Public Act 095-0113
 		





SB0110 Enrolled
LRB095 06718 RAS 26831 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The State Universities Civil Service Act is 
amended  by changing Section 36o as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 70/36o)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b14)



    Sec. 36o. Demotion, removal, and discharge. After the 
completion of his or her  probationary period, no employee shall 
be
demoted, removed or discharged except for just cause, upon 
written charges,
and after an opportunity to be heard in his or 
her  own defense if he or she  makes a
written request for a 
hearing to the Merit Board within 15 days after the
serving of 
the written charges upon him or her.  Upon the filing of such a 
request
for a hearing, the Merit Board shall grant such hearing 
to be held within
45 days from the date of the service of the 
demotion, removal or discharge
notice by a hearing board or 
hearing officer appointed by the Merit Board. The members of 
the
hearing board or the hearing officer shall be selected from 
among the members of a panel
established by the Merit Board 
after consultation with the Advisory
Committee provided in 
Section 36c. The hearing board or hearing officer shall make 
and
render findings of facts on the charges and transmit to the 
Merit Board a
transcript of the evidence along with the hearing 
board's or hearing officer's
its findings of fact. The findings 
of
the hearing board or hearing officer when approved by the 
Merit Board shall be certified to
the employer. If cause for 
demotion, removal or discharge is found, the
employee shall be 
immediately separated from the service. If cause is not
found, 
the employee shall forthwith be reassigned to perform the 
duties of
a position in his or her  classification without loss 
of compensation. In the
course of the hearing, the Director of 
the Merit Board shall have power to
administer oaths and to 
secure by subpoena the attendance and testimony of
witnesses 
and the production of books and papers relevant to the inquiry.

    The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and all 
amendments and
modification thereof, and the rules adopted

pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for 
the
judicial review of final administrative decisions of the 
Merit Board hereby
created. The term "administrative decision" 
is defined as in Section 3-101
of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.