate prior threats or attacks | ||
by a terrorist organization, network, or cell against the | ||
not-for-profit organization; | ||
(2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or | ||
more sites that renders the site a possible target of | ||
terrorism; | ||
(3) discuss potential consequences to the organization | ||
if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a | ||
terrorist act; |
(4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate | ||
organizational preparedness with broader State and local | ||
preparedness efforts; | ||
(5) submit a vulnerability assessment conducted by | ||
experienced security, law enforcement, or military | ||
personnel, and a description of how the grant award will be | ||
used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the | ||
assessment; and | ||
(6) submit any other relevant information as may be | ||
required by the Director. | ||
The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the | ||
grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer | ||
the program. | ||
(h) Except as provided in Section 17.5 of this Act, any | ||
moneys received by the Agency from donations or sponsorships | ||
shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and Training Fund | ||
and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, to effectuate | ||
planning and training activities. | ||
(i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule | ||
assess and collect reasonable fees for attendance at | ||
Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the Agency to carry out | ||
the requirements of this Act. Any moneys received under this | ||
subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and | ||
Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, | ||
for planning and training activities. | ||
(j) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized |
to make grants to other State agencies, public universities, | ||
units of local government, and statewide mutual aid | ||
organizations to enhance statewide emergency preparedness and | ||
response. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-444, eff. 1-1-18; 100-508, eff. 9-15-17; | ||
100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; revised | ||
10-22-18.)
| ||
Section 30. The Illinois Power Agency Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 1-70 as follows: | ||
(20 ILCS 3855/1-70)
| ||
Sec. 1-70. Agency officials. | ||
(a) The Agency shall have a Director who meets the | ||
qualifications specified in Section 5-222 of the Civil | ||
Administrative Code of Illinois (20 ILCS 5/5-222) . | ||
(b) Within the Illinois Power Agency, the Agency shall | ||
establish a Planning and Procurement Bureau and may establish a | ||
Resource Development Bureau. Each Bureau shall report to the | ||
Director. | ||
(c) The Chief of the Planning and Procurement Bureau shall | ||
be appointed by the Director, at the Director's sole | ||
discretion, and (i) shall have at least 5 years of direct | ||
experience in electricity supply planning and procurement and | ||
(ii) shall also hold an advanced degree in risk management, | ||
law, business, or a related field. |
(d) The Chief of the Resource Development Bureau may be | ||
appointed by the Director and (i) shall have at least 5 years | ||
of direct experience in electric generating project | ||
development and (ii) shall also hold an advanced degree in | ||
economics, engineering, law, business, or a related field. | ||
(e) For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The | ||
Director shall receive an annual salary of $100,000 or as set | ||
by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is higher. For | ||
terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Bureau Chiefs | ||
shall each receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the | ||
Compensation Review Board, whichever is higher. For terms | ||
beginning after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||
the 100th General Assembly, the annual salaries for the | ||
Director and the Bureau Chiefs shall be an amount equal to 15% | ||
more than the respective position's annual salary as of | ||
December 31, 2018. The calculation of the 2018 salary base for | ||
this adjustment shall not include any cost of living | ||
adjustments, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of | ||
the 86th General Assembly, for the period beginning July 1, | ||
2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019 and each July 1 | ||
thereafter, the Director and the Bureau Chiefs shall receive an | ||
increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as | ||
authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General | ||
Assembly. | ||
(f) The Director and Bureau Chiefs shall not, for 2 years | ||
prior to appointment or for 2 years after he or she leaves his |
or her position, be employed by an electric utility, | ||
independent power producer, power marketer, or alternative | ||
retail electric supplier regulated by the Commission or the | ||
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | ||
(g) The Director and Bureau Chiefs are prohibited from: (i) | ||
owning, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the voting | ||
capital stock of an electric utility, independent power | ||
producer, power marketer, or alternative retail electric | ||
supplier; (ii) being in any chain of successive ownership of 5% | ||
or more of the voting capital stock of any electric utility, | ||
independent power producer, power marketer, or alternative | ||
retail electric supplier; (iii) receiving any form of | ||
compensation, fee, payment, or other consideration from an | ||
electric utility, independent power producer, power marketer, | ||
or alternative retail electric supplier, including legal fees, | ||
consulting fees, bonuses, or other sums. These limitations do | ||
not apply to any compensation received pursuant to a defined | ||
benefit plan or other form of deferred compensation, provided | ||
that the individual has otherwise severed all ties to the | ||
utility, power producer, power marketer, or alternative retail | ||
electric supplier.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 99-536, eff. 7-8-16.) | ||
Section 35. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 4 as follows:
|
(415 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)
| ||
Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment; | ||
duties.
| ||
(a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the | ||
State Government an
agency to be known as the Environmental | ||
Protection Agency. This Agency shall
be under the supervision | ||
and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by
the | ||
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of | ||
office
of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of | ||
January in odd numbered
years, provided that he or she shall | ||
hold office until a successor is appointed
and has qualified. | ||
For terms ending before December 31, 2019, the The Director | ||
shall
receive an annual salary as set by
the Compensation | ||
Review Board. For terms beginning after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the | ||
Director's annual salary shall be an amount equal to 15% more | ||
than the Director's annual salary as of December 31, 2018. The | ||
calculation of the 2018 salary base for this adjustment shall | ||
not include any cost of living adjustments, as authorized by | ||
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for | ||
the period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning | ||
July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall | ||
receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living | ||
adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the | ||
86th General Assembly. The Director, in accord with the | ||
Personnel Code, shall employ and
direct such personnel, and |
shall provide for such laboratory and other
facilities, as may | ||
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In
| ||
addition, the Director may by agreement secure such services as | ||
he or she
may deem necessary from any other department, agency, | ||
or unit of the State
Government, and may employ and compensate | ||
such consultants and technical
assistants as may be required.
| ||
(b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and | ||
disseminate such
information, acquire such technical data, and | ||
conduct such experiments
as may be required to carry out the | ||
purposes of this Act, including
ascertainment of the quantity | ||
and nature of discharges from any
contaminant source and data | ||
on those sources, and to operate and arrange
for the operation | ||
of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.
| ||
(c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program of
| ||
continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic inspection | ||
of actual
or potential contaminant or noise sources, of public | ||
water supplies, and
of refuse disposal sites.
| ||
(d) In accordance with constitutional limitations,
the | ||
Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
| ||
upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
| ||
(1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible | ||
violations of
this Act, any rule or regulation adopted | ||
under this Act, any permit or
term or condition of a | ||
permit, or any Board order; or
| ||
(2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act, | ||
taking whatever
preventive or corrective action, including |
but not limited to removal or
remedial action, that is | ||
necessary or appropriate whenever there is a
release or a | ||
substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous
| ||
substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground | ||
storage tank.
| ||
(e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate | ||
violations of this
Act, any rule or regulation adopted under | ||
this Act, any permit or
term or condition of a permit, or any | ||
Board order;
to issue administrative citations as provided in | ||
Section 31.1 of this
Act; and to take such summary enforcement | ||
action as is provided
for by Section 34 of this Act.
| ||
(f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any hearing | ||
upon a
petition for variance or time-limited water quality | ||
standard, the denial of a permit, or the validity or effect
of | ||
a rule or regulation of the Board, and shall have the authority | ||
to
appear before the Board in any hearing under the Act.
| ||
(g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in accord | ||
with
Title X of this Act, such permit and certification systems | ||
as may be
established by this Act or by regulations adopted | ||
thereunder.
The Agency may enter into written delegation | ||
agreements with any department,
agency, or unit of State or | ||
local government under which all or portions
of this duty may | ||
be delegated for public water supply storage and transport
| ||
systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air | ||
pollution control
sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100 | ||
tons per year or less and
application of algicides to waters of |
the State. Such delegation
agreements will require that the | ||
work to be performed thereunder will be
in accordance with | ||
Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall
include | ||
such financial and program auditing by the Agency as may be | ||
required.
| ||
(h) The Agency shall have authority to require the | ||
submission of
complete plans and specifications from any | ||
applicant for a permit
required by this Act or by regulations | ||
thereunder, and to require the
submission of such reports | ||
regarding actual or potential violations of
this Act, any rule | ||
or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or
term or | ||
condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary | ||
for the purposes of
this Act.
| ||
(i) The Agency shall have authority to make recommendations | ||
to the
Board for the adoption of regulations under Title VII of | ||
the Act.
| ||
(j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State | ||
of
Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans, | ||
procedures, or
negotiations for interstate compacts or other | ||
governmental arrangements
relating to environmental | ||
protection.
| ||
(k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive, | ||
and
administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans, | ||
indirect cost
reimbursements, or other funds made available to | ||
the State from any source
for purposes of this Act or for air | ||
or water pollution control, public water
supply, solid waste |
disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental
protection | ||
activities, surveys, or programs. Any federal funds received by | ||
the
Agency pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a | ||
trust fund with the
State Treasurer and held and disbursed by | ||
him in accordance with Treasurer as
Custodian of Funds Act, | ||
provided that such monies shall be used only for the
purposes | ||
for which they are contributed and any balance remaining shall | ||
be
returned to the contributor.
| ||
The Agency is authorized to promulgate such regulations and | ||
enter
into such contracts as it may deem necessary for carrying | ||
out the
provisions of this subsection.
| ||
(l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution | ||
agency for
the state for all purposes of the Federal Water | ||
Pollution Control Act, as
amended; as implementing agency for | ||
the State for all purposes of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, | ||
Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except
Section | ||
1425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all
| ||
purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604, | ||
approved December 31,
1970, as amended; and as solid waste | ||
agency for the state for all purposes of
the Solid Waste | ||
Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965,
and | ||
amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law | ||
91-512, approved
October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by | ||
the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L. | ||
94-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as
noise control | ||
agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act |
of
1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27, 1972, as | ||
amended; and as
implementing agency for the State for all | ||
purposes of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, | ||
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510),
as | ||
amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the | ||
State pursuant
to federal laws integrated with the foregoing | ||
laws, for financing purposes or
otherwise. The Agency is hereby | ||
authorized to take all action necessary or
appropriate to | ||
secure to the State the benefits of such federal Acts, provided
| ||
that the Agency shall transmit to the United States without | ||
change any
standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board | ||
pursuant to Section 5(c) of
this Act. This subsection (l) of | ||
Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or
prohibit the | ||
Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting,
| ||
receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any grants, | ||
gifts,
loans or other funds for which the Commission is | ||
eligible pursuant to the
Environmental Protection Trust Fund | ||
Act. The Agency is hereby designated as
the State agency for | ||
all purposes of administering the requirements of Section
313 | ||
of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know | ||
Act of 1986.
| ||
Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political | ||
subdivision,
or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency, | ||
which makes application
for loans or grants under such federal | ||
Acts shall notify the Agency of
such application; the Agency | ||
may participate in proceedings under such
federal Acts.
|
(m) The Agency shall have authority, consistent with | ||
Section 5(c)
and other provisions of this Act, and for purposes | ||
of Section 303(e) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, | ||
as now or hereafter amended,
to engage in planning processes | ||
and activities and to develop
plans in cooperation with units | ||
of local government, state agencies and
officers, and other | ||
appropriate persons in connection with the
jurisdiction or | ||
duties of each such unit, agency, officer or person.
Public | ||
hearings shall be held on the planning process, at which any
| ||
person shall be permitted to appear and be heard, pursuant to | ||
procedural
regulations promulgated by the Agency.
| ||
(n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the Agency | ||
by
Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act, the | ||
Agency shall
have authority to establish and enforce minimum | ||
standards for the
operation of laboratories relating to | ||
analyses and laboratory tests for
air pollution, water | ||
pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges
onto land | ||
and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water
| ||
distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter into | ||
formal
working agreements with other departments or agencies of | ||
state
government under which all or portions of this authority | ||
may be
delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
| ||
(o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue | ||
certificates of
competency to persons and laboratories meeting | ||
the minimum standards
established by the Agency in accordance | ||
with Section 4(n) of this Act
and to promulgate and enforce |
regulations relevant to the issuance and
use of such | ||
certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working
| ||
agreements with other departments or agencies of state | ||
government under
which all or portions of this authority may be | ||
delegated to the
cooperating department or agency.
| ||
(p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall | ||
have the
duty to analyze samples as required
from each public | ||
water supply to determine compliance with the
contaminant | ||
levels specified by the Pollution Control Board. The maximum
| ||
number of samples which the Agency shall be required to analyze | ||
for
microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but the | ||
Agency may, at its
option, analyze a larger number each month | ||
for any supply. Results of
sample analyses for additional | ||
required bacteriological testing,
turbidity, residual chlorine | ||
and radionuclides are to be provided to the
Agency in | ||
accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies may enter
| ||
into agreements with the Agency to provide for reduced Agency
| ||
participation in sample analyses.
| ||
(q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice | ||
to any
person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of | ||
this Act for a
release or a substantial threat of a release of | ||
a hazardous substance or
pesticide. Such notice shall include | ||
the identified response action and an
opportunity for such | ||
person to perform the response action.
| ||
(r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements | ||
with any
unit of local government under which it may delegate |
all or portions of its
inspecting, investigating and | ||
enforcement functions. Such delegation
agreements shall | ||
require that work performed thereunder be in accordance
with | ||
Agency criteria and subject to Agency review.
Notwithstanding | ||
any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of
local | ||
government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the | ||
exercise
of its authority pursuant to such a delegation | ||
agreement unless the injury
is proximately caused by the | ||
willful and wanton negligence of an agent or
employee of the | ||
unit of local government, and any policy of insurance
coverage | ||
issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial | ||
of
liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries | ||
for which the unit
of local government is not liable pursuant | ||
to this subsection (r).
| ||
(s) The Agency shall have authority to take whatever | ||
preventive or
corrective action is necessary or appropriate, | ||
including but not limited to
expenditure of monies appropriated | ||
from the Build Illinois Bond Fund and
the Build Illinois | ||
Purposes Fund for removal or remedial action, whenever
any | ||
hazardous substance or pesticide is released or
there is a | ||
substantial threat of such a release into the environment. The
| ||
State, the Director, and any State employee shall be | ||
indemnified for any
damages or injury arising out of or | ||
resulting from any action taken under
this subsection. The | ||
Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into
such | ||
contracts and agreements as are necessary
to carry out the |
Agency's duties under this subsection.
| ||
(t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants, | ||
subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of | ||
local government for financing and construction of
wastewater | ||
facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. With | ||
respect to all monies appropriated
from the Build Illinois Bond | ||
Fund and the Build Illinois Purposes
Fund for wastewater | ||
facility grants, the Agency shall make
distributions in | ||
conformity with the rules and regulations established
pursuant | ||
to the Anti-Pollution Bond Act, as now or hereafter amended.
| ||
(u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, | ||
the
Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are | ||
necessary or
appropriate for the Agency to implement Section | ||
31.1 of this Act.
| ||
(v) (Blank.)
| ||
(w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board, nor | ||
any State
employee shall be liable for any damages or injury | ||
arising out of or
resulting from any action taken under | ||
subsection (s).
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(x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute | ||
grants, subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly, to | ||
units of local government for
financing and construction of | ||
public water supply facilities. With respect
to all monies | ||
appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or the Build
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Illinois Purposes Fund for public water supply grants, such | ||
grants shall be
made in accordance with rules promulgated by |
the Agency.
Such rules shall include a requirement for a local | ||
match of 30% of the
total project cost for projects funded | ||
through such grants.
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(2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of | ||
local government
for the financing and construction of public | ||
water supply facilities unless
and until the Agency adopts | ||
rules that set forth precise and complete
standards, pursuant | ||
to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, | ||
for the termination of such grants. The Agency shall not
make | ||
determinations on whether specific grant conditions are | ||
necessary to
ensure the integrity of a project or on whether | ||
subagreements shall be
awarded, with respect to grants for the | ||
financing and construction of
public water supply facilities, | ||
unless and until the Agency adopts rules
that set forth precise | ||
and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20
of the | ||
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for making such
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determinations. The Agency shall not issue a stop-work order in | ||
relation to
such grants unless and until the Agency adopts | ||
precise and complete standards,
pursuant to Section 5-20 of the | ||
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for
determining whether | ||
to issue a stop-work order.
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(y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person | ||
from further
responsibility for preventive or corrective | ||
action under this Act following
successful completion of | ||
preventive or corrective action undertaken by such
person upon | ||
written request by the person.
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(z) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law | ||
or regulation, for all work performed for State construction | ||
projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital | ||
infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by | ||
sums appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, at | ||
least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual | ||
residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this | ||
subsection, "actual residents of the State of Illinois" means | ||
persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of | ||
Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of | ||
this subsection. | ||
(aa) The Agency may adopt rules requiring the electronic | ||
submission of any information required to be submitted to the | ||
Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or | ||
any court or Board order. Any rules adopted under this | ||
subsection (aa) must include, but are not limited to, | ||
identification of the information to be submitted | ||
electronically. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-72, eff. 7-15-13; 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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