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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is
5amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 310/9)  (from Ch. 124, par. 109)
7    Sec. 9. Hearings - disciplinary action. No certified
8officer or employee under jurisdiction B, relating to merit and
9fitness, who has been appointed under the rules and after
10examination, shall be removed, discharged or demoted, or
11suspended for a period of more than 30 calendar days, except
12for cause, upon written charges approved by the Director of
13Personnel, and after an opportunity to be heard in his own
14defense if he makes written request to the Commission within 15
15calendar days after the serving of the written charges upon
16him. Upon the receipt of such a request for hearing, the
17Commission shall grant a hearing within 45 30 calendar days.
18The time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by the
19Commission, and due notice thereof shall be given the Director
20of Personnel and the employee. The hearing shall be public, and
21the officer or employee is entitled to call witnesses in his
22own defense and to have the aid of counsel. The finding of the
23Commission shall be rendered within 60 calendar days after the

 

 

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1receipt of the transcript of the proceedings. If the finding
2and decision is not rendered within 60 calendar days after
3receipt of the transcript of the proceedings, the employee
4shall be considered to be reinstated and shall receive full
5compensation for the period for which he was suspended. The
6finding and decision of the Commission or officer or board
7appointed by it to conduct such investigation, when approved by
8the Commission, shall be certified to the Director, and shall
9be forthwith enforced by the Director. In making its finding
10and decision, or in approving the finding and decision of some
11officer or board appointed by it to conduct such investigation
12the Merit Commission may, for disciplinary purposes, suspend an
13employee for a period of time not to exceed 90 calendar days,
14and in no event to exceed a period of 120 calendar days from
15the date of any suspension of such employee, pending
16investigation of such charges. If the Commission certifies a
17decision that an officer or employee is to be retained in his
18position and if it does not order a suspension for disciplinary
19purposes, the officer or employee shall receive full
20compensation for any period during which he was suspended
21pending the investigation of the charges.
22    Nothing in this Section shall limit the authority to
23suspend an employee for a reasonable period not exceeding 30
24calendar days.
25(Source: P.A. 80-13.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.