State Government Administration Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4991




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4991 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 8b.1 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 415/8b.1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)
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    Sec. 8b.1. For open competitive
examinations to test the 
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relative fitness of
applicants for the respective positions.
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    Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not 
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qualified for
entrance into or promotion within the service, 
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and to discover the relative
fitness of those who are 
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qualified. The Director may use any one of or any
combination 
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of the following examination methods which in his judgment best

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serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of 
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experience;
test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test 
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of knowledge; test of
manual skill; test of linguistic ability; 
 


 






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test of character; test of
physical fitness; test of 
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psychological fitness. No person with a record of
misdemeanor 
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convictions except those under Sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,

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11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 
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16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 
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32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and
sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of 
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Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
arrested for any 
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cause but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from

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taking such examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the 
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person is
attempting to qualify for a position which would give 
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him the powers of a
peace officer, in which case the person's 
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conviction or arrest record may
be considered as a factor in 
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determining the person's fitness for the
position. The 
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eligibility conditions specified for the position of
Assistant 
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Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of 
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Healthcare and Family Services in Section
5-230 of the 
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Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-230) shall be 
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applied to that position in addition to other
standards, tests 
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or criteria established by the Director. All examinations
shall 
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be announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date 
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of the
examinations and may be advertised through the press, 
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radio and other
media. The Director may, however, in his 
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discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine 
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candidates long enough to assure a sufficient
number of 
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eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the 
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names
of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in 
 


 






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accordance with
their respective ratings.
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    The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of 
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competitive
examinations conducted by any merit system 
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established by federal law or by
the law of any State, and may 
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compile eligible lists therefrom or may add
the names of 
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successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit

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systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their 
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respective
ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the 
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State of Illinois may be
appointed from those eligible lists, 
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however, unless the requirement that
applicants be residents of 
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the State of Illinois is waived by the Director
of Central 
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Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois

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residents available
for appointment from the appropriate 
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eligible list. The results of the
examinations conducted by 
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other merit systems may not be used unless they
are comparable 
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in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations
conducted 
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by the Department of Central Management Services
for similar 
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positions. Special
linguistic options may also be established 
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where deemed appropriate.
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    Beginning with the 6th month after the month during which 
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this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly becomes law, 
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within 10 calendar days after the end of each month, the 
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Department must post on its Internet website a list showing the 
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total number of those taking competitive examinations for 
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employment during that month and receiving a "superior", "A", 
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or otherwise designated highest test result, together with a 
 


 






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breakdown of that total number categorizing the number of 
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applicants receiving that highest grade by race as follows: 
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African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, 
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Caucasian, and Other. The list shall include only numbers and 
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shall not identify individuals by name. 
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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)".