20 ILCS 5020. Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community Act.

    (20 ILCS 5020/1)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11.)

    (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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)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.)

    (20 ILCS 5020/10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
    Sec. 10. Compensation; support. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. The Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago shall provide staff and administrative support services to the Commission. Other academic, civic, and not-for-profit organizations may be called on to assist as determined by the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11.)

    (20 ILCS 5020/15)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
    Sec. 15. Meetings; report. The Commission shall:
        (1) research the disparities facing African-Americans

in the areas of healthcare, healthcare services, employment, education, criminal justice, housing, and other social and economic issues;

        (2) hold one or more public hearings, at which public

testimony shall be heard; and

        (3) report its findings and specific recommendations

to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015, after which the Commission shall dissolve.

(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11; 98-684, eff. 6-30-14.)

    (20 ILCS 5020/95)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
    Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2016.
(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11; 98-684, eff. 6-30-14.)

    (20 ILCS 5020/99)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016)
    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 97-360, eff. 8-15-11.)