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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Employment and Economic Opportunity for | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Persons with Disabilities Task Force Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 10 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 4095/10)
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8 | Sec. 10. Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with Disabilities Task Force. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | with Disabilities Task Force is created. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) The Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | with Disabilities Task Force shall be appointed and hold its | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | first meeting within 90 days after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Act, be convened by the Governor, and operate with | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | administrative support from the Illinois Department of Human | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Services Employment Security . | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | representatives of State Government: a high-ranking member of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the Governor's management team, designated by the Governor; | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | representatives of each division of the Department of Human | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Services, designated by the Secretary of Human Services; the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or his or her |
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1 | designee; the Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her | ||||||
2 | designee; the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or | ||||||
3 | his or her designee; the Director of Employment Security or his | ||||||
4 | or her designee; the Executive Director of the Illinois Council | ||||||
5 | on Developmental Disabilities or his or her designee; and the | ||||||
6 | State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee. | ||||||
7 | (d) The Task Force shall also consist of no more than 15 | ||||||
8 | public members who shall be appointed by the Governor and who | ||||||
9 | represent the following constituencies: statewide | ||||||
10 | organizations that advocate for persons with physical, | ||||||
11 | developmental and psychiatric disabilities, entities with | ||||||
12 | expertise in assistive technology devices and services for | ||||||
13 | persons with disabilities, advocates for veterans with | ||||||
14 | disabilities, centers for independent living, disability | ||||||
15 | services providers, organized labor, higher education, the | ||||||
16 | private sector business community, entities that provide | ||||||
17 | employment and training services to persons with disabilities, | ||||||
18 | and at least 5 persons who have a disability. | ||||||
19 | (e) The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the | ||||||
20 | representative of the Governor and a public member who shall be | ||||||
21 | chosen by the other public members of the Task Force. | ||||||
22 | (f) The Task Force members shall serve voluntarily and | ||||||
23 | without compensation. Persons with disabilities serving on the | ||||||
24 | Task Force shall be accommodated to enable them to fully | ||||||
25 | participate in Task Force activities. | ||||||
26 | (g) The co-chairs of the Task Force shall extend an |
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1 | invitation to chairs and minority spokespersons of appropriate | ||||||
2 | legislative committees to attend all meetings of the Task | ||||||
3 | Force, and may invite other individuals who are not members of | ||||||
4 | the Task Force to participate in subcommittees of the Task | ||||||
5 | Force or to take part in discussions of topics for which those | ||||||
6 | individuals have particular expertise. | ||||||
7 | (h) The Task Force shall coordinate its work with existing | ||||||
8 | State advisory bodies whose work may include employment and | ||||||
9 | economic opportunity for persons with disabilities.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-368, eff. 8-13-09; 97-1066, eff. 8-24-12.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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