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Short title. This Article may be cited as the Racial Impact Note Act. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)
Illinois · statute · 25 ILCS 83 · 7 active provisions
Short title. This Article may be cited as the Racial Impact Note Act. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)
Racial impact note. Every bill which has or could have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impac…
Preparation. (a) The sponsor of each bill for which a request under Section 110-5 has been made shall present a copy of the bill with the request for a racial impact note to the appropriate responding agency or agencies under subsection (b). The responding agency or agencies shall prepare and submit the note to the spo…
Requisites and contents. The note shall be factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and, in addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure on racial and ethnic minorities. If, after careful investigation, it is determin…
Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the racial impact note with regard to the merits of the measure for which the racial impact note is prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be noted. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)
Appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure. The fact that a racial impact note is prepared for any bill shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of the General Assembly of any official or authorized employee of the responding agency or agencies, or any othe…
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)