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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | African American Employment Plan Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are as | ||||||
7 | follows: | ||||||
8 | (a) improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' | ||||||
9 | African Americans by increasing the number of African American | ||||||
10 | State employees and the number of African American State | ||||||
11 | employees serving in supervisory, technical, professional, and | ||||||
12 | managerial positions; | ||||||
13 | (b) identify State agencies' staffing needs and | ||||||
14 | qualification requirements; | ||||||
15 | (c) track hiring practices and promotions of African | ||||||
16 | Americans employed by State agencies; | ||||||
17 | (d) increase the number of African Americans employed by | ||||||
18 | State agencies; | ||||||
19 | (e) increase the number of African American State employees | ||||||
20 | who are promoted; | ||||||
21 | (f) assist State agencies to meet their goals established | ||||||
22 | pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and | ||||||
23 | (g) establish the African American Employment Plan |
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1 | Advisory Council.
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2 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
3 | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | ||||||
4 | Services. | ||||||
5 | "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | ||||||
6 | plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | ||||||
7 | institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | ||||||
8 | The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | ||||||
9 | including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | ||||||
10 | the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of | ||||||
11 | the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the legislature or its | ||||||
13 | committees or commissions.
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14 | Section 15. African American Employment Plan. | ||||||
15 | (a) The Department shall have a full-time position | ||||||
16 | designated as the African American Employment Coordinator to | ||||||
17 | monitor compliance with the African American Employment Plan.
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18 | (b) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | ||||||
19 | increase the number of African Americans employed by State | ||||||
20 | agencies and the number of African Americans employed by State | ||||||
21 | agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | ||||||
22 | managerial levels.
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23 | (c) The Department shall prepare and revise annually an | ||||||
24 | African American Employment Plan in consultation with |
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1 | individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | ||||||
2 | and with the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | ||||||
3 | The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February | ||||||
4 | 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2011, each State | ||||||
5 | agency's activities that implement the African American | ||||||
6 | Employment Plan.
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7 | Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | ||||||
8 | employment opportunity goals.
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9 | (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | ||||||
10 | programs in accordance with the African American Employment | ||||||
11 | Plan to increase the number of African Americans employed by | ||||||
12 | that State agency and the number of African Americans employed | ||||||
13 | by that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, | ||||||
14 | and managerial levels. | ||||||
15 | (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the | ||||||
16 | Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format | ||||||
17 | prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in | ||||||
18 | implementing the African American Employment Plan. Each | ||||||
19 | agency's annual report shall include reports or information | ||||||
20 | related to the agency's African American employment strategies | ||||||
21 | and programs that the agency has received from the Department, | ||||||
22 | the Department of Human Rights, or the Auditor General, | ||||||
23 | pursuant to their periodic review responsibilities; findings | ||||||
24 | made by the Governor in his or her report to the General | ||||||
25 | Assembly; assessments of service needs based upon the agency's |
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1 | service populations; information on the agency's studies and | ||||||
2 | monitoring success concerning the number of African Americans | ||||||
3 | employed by the agency at the supervisory, technical, | ||||||
4 | professional, and managerial levels and any increases in those | ||||||
5 | categories from the prior year; and information concerning the | ||||||
6 | agency's African American employment budget allocations. | ||||||
7 | (c) The Department shall assist State agencies required to | ||||||
8 | establish preparation and promotion training programs under | ||||||
9 | subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights | ||||||
10 | Act for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | ||||||
11 | employment opportunity goals. The Department shall survey | ||||||
12 | State agencies to identify effective existing training | ||||||
13 | programs and shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. | ||||||
14 | The Department shall assist agencies in the development and | ||||||
15 | modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | ||||||
16 | affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and | ||||||
17 | shall provide information regarding other existing training | ||||||
18 | and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, | ||||||
19 | the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the | ||||||
20 | Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | ||||||
21 | Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | ||||||
22 | Internships.
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23 | Section 25. African American Employment Plan Advisory | ||||||
24 | Council.
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25 | (a) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council |
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1 | is created, consisting of 11 members, each of whom shall be an | ||||||
2 | African American subject matter expert, appointed by the | ||||||
3 | Governor. | ||||||
4 | (b) All members of the African American Employment Plan | ||||||
5 | Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | ||||||
6 | reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | ||||||
7 | funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
8 | (c) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||||||
9 | shall examine: (1) the
prevalence and impact of African | ||||||
10 | Americans employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced | ||||||
11 | by African Americans who seek employment or promotional | ||||||
12 | opportunities in State government; and (3) possible incentives | ||||||
13 | that could be offered to foster the employment of and the | ||||||
14 | promotion of African Americans in State government. | ||||||
15 | (d) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | ||||||
16 | consultation to State agencies and the African American | ||||||
17 | Employment Coordinator. | ||||||
18 | (e) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||||||
19 | shall receive
administrative support from the Department of | ||||||
20 | Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | ||||||
21 | its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | ||||||
22 | with February 1, 2012.
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23 | Section 30. Collective bargaining agreements. The rights | ||||||
24 | of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall | ||||||
25 | not be affected by this Act.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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