It was composed of four members each from the House and Senate and nine persons appointed by the Governor. It was charged with creating statewide awareness of factors affecting the state's future, providing a forum through which citizens could express their viewpoints concerning present conditions and future prospects, analyzing issues required for future oriented decision making, formulating and evaluating alternatives, articulating goals and objectives regarding future development, and recommending an agenda for implementing actions to reach goals.
Files document the establishment and operations of the task force.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.