(20 ILCS 5020/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
Sec. 5. Commission; creation; members. There is created a Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community, to consist of members as follows:
(1) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Senate
President, one of whom the President shall designate to serve as co-chair, and 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
(2) 2 members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom the Speaker shall designate to serve as co-chair, and 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
(3) the following Illinois officials or their
designees:
(i) the Director of Human Services,
(ii) the Director of Healthcare and Family
Services,
(iii) the Director of Children and Family
Services,
(iv) the Director of Public Health,
(v) the Director of Aging,
(vi) the Director of Labor,
(vii) the Director of Employment Security,
(viii) the Director of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity,
(ix) the State Superintendent of Education,
(x) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher
Education,
(xi) the Director of Corrections,
(xii) the Director of Juvenile Justice, and
(xiii) the Executive Director of the Illinois
African-American Family Commission; and
(4) up to 10 persons, named by the co-chairs,
representing African-American communities within Illinois in the areas of healthcare, healthcare services, employment, education, criminal justice, housing, and other interested parties.
(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11.)
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