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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 | Veterans State 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 | veterans by increasing the number of veterans who are State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | employees and the number of veterans who are State employees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 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 veterans who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | are employed by State agencies; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (d) increase the number of veterans employed by State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | agencies; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (e) increase the number of veterans who are State employees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | who are promoted; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (f) increase the number of veterans hired by State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | agencies; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (g) assist State agencies to meet their goals established |
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1 | pursuant to the Veterans State Employment Plan; | ||||||
2 | (h) establish the Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory | ||||||
3 | Council; and | ||||||
4 | (i) coordinate any State activity or program, as | ||||||
5 | appropriate, with any federal veterans program.
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6 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | ||||||
8 | Services. | ||||||
9 | "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | ||||||
10 | plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | ||||||
11 | institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | ||||||
12 | The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | ||||||
13 | including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | ||||||
14 | the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of | ||||||
15 | the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the legislature or its | ||||||
17 | committees or commissions.
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18 | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | ||||||
19 | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | ||||||
20 | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | ||||||
21 | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | ||||||
22 | received an honorable discharge.
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23 | Section 15. Veterans State Employment Plan. | ||||||
24 | (a) The Department shall have a full-time position |
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1 | designated as the Veterans State Employment Coordinator to | ||||||
2 | monitor compliance with the Veterans State Employment Plan.
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3 | (b) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | ||||||
4 | increase the number of veterans employed by State agencies and | ||||||
5 | the number of veterans employed by State agencies at | ||||||
6 | supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels.
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7 | (c) The Department shall prepare and revise annually a | ||||||
8 | Veterans State Employment Plan in consultation with | ||||||
9 | individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | ||||||
10 | and with the Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory Council. | ||||||
11 | The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February | ||||||
12 | 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2013, each State | ||||||
13 | agency's activities that implement the Veterans State | ||||||
14 | Employment Plan.
The Department shall coordinate the | ||||||
15 | development and implementation of the Plan, as appropriate, | ||||||
16 | with any federal program that is designed to assist veterans. | ||||||
17 | Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | ||||||
18 | employment opportunity goals.
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19 | (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | ||||||
20 | programs in accordance with the Veterans State Employment Plan | ||||||
21 | to increase the number of veterans employed by that State | ||||||
22 | agency and the number of veterans employed by that State agency | ||||||
23 | at supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial | ||||||
24 | levels. | ||||||
25 | (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the |
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1 | Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format | ||||||
2 | prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in | ||||||
3 | implementing the Veterans State Employment Plan. Each agency's | ||||||
4 | annual report shall include reports or information related to | ||||||
5 | the agency's community employment strategies and programs that | ||||||
6 | the agency has received from the Department, the Department of | ||||||
7 | Human Rights, or the Auditor General, pursuant to their | ||||||
8 | periodic review responsibilities; findings made by the | ||||||
9 | Governor in his or her report to the General Assembly; | ||||||
10 | assessments of service needs based upon the agency's service | ||||||
11 | populations; information on the agency's studies and | ||||||
12 | monitoring success concerning the number of veterans employed | ||||||
13 | by the agency at the supervisory, technical, professional, and | ||||||
14 | managerial levels and any increases in those categories from | ||||||
15 | the prior year; and information concerning the agency's | ||||||
16 | veterans employment budget allocations. | ||||||
17 | (c) The Department shall assist State agencies establish | ||||||
18 | programs to meet goals established pursuant to the Veterans | ||||||
19 | State Employment Plan. The Department shall survey State | ||||||
20 | agencies to identify effective existing training programs and | ||||||
21 | shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. The | ||||||
22 | Department shall assist agencies in the development and | ||||||
23 | modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | ||||||
24 | affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and | ||||||
25 | shall provide information regarding other existing training | ||||||
26 | and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, |
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1 | the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the | ||||||
2 | Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | ||||||
3 | Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | ||||||
4 | Internships.
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5 | Section 25. Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory | ||||||
6 | Council.
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7 | (a) The Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory Council is | ||||||
8 | created, consisting of 11 members, each of whom shall be a | ||||||
9 | subject matter expert on the employment of veterans, appointed | ||||||
10 | by the Governor. | ||||||
11 | (b) All members of the Veterans State Employment Plan | ||||||
12 | Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | ||||||
13 | reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | ||||||
14 | funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
15 | (c) The Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||||||
16 | shall examine: (1) the
prevalence and impact of veterans | ||||||
17 | employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced by | ||||||
18 | veterans who seek employment or promotional opportunities in | ||||||
19 | State government; and (3) possible incentives that could be | ||||||
20 | offered to foster the employment of and the promotion of | ||||||
21 | veterans in State government. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | ||||||
23 | consultation to State agencies and the Veterans State | ||||||
24 | Employment Coordinator. | ||||||
25 | (e) The Veterans State Employment Plan Advisory Council |
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1 | shall receive
administrative support from the Department of | ||||||
2 | Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | ||||||
3 | its activities each year on or before December 1, beginning | ||||||
4 | with December 1, 2013.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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