HB3062 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3062

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Katie Stuart

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 70/36f

from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b5

Amends the State Universities Civil Service Act. Removes language requiring applicants for examinations under the University System to be citizens of or residents in the State. Provides that an applicant offered employment on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must reside within a reasonable distance from the applicant's designated university facility to perform onsite duties as required by the employer. Removes language providing that in examinations for technical positions for which no qualified residents of the State are available and for law enforcement personnel, the residence requirement may be waived.

A BILL FOR

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 36f as follows:

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

Sec. 36f. Examinations.

(a) All examinations given under the University System shall be open to all applicants who are citizens of or residents in the State of Illinois and who can qualify by training and experience for the position for which application is made. An applicant offered employment on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly must reside within a reasonable distance from the applicant's designated university facility to perform onsite duties as required by the employer. In examinations for technical positions for which no qualified residents of this State are available the residence requirement may be waived. In examinations for law enforcement personnel, the residence requirement shall be waived.

(b) Examinations may be written; oral; by statement of training and experience; in the form of tests of knowledge, skill, capacity, intellect, or aptitude; or by any other method which, in the judgment of the Merit Board, is reasonable and practical for any particular classification. The examinations shall be practical and shall relate to the classification for which the examination is given. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious affiliation or racial origins of the examinee.

(c) Different examining procedures may be determined for the examinations in different classifications, but all examinations in the same classification must be uniform. The examination requirement for the initial appointment, entry level position only, of law enforcement personnel may be waived if an applicant has satisfied all the requirements established by the Illinois Police Training Act for appointment of law enforcement officers and if the Merit Board allows for such a waiver by rule. Additional positions, entry level only, may have the examination requirement waived if the occupational standards are regulated by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, as designated by the Merit Board and provided for in adopted rules.

(Source: P.A. 103-287, eff. 1-1-24.)