Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 3/8/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1533

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1533 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
5Section 4c as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/4c)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
7    Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
8State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
9unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this
10Act:
11        (1) All officers elected by the people.
12        (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
13    Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
14    State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
15    Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
16        (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,

 

 

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1    and notaries public.
2        (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
3    Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
4    officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative
5    Reference Bureau, the Legislative Research Unit, and the
6    Legislative Printing Unit.
7        (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and
8    Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
9    in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and paid
10    from State funds.
11        (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
12    mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
13        (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
14    the Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the
15    Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members of boards
16    and commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
17    Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
18        (8) The presidents, other principal administrative
19    officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties
20    of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
21    Governors State University, Illinois State University,
22    Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
23    University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
24    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
25    Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
26    Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System,

 

 

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1    University Retirement System of Illinois, and the
2    administrative officers and scientific and technical staff
3    of the Illinois State Museum.
4        (9) All other employees except the presidents, other
5    principal administrative officers, and teaching, research
6    and extension faculties of the universities under the
7    jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and
8    universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
9    Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
10    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
11    Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
12    State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
13    University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
14    System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long
15    as these are subject to the provisions of the State
16    Universities Civil Service Act.
17        (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to
18    the merit provisions of the State Police Act.
19        (11) (Blank).
20        (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
21    Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
22    Safety, the Pollution Control Board, and the Illinois
23    Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
24    staff providing architectural and engineering services in
25    the Department of Central Management Services.
26        (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway

 

 

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1    Authority.
2        (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers'
3    Compensation Commission.
4        (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
5    Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of the
6    Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of Insurance
7    in discharging his responsibilities relating to the
8    rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and dissolution
9    of companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
10    Illinois Insurance Code.
11        (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
12    Airport Authority.
13        (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
14    State Board of Investment.
15        (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult
16    Conservation Corps program, administered by the Illinois
17    Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
18    Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
19    of 1973, 29 USC 993.
20        (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of
21    Agriculture for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
22    and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving more
23    than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
24        (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
25    Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
26    Service, a youth employment program that hires young people

 

 

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1    to work in State parks for a period of one year or less.
2        (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
3    Commission.
4        (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
5    Science Academy.
6        (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
7    Airport Authority.
8        (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive
9    Ethics Commission.
10        (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including
11    special Executive Inspectors General, and employees of
12    each Office of an Executive Inspector General.
13        (26) The commissioners and employees of the
14    Legislative Ethics Commission.
15        (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including
16    special Legislative Inspectors General, and employees of
17    the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
18        (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and
19    employees of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector
20    General.
21        (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency.
22        (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced
23    skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical
24    expertise who are employed within executive branch
25    agencies and whose duties are directly related to the
26    submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial

 

 

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1    information for the publication of the Comprehensive
2    Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
3        (31) All employees of the Illinois Sentencing Policy
4    Advisory Council.
5(Source: P.A. 97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-1055, eff. 8-23-12.)
 
6    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
7changing Section 5-8-8 as follows:
 
8    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-8)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2015)
10    Sec. 5-8-8. Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
11    (a) Creation. There is created under the jurisdiction of
12the Governor the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council,
13hereinafter referred to as the Council.
14    (b) Purposes and goals. The purpose of the Council is to
15review sentencing policies and practices and examine how these
16policies and practices impact the criminal justice system as a
17whole in the State of Illinois. In carrying out its duties, the
18Council shall be mindful of and aim to achieve the purposes of
19sentencing in Illinois, which are set out in Section 1-1-2 of
20this Code:
21        (1) prescribe sanctions proportionate to the
22    seriousness of the offenses and permit the recognition of
23    differences in rehabilitation possibilities among
24    individual offenders;

 

 

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1        (2) forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
2        (3) prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of
3    persons adjudicated offenders or delinquents; and
4        (4) restore offenders to useful citizenship.
5    (c) Council composition.
6        (1) The Council shall consist of the following members:
7            (A) the President of the Senate, or his or her
8        designee;
9            (B) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or
10        her designee;
11            (C) the Speaker of the House, or his or her
12        designee;
13            (D) the Minority Leader of the House, or his or her
14        designee;
15            (E) the Governor, or his or her designee;
16            (F) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;
17            (G) two retired judges, who may have been circuit,
18        appellate, or supreme court judges; retired judges
19        appointed prior to the effective date of this
20        amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be ,
21        selected by the members of the Council designated in
22        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L), and retired judges
23        appointed on or after the effective date of this
24        amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
25        appointed by the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme
26        Court;

 

 

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1            (G-5) two sitting judges, who may be circuit,
2        appellate, or supreme court judges, appointed by the
3        Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; one member
4        appointed under this paragraph (G-5) shall be selected
5        from the Circuit Court of Cook County or the First
6        Judicial District, and one member appointed under this
7        paragraph (G-5) shall be selected from a judicial
8        circuit or district other than the Circuit Court of
9        Cook County or the First Judicial District;
10            (H) the Cook County State's Attorney, or his or her
11        designee;
12            (I) the Cook County Public Defender, or his or her
13        designee;
14            (J) a State's Attorney not from Cook County,
15        appointed by the State's Attorney's Appellate
16        Prosecutor;
17            (K) the State Appellate Defender, or his or her
18        designee;
19            (L) the Director of the Administrative Office of
20    the Illinois Courts, or his or her designee;
21            (M) a victim of a violent felony or a
22        representative of a crime victims' organization,
23        selected by the members of the Council designated in
24        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
25            (N) a representative of a community-based
26        organization, selected by the members of the Council

 

 

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1        designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
2            (O) a criminal justice academic researcher, to be
3        selected by the members of the Council designated in
4        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
5            (P) a representative of law enforcement from a unit
6        of local government to be selected by the members of
7        the Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through
8        (L);
9            (Q) a sheriff selected by the members of the
10        Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
11        and
12            (R) ex-officio members shall include:
13                (i) the Director of Corrections, or his or her
14            designee;
15                (ii) the Chair of the Prisoner Review Board, or
16            his or her designee;
17                (iii) the Director of the Illinois State
18            Police, or his or her designee; and
19                (iv) the Director of the Illinois Criminal
20            Justice Information Authority, or his or her
21            designee. ; and
22                (v) the assistant Director of the
23            Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, or
24            his or her designee.
25        (1.5) The Chair and Vice Chair shall be elected from
26    among its members by a majority of the members of the

 

 

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1    Council.
2        (2) Members of the Council who serve because of their
3    public office or position, or those who are designated as
4    members by such officials, shall serve only as long as they
5    hold such office or position.
6        (3) Council members shall serve without compensation
7    but shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses
8    incurred in their work for the Council.
9        (4) The Council may exercise any power, perform any
10    function, take any action, or do anything in furtherance of
11    its purposes and goals upon the appointment of a quorum of
12    its members. The term of office of each member of the
13    Council ends on the date of repeal of this amendatory Act
14    of the 96th General Assembly.
15    (d) Duties. The Council shall perform, as resources permit,
16duties including:
17        (1) Collect and analyze information including
18    sentencing data, crime trends, and existing correctional
19    resources to support legislative and executive action
20    affecting the use of correctional resources on the State
21    and local levels.
22        (2) Prepare criminal justice population projections
23    annually, including correctional and community-based
24    supervision populations.
25        (3) Analyze data relevant to proposed sentencing
26    legislation and its effect on current policies or

 

 

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1    practices, and provide information to support
2    evidence-based sentencing.
3        (4) Ensure that adequate resources and facilities are
4    available for carrying out sentences imposed on offenders
5    and that rational priorities are established for the use of
6    those resources. To do so, the Council shall prepare
7    criminal justice resource statements, identifying the
8    fiscal and practical effects of proposed criminal
9    sentencing legislation, including, but not limited to, the
10    correctional population, court processes, and county or
11    local government resources.
12        (5) Perform such other studies or tasks pertaining to
13    sentencing policies as may be requested by the Governor or
14    the Illinois General Assembly.
15        (6) Perform such other functions as may be required by
16    law or as are necessary to carry out the purposes and goals
17    of the Council prescribed in subsection (b).
18    (e) Authority.
19        (1) The Council shall have the power to perform the
20    functions necessary to carry out its duties, purposes and
21    goals under this Act. In so doing, the Council shall
22    utilize information and analysis developed by the Illinois
23    Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Administrative
24    Office of the Illinois Courts, and the Illinois Department
25    of Corrections.
26        (2) Upon request from the Council, each executive

 

 

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1    agency and department of State and local government shall
2    provide information and records to the Council in the
3    execution of its duties.
4    (f) Report. The Council shall report in writing annually to
5the General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the
6Governor.
7    (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015.
8(Source: P.A. 96-711, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
997-775, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".