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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 5 | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 405-123 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-123 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 405-123. State agency interview panel diversity. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Each State agency shall establish the goal of | ||||||
| 10 | increasing diversity on interview panels in order to increase | ||||||
| 11 | State employment opportunities provided to women, minority | ||||||
| 12 | persons, and persons to which the goals of the following | ||||||
| 13 | programs apply: (i) the African American Employment Plan; (ii) | ||||||
| 14 | the Hispanic Employment Plan; (iii) the Asian American | ||||||
| 15 | Employment Plan; (iv) the Native American Employment Plan; and | ||||||
| 16 | (v) the requirements concerning employment of bilingual | ||||||
| 17 | persons. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) Each State agency shall use in the interview process, | ||||||
| 19 | if possible, persons that are representative of the persons | ||||||
| 20 | specified under subsection (a) if the interview being | ||||||
| 21 | conducted meets the following criteria: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) the hiring State agency implements an interview | ||||||
| 23 | panel for the position consisting of 3 or more hiring | ||||||
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| 1 | personnel; or | ||||||
| 2 | (2) the hiring State agency implements a multi-round | ||||||
| 3 | interview process consisting of 2 or more rounds for the | ||||||
| 4 | position. | ||||||
| 5 | (c) Each State agency shall submit an annual report to the | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Central Management Services concerning its | ||||||
| 7 | actions under this Section, and the Department shall report | ||||||
| 8 | annually on these actions through the employment plans | ||||||
| 9 | specified under subsection (a). The report shall include the | ||||||
| 10 | following: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) the number of applicants that were interviewed | ||||||
| 12 | that are representative of the persons and employment | ||||||
| 13 | plans specified under subsection (a); | ||||||
| 14 | (2) the number of interviews in which the hiring | ||||||
| 15 | personnel and the applicant were both representative of | ||||||
| 16 | the persons or employment plans specified under subsection | ||||||
| 17 | (a); and | ||||||
| 18 | (3) the number of applicants that met the criteria of | ||||||
| 19 | the persons and employment plans specified under | ||||||
| 20 | subsection (a) that were hired by a State agency. | ||||||
| 21 | (d) The requirements of this Section shall not apply to | ||||||
| 22 | State employment for job titles that are classified as | ||||||
| 23 | Rutan-exempt, or for which political considerations may be | ||||||
| 24 | taken into account when hiring personnel.
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