Rep. Katie Stuart
Filed: 3/30/2022
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1172 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1172 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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


6    (110 ILCS 70/36f)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b5)




7    Sec. 36f. Examinations. 
8    (a) All examinations given under the University System 
9shall be open to
all applicants who are citizens of or 
10residents in the State of Illinois
and who can qualify by 
11training and experience for the position for
which application 
12is made. In examinations for technical positions for
which no 
13qualified residents of this State are available the residence

14requirement may be waived.
15    (b) Examinations may be written; oral; by statement of 
16training and experience; in the form of tests of knowledge, 
 
 
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1skill, capacity, intellect, or aptitude; or by any other 
2method which, in the judgment of the Merit Board, is 
3reasonable and practical for any particular classification. 
4The examinations shall be practical and shall
relate to the 
5classification for which the examination is given. No
question 
6in any examination shall relate to political or religious

7affiliation or racial origins of the examinee.

8    (c) Different examining procedures may be determined for 
9the examinations in different classifications, but all 
10examinations in the same classification must be uniform.  The 
11examination requirement for the initial appointment, entry 
12level position only, of law enforcement personnel may be 
13waived if an applicant has satisfied all the requirements 
14established by the Illinois Police Training Act for 
15appointment of law enforcement officers and if the Merit Board 
16allows for such a waiver by rule.  Additional positions, entry 
17level only, may have the examination requirement waived if the 
18occupational standards are regulated by the Department of 
19Financial and Professional Regulation, as designated by the 
20Merit Board and provided for in adopted rules. 
21    (d) The University System shall establish an online 
22examination process for applicants by July 1, 2024. The 
23University System shall reimburse any travel costs for any 
24out-of-state applicant who travels to the State to take an 
25examination until July 1, 2024. 
26(Source: P.A. 100-615, eff. 1-1-19.)

 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
22022.".