Full Text of SB2292 95th General Assembly
SB2292 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2292
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 2605/4.14 |
from Ch. 42, par. 323.14 |
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Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that charges for removal or discharge of a civil service employee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District must be filed with the civil service board within 30 days from the date of suspension. Provides that those charges shall be promptly investigated by the civil service board (now, the civil service board must conduct an investigation within 30 days from the date of suspension). Provides that the employee's suspension shall be extended until the civil service board enters a finding unless the board approves an agreement to terminate the suspension at an earlier date. Provides that either the district or the employee may file a petition for rehearing within 21 days after the finding and decision are served. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Section 4.14 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 2605/4.14) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.14)
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| Sec. 4.14. No officer or employee in the classified civil | 8 |
| service of the
sanitary district shall be removed or discharged | 9 |
| except for cause, upon
written charges, and after an | 10 |
| opportunity to be heard in his own defense.
Such charges shall | 11 |
| be filed with the civil service board within 30 days from the | 12 |
| date of suspension under the charges, and the charges shall be | 13 |
| promptly investigated by or before the civil service board, or
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| by or before some officer or officers appointed by the civil | 15 |
| service board
to conduct such investigation within thirty days | 16 |
| from the date of
suspension under such charges . The hearing | 17 |
| shall be public and the accused
shall be entitled to call | 18 |
| witnesses in his defense and to have the aid of
counsel. The | 19 |
| civil service board may continue a discharge hearing for good | 20 |
| cause shown. The civil service board shall enter a finding and | 21 |
| decision. A decision shall be deemed to have been served either | 22 |
| when a copy of the decision is personally delivered or when a | 23 |
| copy of the decision is deposited in the United States mail, |
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| addressed to the employee at his last known address on file | 2 |
| with the human resources department. The hearing may be | 3 |
| postponed or continued with the consent of the
accused. The | 4 |
| finding and decision of the civil service board or of such
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| investigating officer or officers, when approved by said civil | 6 |
| service
board, shall be final, except for the judicial review | 7 |
| thereof as herein
provided, and shall be certified to the | 8 |
| appointing officer, and shall be
forthwith enforced by such | 9 |
| officer. Nothing in this Act shall limit the
power of any | 10 |
| officer to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period not
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| exceeding thirty days ; however, if charges are filed against a | 12 |
| suspended employee, the suspension shall be extended until the | 13 |
| civil service board enters its finding and decision regarding | 14 |
| the charges unless prior to this time the board enters an order | 15 |
| approving an agreement between the sanitary district and the | 16 |
| employee that the suspension should terminate at an earlier | 17 |
| date . Every such suspension shall be without pay:
Provided, | 18 |
| however, that the civil service board shall have authority to
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| investigate every such suspension and, in case of its | 20 |
| disapproval thereof,
it shall have power to restore pay to the | 21 |
| employee so suspended. In the
course of any investigation | 22 |
| provided for in this Act, each member of the
civil service | 23 |
| board and any officer appointed by it shall have the power to
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| administer oaths and shall have power to secure by its subpoena | 25 |
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attendance and testimony of witnesses and the | 26 |
| production of books and
papers.
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| Either the sanitary district or the employee may file a | 2 |
| written petition for rehearing of the finding and decision of | 3 |
| the civil service board within 21 calendar days after the | 4 |
| finding and decision are served as provided in this Section. | 5 |
| The petition shall state fully the grounds upon which | 6 |
| application for further investigation and hearing is based. If | 7 |
| a petition is denied by the civil service board, the decision | 8 |
| shall remain in full force and effect and any further appeal by | 9 |
| either party shall be in accordance with the provisions of the | 10 |
| Administrative Review Law. | 11 |
| The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all | 12 |
| amendments
and modifications thereof, and the
rules adopted | 13 |
| pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings
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| the judicial review of final administrative decisions of the | 15 |
| civil
service board hereunder. The term "administrative | 16 |
| decision" is defined as
in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil | 17 |
| Procedure.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-783 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.
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