2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
20 ILCS 4125/ - Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act.
(20 ILCS 4125/1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-97, eff. 1-1-24.)
(20 ILCS 4125/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 5. Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force. The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force is created. The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force shall develop a statewide plan to connect existing local projects and new projects to create a cohesive statewide history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois, while developing new educational and tourism opportunities for this State.
(Source: P.A. 103-97, eff. 1-1-24.)
(20 ILCS 4125/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 10. Task Force members.
(a) The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force shall be composed of the following members:
- (1) one member appointed by the President of the Senate;
- (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
- (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
- (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
- (5) one member appointed by the Governor;
- (6) the Director of Natural Resources or the Director's designee;
- (7) the Director of the Illinois State Archives or the Director's designee;
- (8) the President of the Illinois State Historical Society or the President's designee;
- (9) the President of the NAACP Illinois State Conference or the President's designee; and
- (10) the Clerk of Tazewell County.
(b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.
(c) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force. All members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-97, eff. 1-1-24.)
(20 ILCS 4125/15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 15. Meetings, report.
(a) The Task Force shall meet at least 3 times with the first meeting occurring within 60 days after the effective date of this Act.
(b) The Task Force shall review available research, existing infrastructure and projects, best practices, and effective interventions to formulate recommendations.
(c) The Task Force shall prepare a report detailing the Task Force's findings and recommendations and needed resources. The Task Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before July 1, 2024.
(Source: P.A. 103-97, eff. 1-1-24.)
(20 ILCS 4125/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 20. Repeal and dissolution of Task Force. The Task Force is dissolved, and this Act is repealed, on January 1, 2025.
(Source: P.A. 103-97, eff. 1-1-24.)
