(20 ILCS 5010/1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Commission" means the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
"Genocide" means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such:
"Holocaust" means the killing of approximately 6,000,000 Jews and millions of other persons during World War II by the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis) and Nazi collaborators as part of a state-sponsored, systematic program of genocide and other actions of persecution, discrimination, violence, or other human rights violations committed by the Nazis and Nazi collaborators against those persons.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 10. Composition of the Commission.
(a) The Commission is composed of 22 members as follows:
(b) The President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall each designate a member or former member of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each designate a member or former member of the House of Representatives to advise the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 98-793, eff. 7-28-14; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
(20 ILCS 5010/15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 15. Public members; eligibility; appointment; vacancy.
(a) A person appointed as a public member of the Commission must be a resident of this State.
(b) Public members of the Commission must include:
(c) Appointments of public members to the Commission shall be made:
(d) The original appointing authority shall fill any vacancy in an appointed position on the Commission for the unexpired portion of the term.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 20. Ex officio members; eligibility; designation of representative.
(a) An ex officio member of the Commission vacates the person's position on the Commission if the person ceases to hold the position that qualifies the person for service on the Commission.
(b) An ex officio member may designate a representative to serve on the Commission in the member's absence. A representative designated under this subsection must be an officer or employee of the State agency that employs the ex officio member or an individual with demonstrated expertise in the subject matter of the ex officio member's State agency.
(Source: P.A. 98-793, eff. 7-28-14.)
(20 ILCS 5010/25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 25. Removal of a public member.
(a) It is a ground for removal of a public member from the Commission if the member:
(b) The validity of an action of the Commission is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a Commission member exists.
(c) If a member of the Commission has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the member shall notify the presiding officer of the Commission of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the Governor and the Attorney General that a potential ground for removal exists.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 30. Term of public member.
(a) A public member of the Commission serves a term of 4 years, except that the terms of the initial members shall expire on February 1, 2015. Following the expiration of the terms of the initial members of the Commission, the Governor may re-appoint initial members as follows:
(a-5) Public members of the Commission added under this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall serve 4-year terms.
(b) A public member is eligible for reappointment to another term or part of a term.
(c) A public member may not serve more than 2 consecutive full terms. For purposes of this prohibition, a member is considered to have served a full term only if the member has served more than half of a 4-year term.
(Source: P.A. 98-793, eff. 7-28-14.)
(20 ILCS 5010/35)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 35. Officers; subcommittees.
(a) The Governor shall designate a public member of the Commission as presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) The presiding officer of the Commission may appoint a subcommittee for any purpose consistent with the duties of the Commission under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 40. Compensation; expenses.
(a) A public member of the Commission is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses incurred by the member while transacting Commission business, as provided in Section 50.
(b) An ex officio member's service on the Commission is an additional duty of the underlying position that qualifies the member for service on the Commission. The entitlement of an ex officio member to compensation or to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred while transacting Commission business is governed by the law that applies to the member's service in that underlying position, and any payment to the member for either purpose must be made from an appropriation that may be used for the purpose and is available to the State agency that the member serves in that underlying position.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 45. Meetings; quorum; voting; public access.
(a) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly at the times and places in this State that the Commission designates.
(b) Seven voting members of the Commission constitute a quorum for transacting Commission business.
(c) An ex officio member of the Commission may not vote on Commission business.
(d) The Commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Commission and speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/55)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 55. General powers and duties of the Commission.
(a) The Commission shall:
(b) In implementing subsection (a)(3), the Commission may contact and cooperate with:
(c) The Commission shall adopt rules as necessary for its own procedures.
(d) The Commission may appoint advisory committees to advise the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/60)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 60. Funding.
(a) The Commission may accept monetary gifts and grants from any public or private source, to be held in a non-appropriated trust fund by the State Treasurer and expended solely for the use of the Commission in performing the Commission's powers and duties under this Act. The Commission may also accept in-kind gifts.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources may cooperate with and advise the Commission in regards to staffing and may support functions and activities of the Commission from moneys available to the Department that may be used for that purpose. The General Assembly may also specifically appropriate money to the Department to provide staff and to otherwise support functions and activities of the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/95)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)
Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2032.
(Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-355, eff. 8-13-21.)