98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1861
 
Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Mike Jacobs
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new
20 ILCS 415/4c  from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c

     Amends the State Police Act and the Personnel Code.  Provides that the State Police Merit Board may hire employees as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.  Provides that employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the Personnel Code.  Provides that the Board shall fix the salaries of its employees.  Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing a general salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees.  Provides that the Board may suspend or dismiss employees as necessary.  Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for dismissal of employees.
  


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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 State Police Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 7.3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new)
7    Sec. 7.3. Employees.
8    (a)  The Board may hire employees as may be necessary and 
9appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.  
10Employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the 
11Personnel Code.
12    (b) The Board shall fix the salaries of its employees.
13    (c)  The Board shall adopt rules establishing a general 
14salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but 
15subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees.
16    (d)  The Board may suspend or dismiss employees as 
17necessary.
18    (e)The Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for 
19dismissal of employees. 
 
20    Section 10. The Personnel Code is amended  by changing 
21Section 4c as follows:
 
 
 
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1    (20 ILCS 415/4c)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
2    Sec. 4c. General exemptions.   The following positions in 
3State
service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C, 
4unless the
jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this 
5Act:


6        (1) All officers elected by the people.


7        (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor, 
8    Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, State Comptroller, 
9    State Board of Education, Clerk of
the Supreme Court,

10    Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.


11        (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts, 
12    and notaries
public.


13        (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General 
14    Assembly, all
employees of legislative commissions, all 
15    officers and employees of  the
Illinois Legislative 
16    Reference Bureau, the Legislative
Research Unit, and the 
17    Legislative Printing Unit.


18        (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and 
19    Illinois State
Guard, paid from federal funds or positions

20    in the State  Military Service filled by enlistment and paid 
21    from State
funds.


22        (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive 
23    mansion and on
his immediate personal staff.


24        (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General, 
25    the Assistant
Adjutant General, the Director of the 
26    Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, members of boards 
 
 
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1    and commissions,  and all other
positions appointed by the 
2    Governor by and with the consent of the
Senate.


3        (8) The presidents, other principal administrative 
4    officers, and
teaching, research and extension faculties 
5    of
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, 
6    Governors State
University, Illinois State University, 
7    Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois 
8    University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois

9    Community College Board, Southern Illinois
University, 
10    Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of

11    Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System, 
12    University Retirement
System of Illinois, and the 
13    administrative officers and scientific and
technical staff 
14    of the Illinois State Museum.


15        (9) All other employees except the presidents, other 
16    principal
administrative officers, and teaching, research 
17    and extension faculties
of the universities under the 
18    jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and
the colleges and 
19    universities under the  jurisdiction of the Board of

20    Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois 
21    Community College
Board, Southern Illinois University, 
22    Illinois Board of Higher Education,
Board of Governors of 
23    State Colleges and Universities, the Board of
Regents, 
24    University  of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service

25    System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long 
26    as these are
subject to the provisions of the State 
 
 
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1    Universities Civil Service Act.


2        (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to 
3    the merit
provisions of the State Police Act.


4        (10.1)  Employees of the State Police Merit Board. 
5        (11) (Blank).


6        (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the 
7    Department of
Transportation, the Department of Nuclear 
8    Safety, the Pollution Control
Board, and the Illinois 
9    Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering

10    staff providing architectural and engineering services in 
11    the Department of
Central Management Services.


12        (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway 
13    Authority.


14        (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers' 
15    Compensation Commission.


16        (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the 
17    Director of
Insurance  under authority of Section 202 of the 
18    Illinois Insurance Code
to assist the Director  of Insurance 
19    in discharging his responsibilities
relating to the 
20    rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and
dissolution 
21    of companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the

22    Illinois  Insurance Code.


23        (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area 
24    Airport
Authority.


25        (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois 
26    State Board of
Investment.


 
 
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1        (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult 
2    Conservation Corps program,
administered by the Illinois 
3    Department of Natural Resources, authorized
grantee under 
4    Title VIII of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act 
5    of 1973, 29 USC 993.


6        (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of 
7    Agriculture for the
operation of the Illinois State Fair 
8    and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one
person receiving more 
9    than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.


10        (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the 
11    Department of Natural
Resources' Illinois Conservation 
12    Service, a youth
employment program that hires young people 
13    to work in State parks for a period
of one year or less.


14        (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights 
15    Commission.


16        (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and 
17    Science Academy.


18        (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area

19    Airport Authority.


20        (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive 
21    Ethics
Commission.

22        (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including 
23    special Executive
Inspectors General, and employees of 
24    each Office of an
Executive Inspector General.

25        (26) The commissioners and employees of the 
26    Legislative Ethics
Commission.


 
 
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1        (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including 
2    special Legislative
Inspectors General, and employees of 
3    the Office of
the Legislative Inspector General.


4        (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and 
5    employees of the Office
of the Auditor General's Inspector 
6    General.


7        (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency. 
8        (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced 
9    skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical 
10    expertise who are employed within executive branch 
11    agencies and whose duties are directly related to the 
12    submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial 
13    information for the publication of the Comprehensive 
14    Annual Financial Report (CAFR). 
15(Source: P.A. 97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-1055, eff. 8-23-12.)