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91_HB0517eng 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,andthe 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 108public members representing health, 23 criminal justice, and civic associations or organizations 24 working in the area of violence prevention, 54each 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.)