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1 AN ACT concerning executive branch employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Gubernatorial End of Term Employment Act.
6 Section 5. Sanctions. Any employee of the executive
7 branch under the control of the Governor who is hired,
8 promoted, or granted any form of protected employment status
9 during the final 6 months of a Governor's term of office may
10 be discharged or demoted or may be removed from protected
11 employment status, all without cause, by the succeeding
12 Governor within the first 60 days of that succeeding
13 Governor's term of office.
14 Section 10. Applicability.
15 (a) This Act applies and controls notwithstanding any
16 other law or rule to the contrary that is in effect on the
17 effective date of this Act.
18 (b) This Act controls over any law that takes effect on
19 or after the effective date of this Act unless the General
20 Assembly explicitly states in that law that it controls over
21 this Act and specifically names this Act.
22 (c) This Act controls over any rule adopted on or after
23 the effective date of this Act unless the General Assembly
24 has explicitly authorized the adoption of the rule by law and
25 that law explicitly states that a rule may be adopted that
26 contradicts this Act and that law specifically names this
27 Act.
28 Section 15. Liability. Neither the State nor any officer
29 or employee of the State has any liability whatsoever to an
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1 employee who is sanctioned under this Act.