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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 5. The Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 5 | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | changing Sections 405-120 and 405-121 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-120) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.29)
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| 8 | Sec. 405-120. Hispanic and bilingual employees. The
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| 9 | Department shall develop and implement plans to
increase the | ||||||
| 10 | number of Hispanics employed by State government and the
number | ||||||
| 11 | of bilingual persons employed in State government at | ||||||
| 12 | supervisory,
technical, professional, and managerial levels.
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| 13 | The Department shall prepare and revise annually a State | ||||||
| 14 | Hispanic Employment Plan and a State Asian-American Employment | ||||||
| 15 | Plan in consultation with individuals and organizations | ||||||
| 16 | informed on these subjects, including the Hispanic Employment | ||||||
| 17 | Plan Advisory Council and the Asian-American Employment Plan | ||||||
| 18 | Advisory Council. The Department shall report to the General | ||||||
| 19 | Assembly by February 1 of each year each State agency's | ||||||
| 20 | activities in implementing the State Hispanic Employment Plan | ||||||
| 21 | and the State Asian-American Employment Plan. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 97-856, eff. 7-27-12.)
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| 1 | (20 ILCS 405/405-121) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 405-121. Hispanic and Asian-American Employment Plan | ||||||
| 3 | Advisory Councils Council. The Hispanic Employment Plan | ||||||
| 4 | Advisory Council and the Asian-American Employment Plan | ||||||
| 5 | Advisory Council are is hereby created to examine, as | ||||||
| 6 | applicable: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) the prevalence and impact of Hispanics and | ||||||
| 8 | Asian-Americans employed by State government; | ||||||
| 9 | (2) the barriers faced by Hispanics and | ||||||
| 10 | Asian-Americans who seek employment or promotional | ||||||
| 11 | opportunities in State government; and | ||||||
| 12 | (3) possible incentives that could be offered to foster | ||||||
| 13 | the employment of and the promotion of Hispanics and | ||||||
| 14 | Asian-Americans in State government. | ||||||
| 15 | The Hispanic Employment Plan Advisory Council and the | ||||||
| 16 | Asian-American Employment Plan Advisory Council shall each | ||||||
| 17 | meet quarterly and independently to provide consultation to | ||||||
| 18 | State agencies and the Department. | ||||||
| 19 | All members of the Hispanic Employment Plan Advisory | ||||||
| 20 | Council and the Asian-American Employment Plan Advisory | ||||||
| 21 | Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | ||||||
| 22 | reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | ||||||
| 23 | funds available for that purpose. | ||||||
| 24 | The Hispanic Employment Plan Advisory Council and the | ||||||
| 25 | Asian-American Employment Plan Advisory Council shall each | ||||||
| 26 | consist of 11 members, each of whom shall be a Latino or an | ||||||
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| 1 | Asian-American subject matter expert, respectively, and shall | ||||||
| 2 | be appointed by the Governor.
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| 3 | The Hispanic Employment Plan Advisory Council shall have an | ||||||
| 4 | ex-officio liaison member appointed by the Director or | ||||||
| 5 | Secretary of each of the following agencies: the Department on | ||||||
| 6 | Aging, Department of Children and Family Services, Department | ||||||
| 7 | of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Corrections, Department of Employment Security, Department of | ||||||
| 9 | Human Services, Department of Human Rights, Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Healthcare and Family Services, Department of Public Health, | ||||||
| 11 | and the Department of Transportation. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 97-856, eff. 7-27-12.)
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