Public Act 098-1087

SB0229 Enrolled LRB098 05428 MGM 35462 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is

amended by changing Section 10 and by adding Section 25 as

follows:

(15 ILCS 50/10)

Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership. The

Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a

centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the

public, of information relating to appointed positions on the

State's boards and commissions.

The database shall include, at a minimum:

(1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and

responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the

State's boards and commissions.

(2) The name and term of each current appointed member

of a board or commission.

(3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of

each of the State's boards and commissions.

(4) Information as to how a person may apply for

appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform

application that may be downloaded and printed or that may

be submitted electronically. Such application shall

include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his

or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for

reporting purposes.

(5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's

website that allows the public to search Statements of

Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.

(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)

(15 ILCS 50/25 new)

Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning

October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor

shall file a report with the General Assembly detailing the

following information:

(1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender,

and disability status) of each appointment made by the

Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30

of the reporting year;

(2) the aggregate demographic information for those

persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's

office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior

year through June 30 of the reporting year; and

(3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial

appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of

June 30 of the reporting year.

The Governor shall electronically publish an annual report

detailing the demographic composition of the gubernatorial

appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the

date of the report.