Sen. Carole Pankau
Filed: 2/7/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2449




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2449 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of 
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the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
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Section 1005-47 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1005/1005-47  new)
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    Sec. 1005-47. Illinois Skills Match Program.

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    (a) The Department of Employment Security, through its 
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Illinois Skills Match System, or a successor system, shall 
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maintain a web site that allows job seekers to search online 
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for employment opportunities that match the skills of the 
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person seeking employment.
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    (b) Each executive branch State agency, except those 
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agencies with one or more positions subject to any jurisdiction 
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of the Personnel Code, must either (i) post employment 
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vacancies on the Department's Skills Match System or its 
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successor system or (ii) provide an online link to its 
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employment vacancies so that this link is accessible through 
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the web page of the Illinois Skills Match System or its 
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successor system. "State agency" has the meaning as defined in 
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Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.  
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The Department of Central Management Services shall provide an 
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online link to its State employment information and career 
 


 






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services web page so that this link is accessible through the 
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web page of the Illinois Skills Match System or its successor 
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system.
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    This Section does not apply to positions exempt from the 
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requirements of the Rutan decision.

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    (c) All units of local government, school districts, and 
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other public and private employers may, and are encouraged to, 
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post employment vacancies on the Illinois Skills Match System 
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or successor system.
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    (d) The Department may not charge any employer or any 
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person seeking employment a fee for using the Illinois Skills 
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Match System or successor system.
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    (e) The Department is authorized to adopt all rules 
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necessary to implement and administer the Illinois Skills Match 
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System or any successor system under this Section.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2007.".