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| Public Act 096-0796 |
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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 Executive Reorganization Implementation Act | ||||
is amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 15/3.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1803.1)
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Sec. 3.1. "Agency directly responsible to the Governor" or | ||||
"agency" means
any office, officer, division, or part thereof,
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and any other office, nonelective officer, department, | ||||
division, bureau,
board, or commission in the executive branch | ||||
of State government,
except that it does not apply to any | ||||
agency whose primary function is service
to the General | ||||
Assembly or the Judicial Branch of State government, or to
any | ||||
agency administered by the Attorney General, Secretary of | ||||
State, State
Comptroller or State Treasurer. In addition the | ||||
term does not apply to
the following agencies created by law | ||||
with the primary responsibility of
exercising regulatory
or | ||||
adjudicatory functions independently of the Governor:
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(1) the State Board of Elections;
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(2) the State Board of Education;
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(3) the Illinois Commerce Commission;
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(4) the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Commission;
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(5) the Civil Service Commission;
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(6) the Fair Employment Practices Commission;
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(7) the Pollution Control Board;
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(8) the Department of State Police Merit Board; | ||
(9) the Illinois Racing Board.
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(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is | ||
amended by changing Section 2.5 as follows: | ||
(230 ILCS 5/2.5 new)
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Sec. 2.5. Separation from Department of Revenue. On the | ||
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||
Assembly, all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, | ||
employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and | ||
unexpended appropriations of the Department of Revenue related | ||
to the administration and enforcement of this Act are | ||
transferred to the Illinois Racing Board. | ||
The status and rights of the transferred employees, and the | ||
rights of the State of Illinois and its agencies, under the | ||
Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements | ||
or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan are not | ||
affected (except as provided in the Illinois Pension Code) by | ||
that transfer or by any other provision of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 96th General Assembly.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||