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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  




 
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. In examinations for law enforcement 
15personnel, the residence requirement shall be waived. 
16    (b) Examinations may be written; oral; by statement of 
17training and experience; in the form of tests of knowledge, 
18skill, capacity, intellect, or aptitude; or by any other 
19method which, in the judgment of the Merit Board, is 
20reasonable and practical for any particular classification. 
21The examinations shall be practical and shall
relate to the 
22classification for which the examination is given. No
question 
23in any examination shall relate to political or religious

 
 
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1affiliation or racial origins of the examinee.

2    (c) Different examining procedures may be determined for 
3the examinations in different classifications, but all 
4examinations in the same classification must be uniform.  The 
5examination requirement for the initial appointment, entry 
6level position only, of law enforcement personnel may be 
7waived if an applicant has satisfied all the requirements 
8established by the Illinois Police Training Act for 
9appointment of law enforcement officers and if the Merit Board 
10allows for such a waiver by rule.  Additional positions, entry 
11level only, may have the examination requirement waived if the 
12occupational standards are regulated by the Department of 
13Financial and Professional Regulation, as designated by the 
14Merit Board and provided for in adopted rules. 
15(Source: P.A. 100-615, eff. 1-1-19.)