SB2382 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 17354 HLH 52649 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2382

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. Terry Link

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 742/10

Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that the Act authorizes and does not limit the right of an exclusive bargaining representative to "require" an employer to negotiate concerning promotion to certain ranks (now, does not allow representative to "require"). Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fire Department Promotion Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(50 ILCS 742/10)

Sec. 10. Applicability.

(a) This Act shall apply to all positions in an affected department, except those specifically excluded in items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of the definition of "promotion" in Section 5 unless such positions are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in force on the effective date of this Act. Existing promotion lists shall continue to be valid until their expiration dates, or up to a maximum of 3 years after the effective date of this Act.

(b) Notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, rule, or other laws to the contrary, all promotions in an affected department to which this Act applies shall be administered in the manner provided for in this Act. Provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, the Fire Protection District Act, municipal ordinances, or rules adopted pursuant to such authority and other laws relating to promotions in affected departments shall continue to apply to the extent they are compatible with this Act, but in the event of conflict between this Act and any other law, this Act shall control.

(c) A home rule or non-home rule municipality may not administer its fire department promotion process in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.

(d) This Act is intended to serve as a minimum standard and shall be construed to authorize and not to limit:

(1) An appointing authority from establishing different or supplemental promotional criteria or components, provided that the criteria are job-related and applied uniformly.

(2) The right of negotiation by an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative to require an employer to negotiate of clauses within a collective bargaining agreement relating to conditions, criteria, or procedures for the promotion of employees to ranks, as defined in Section 5, covered by this Act who are members of bargaining units.

(3) The negotiation by an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative of provisions within a collective bargaining agreement to achieve affirmative action objectives, provided that such clauses are consistent with applicable law.

(e) Local authorities and exclusive bargaining agents affected by this Act may agree to waive one or more of its provisions and bargain on the contents of those provisions, provided that any such waivers shall be considered permissive subjects of bargaining.

(Source: P.A. 93-411, eff. 8-4-03.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.