Public Act 100-0390
 
SB0100 EnrolledLRB100 04974 RJF 14984 b



    AN ACT concerning government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 






 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Illinois Complete Count Commission Act.
 
    Section 5. Commission; members; meetings. 
    (a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission is created, 
which shall consist of the following members:
        (1) the President of the Senate or his or her designee;
        (2) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his 
    or her designee;
        (3) the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her 
    designee;
        (4) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives 
    or his or her designee;
        (5) the Mayor of Chicago or his or her designee;
        (6) the Governor or his or her designee;
        (7) the Secretary of State or his or her designee;
        (8) the President of the Cook County Board or his or 
    her designee;
        (9) three individuals representing units of local 
    government outside of the City of Chicago, reflecting the 
    geographic diversity of the State, appointed by the 
    Secretary of State;
        (10) four individuals representing units of local 
    government outside of the City of Chicago, reflecting the 
    geographic diversity of the State, appointed by the 
    Governor;
        (11)      one representative each from four different 
    organizations representing the interests of minorities in 
    the State appointed by the Secretary of State; and
        (12)     one representative each from three different 
    organizations representing the interests of business in 
    the State, including one organization representing 
    minority business interests appointed by the Governor.

    (b) Members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective 
appointing official and vacancies shall be filled in the same 
manner as the initial appointment.
    (c)      The Secretary of State shall serve as chairperson of 
the Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
chair or upon request of any 10 members of the Commission.
 
    Section 10. Expenses; Director; Assistant Director. 
    (a) Members of the Commission shall receive no 
compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in 
the course of their service to the Commission out of any moneys 
available for that purpose.
    (b) The Commission may employ a Director and Assistant 
Director upon a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the 
Commission. The Director and Assistant Director may be 
compensated from moneys appropriated or available for that 
purpose.
 
    Section 15. Duties. 
    (a) The Commission shall develop, recommend, and assist in 
the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage 
full participation in the 2020 federal decennial census of 
population required by Section 141 of Title 13 of the United 
States Code.
    (b) The census outreach strategy shall include, but not be 
limited to, State agency initiatives to encourage 
participation in the 2020 Census, the establishment and support 
of school-based outreach programs, partnerships with 
non-profit community-based organizations, and a multi-lingual, 
multi-media campaign designed to ensure an accurate and 
complete count of Illinois' population.
    (c) To assist in carrying out its duties, the Commission 
may create and appoint subcommittees as it deems appropriate 
and shall solicit participation from relevant experts and 
practitioners involved in census issues.
 
    Section 20. Coordination; support. 
    (a) The Illinois Complete Count Commission outreach 
strategy  shall be coordinated through the Office of the 
Secretary of State which shall provide administrative support 
to the Commission and coordinate with all State agencies  and 
constitutional officers, as well as units of local government, 
to identify effective methods of outreach to Illinoisans and to 
provide resources to ensure the outreach program is successful 
and that all Illinoisans are counted.
    (b) All State agencies shall inform the Office of the 
Secretary of State of their designated census coordinator and 
cooperate with the Commission and provide support to the 
Commission. For the purposes of this Section, "State agencies" 
means any executive agency or department directly responsible 
to the Governor. Other entities of State government, including 
other constitutional officers, the offices of the legislative 
and judicial branches, and units of local government shall 
cooperate and provide all reasonable assistance to the 
Commission.
 
    Section 25. Reports. 
    The Commission shall submit an interim report to the 
General Assembly by November 30, 2018, containing its 
recommended outreach strategy to encourage full participation 
and to avoid an undercount in the 2020 Census; thereafter, the 
Commission shall submit its final report to the General 
Assembly no later than June 30, 2019, specifying its 
recommended outreach strategy for implementation for the 2020 
Census.
 
    Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 30, 2021.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.


Effective Date:  8/25/2017