Bill Text: IL HB4799 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Creates the Cannabis Equity Commission. Provides specified responsibilities for the Commission and names specified persons to act as ex officio and non-ex officio members. Provides that Commission members shall serve without compensation and may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. Limits terms of the non-ex officio and General Assembly Board members to 4 years from the date of appointment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4799 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4799-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4799 Introduced ___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 705/10-45 new
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Creates the Cannabis Equity Commission. Provides specified responsibilities for the Commission and names specified persons to act as ex officio and non-ex officio members. Provides that Commission members shall serve without compensation and may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. Limits terms of the non-ex officio and General Assembly Board members to 4 years from the date of appointment.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
by adding Section 10-45 as follows:
(410 ILCS 705/10-45 new)
Sec. 10-45. Cannabis Equity Commission.
(a) The Cannabis Equity Commission is created and shall
reflect the diversity of the State of Illinois, including
geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity. The Cannabis Equity
Commission shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Ensuring that equity goals in the Illinois cannabis
industry, as stated in Section 10-40, are met.
(2) Overseeing implementation, from a social equity
point of view, of the original intentions of the General
Assembly in passing this Act.
(3) Tracking and analyzing minorities in the
marketplace.
(4) Ensuring that revenue is being invested properly
into R3 areas under Section 10-40.
(5) Recommending changes to make the law more equitable
to communities harmed the most by the war on drugs.
(6) Maintaining oversight of social equity programs

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and application processes under this Act, including a
review of persons who approve applications.
(7) Create standards to protect true social equity
applicants from predatory businesses.
(b) The Cannabis Equity Commission's ex officio members
shall, within 4 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, convene the
Commission to appoint a full Cannabis Equity Commission and
oversee, provide guidance to, and develop an administrative
structure for the Cannabis Equity Commission. The ex officio
members are:
(1) The Lieutenant Governor, or his or her designee,
who shall serve as chair.
(2) The Attorney General, or his or her designee.
(3) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
or his or her designee.
(4) The Director of Public Health, or his or her
designee.
(5) The Director of Corrections, or his or her
designee.
(6) The Director of Juvenile Justice, or his or her
designee.
(7) The Director of Children and Family Services, or
his or her designee.
(8) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority, or his or her designee.

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(9) The Director of Employment Security, or his or her
designee.
(10) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her
designee.
(11) A member of the Senate, designated by the
President of the Senate.
(12) A member of the House of Representatives,
designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(13) A member of the Senate, designated by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.
(14) A member of the House of Representatives,
designated by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Within 90 days after the ex officio members convene,
the following members shall be appointed to the Commission by
the chair:
(1) Eight public officials of municipal geographic
jurisdictions in the State, or their designees.
(2) Four community-based providers or community
development organization representatives who provide
services to treat violence and address the social
determinants of health, or promote community investment,
including, but not limited to, services such as job
placement and training, educational services, workforce
development programming, and wealth building. No more than
2 community-based organization representatives shall work

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primarily in Cook County. At least one of the
community-based providers shall have expertise in
providing services to an immigrant population.
(3) Two experts in the field of violence reduction.
(4) One male who has previously been incarcerated and
is over the age of 24 at the time of appointment.
(5) One female who has previously been incarcerated and
is over the age of 24 at the time of appointment.
(6) Two individuals who have previously been
incarcerated and are between the ages of 17 and 24 at the
time of appointment.
As used in this subsection (c), "an individual who has been
previously incarcerated" has the same meaning as defined in
paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 10-40.