Representatives from various State agencies and State universities with specific fiscal, procurement, educational, and environmental policy expertise shall comprise the Council. Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor is the chair of the Council. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Governor is the chair of the Council, and the Lieutenant Governor, or his or her designee, shall be a member of the council. The director or President, respectively, of each of the following State agencies and State universities, or his or her designee, is a member of the Council: the Environmental Protection Agency, the University of Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Central Management Services, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, and the Capital Development Board.
     The Office of the Governor shall provide administrative support to the Council. A minimum of one staff position in the Office of the Governor shall be dedicated to the Green Governments Illinois program.