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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
5Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b111)
7    Sec. 11. Hearing - disciplinary action. No officer or
8employee under jurisdiction B, relating to merit and fitness,
9who has been appointed under the rules and after examination,
10shall be removed discharged or demoted, or be suspended for a
11period of more than 30 days, in any 12 month period, except for
12cause, upon written charges approved by the Director of Central
13Management Services, and after an opportunity to be heard in
14his own defense if he makes written request to the Commission
15within 15 days after the serving of the written charges upon
16him. Upon the filing of such a request for a hearing, the
17Commission shall grant a hearing within 30 days. The time and
18place of the hearing shall be fixed by the Commission, and due
19notice thereof given the appointing officer and the employee.
20The hearing shall be public, and the officer or employee is
21entitled to call witnesses in his own defense and to have the
22aid of counsel. The finding and decision of the Commission, or
23the approval by the Commission of the finding and decision of

 

 

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1the officer or board appointed by it to conduct such
2investigation, shall be rendered within 60 days after the
3receipt of the transcript of the proceedings, unless the
4Commission remands the matter back to the officer or board
5appointed to conduct such investigation for the purpose of
6taking additional evidence or soliciting additional argument.
7After receipt of the transcript of the proceedings after
8remand, or receipt of additional evidence or additional
9argument after remand, the Commission shall have an additional
1060 days in which to render a finding and decision. If the
11finding and decision is not rendered within 60 days after
12receipt of the transcript of the proceedings, or within 60 days
13after receipt of the transcript of the proceedings after remand
14or 60 days after receipt of additional evidence or additional
15argument after remand, the employee shall be considered to be
16reinstated and shall receive full compensation for the period
17for which he was suspended. The finding and decision of the
18Commission or officer or board appointed by it to conduct
19investigation, when approved by the Commission, shall be
20certified to the Director, and shall be forthwith enforced by
21the Director. In making its finding and decision, or in
22approving the finding and decision of some officer or board
23appointed by it to conduct such investigation, the Civil
24Service Commission may, for disciplinary purposes, suspend an
25employee for a period of time not to exceed 90 days, and in no
26event to exceed a period of 120 days from the date of any

 

 

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1suspension of such employee, pending investigation of such
2charges. If the Commission certifies a decision that an officer
3or employee is to be retained in his position and if it does
4not order a suspension for disciplinary purposes, the officer
5or employee shall receive full compensation for any period
6during which he was suspended pending the investigation of the
7charges.
8    Nothing in this Section shall limit the authority to
9suspend an employee for a reasonable period not exceeding 30
10days, in any 12 month period.
11    Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, an
12arbitrator of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission,
13appointed pursuant to Section 14 of the Workers' Compensation
14Act, may be removed by the Governor upon the recommendation of
15the Commission Review Board pursuant to Section 14.1 of such
16Act.
17    Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a policy
18making officer of a State agency, as defined in the Employee
19Rights Violation Act, shall be discharged from State employment
20as provided in the Employee Rights Violation Act, enacted by
21the 85th General Assembly.
22(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)