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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 8b as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B - Merit and fitness. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) For positions in the State service subject to the | ||||||
| 9 | jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 10 | with respect to selection and tenure on the basis of merit and | ||||||
| 11 | fitness, those matters specified in this Section and Sections | ||||||
| 12 | 8b.1 through 8b.20 8b.17. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Application, testing and hiring procedures for all | ||||||
| 14 | State employment vacancies for positions not exempt under | ||||||
| 15 | Section 4c shall be reduced to writing and made available to | ||||||
| 16 | the public via the Department's website or equivalent. All | ||||||
| 17 | vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B shall be posted. | ||||||
| 18 | Vacant positions shall be posted on the Department's website | ||||||
| 19 | in such a way that potential job candidates can easily | ||||||
| 20 | identify and apply for job openings and identify the county in | ||||||
| 21 | which the vacancy is located. Vacant positions shall be | ||||||
| 22 | updated at least weekly. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) If a position experiences a vacancy rate that is | ||||||
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| 1 | greater than or equal to 10%, that position shall be posted | ||||||
| 2 | until the vacancy rate is less than 10%. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) Unless prohibited by federal law, the administration | ||||||
| 4 | of the following federal programs (and anything they may be | ||||||
| 5 | subsequently named) shall continue to be conducted by | ||||||
| 6 | employees subject to this code: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, | ||||||
| 8 | formerly known as Food Stamps; | ||||||
| 9 | (2) Employment Security (Unemployment Insurance and | ||||||
| 10 | Employment Services); | ||||||
| 11 | (3) Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance for the | ||||||
| 12 | Aged; | ||||||
| 13 | (4) Aid to Families with Dependent Children; | ||||||
| 14 | (5) Grants to States for Aid to the Blind; | ||||||
| 15 | (6) Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and | ||||||
| 16 | Totally Disabled; | ||||||
| 17 | (7) Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or | ||||||
| 18 | Disabled; | ||||||
| 19 | (8) Medical Assistance (Medicaid); | ||||||
| 20 | (9) State and Community Programs on Aging (Older | ||||||
| 21 | Americans); | ||||||
| 22 | (10) Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption | ||||||
| 23 | Assistance; | ||||||
| 24 | (11) Occupational Safety and Health Standards; | ||||||
| 25 | (12) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics; | ||||||
| 26 | (13) Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and | ||||||
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| 1 | Emergency Relief Act; and | ||||||
| 2 | (14) any State administration of the Social Security | ||||||
| 3 | Act. | ||||||
| 4 | (Source: P.A. 103-108, eff. 6-27-23.) | ||||||
| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law. | ||||||