Full Text of HB2943 97th General Assembly
HB2943 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB2943 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Norine Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 15 ILCS 310/10b.7.5 new | | 15 ILCS 410/10b.7.5 new | | 15 ILCS 510/9b.5.5 new | | 20 ILCS 415/8b.7.5 new | |
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Amends the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code, the Comptroller Merit Employment Code, the State Treasurer Employment Code, and the Personnel Code. Provides that preferences shall be granted to qualified persons with disabilities in entrance examinations for employment positions under the separate Acts. Provides that the preference shall be in the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list of those eligible for appointments.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 10b.7.5 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 310/10b.7.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10b.7.5. Persons with disabilities preference. For | 8 | | the granting of appropriate preference in entrance | 9 | | examinations to qualified persons with disabilities and to | 10 | | certain other persons as set forth in this Section. | 11 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 12 | | (1) "Person with a disability" means a person who is a | 13 | | citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a | 14 | | person qualifying as being disabled. | 15 | | (2) "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental | 16 | | disability that: | 17 | | (A) results from amputation, autism, blindness, | 18 | | burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, Crohn's disease, | 19 | | cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, hemiplegia, | 20 | | hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, | 21 | | mental retardation, mental illness, multiple | 22 | | sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal | 23 | | disorders, neurological disorders, including stroke |
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| 1 | | and epilepsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia and other | 2 | | spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific | 3 | | learning disabilities, or end stage renal failure | 4 | | disease; and | 5 | | (B) substantially limits one or more of the | 6 | | person's major life activities. | 7 | | Another disability or combination of disabilities may | 8 | | also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes | 9 | | of this Section if it is determined by an evaluation of | 10 | | rehabilitation potential to cause a comparable degree of | 11 | | substantial functional limitation similar to the specific | 12 | | list of disabilities listed in subparagraph (A) of this | 13 | | paragraph (2). | 14 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 15 | | the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if | 16 | | they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list | 17 | | of those eligible for appointments. | 18 | | (c) A person with a disability is qualified for a | 19 | | preference of 2 points. | 20 | | (d) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on | 21 | | eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their | 22 | | augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible | 23 | | lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior", | 24 | | "excellent", "well qualified", and "qualified", the eligibles | 25 | | with disabilities in each such category shall be preferred for | 26 | | appointment before the eligibles without disabilities in the |
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| 1 | | same category but not before veteran eligibles in that category | 2 | | preferred under Section 10b.7. | 3 | | (e) The Director shall adopt rules and implement procedures | 4 | | to verify that any person seeking a preference under this | 5 | | Section is entitled to the preference. A person seeking a | 6 | | preference under this Section shall provide documentation or | 7 | | execute any consents or other documents required by the | 8 | | Director to enable the Director to verify that the person is | 9 | | entitled to the preference. | 10 | | Section 10. The Comptroller Merit Employment Code is | 11 | | amended by adding Section 10b.7.5 as follows: | 12 | | (15 ILCS 410/10b.7.5 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10b.7.5. Persons with disabilities preference. For | 14 | | the granting of appropriate preference in entrance | 15 | | examinations to qualified persons with disabilities and to | 16 | | certain other persons as set forth in this Section. | 17 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 18 | | (1) "Person with a disability" means a person who is a | 19 | | citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a | 20 | | person qualifying as being disabled. | 21 | | (2) "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental | 22 | | disability that: | 23 | | (A) results from amputation, autism, blindness, | 24 | | burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, Crohn's disease, |
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| 1 | | cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, hemiplegia, | 2 | | hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, | 3 | | mental retardation, mental illness, multiple | 4 | | sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal | 5 | | disorders, neurological disorders, including stroke | 6 | | and epilepsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia and other | 7 | | spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific | 8 | | learning disabilities, or end stage renal failure | 9 | | disease; and | 10 | | (B) substantially limits one or more of the | 11 | | person's major life activities. | 12 | | Another disability or combination of disabilities may | 13 | | also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes | 14 | | of this Section if it is determined by an evaluation of | 15 | | rehabilitation potential to cause a comparable degree of | 16 | | substantial functional limitation similar to the specific | 17 | | list of disabilities listed in subparagraph (A) of this | 18 | | paragraph (2). | 19 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 20 | | the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if | 21 | | they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list | 22 | | of those eligible for appointments. | 23 | | (c) A person with a disability is qualified for a | 24 | | preference of 2 points. | 25 | | (d) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on | 26 | | eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their |
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| 1 | | augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible | 2 | | lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior", | 3 | | "excellent", "well qualified", and "qualified", the eligibles | 4 | | with disabilities in each such category shall be preferred for | 5 | | appointment before the eligibles without disabilities in the | 6 | | same category but not before veteran eligibles in that category | 7 | | preferred under Section 10b.7. | 8 | | (e) The Director shall adopt rules and implement procedures | 9 | | to verify that any person seeking a preference under this | 10 | | Section is entitled to the preference. A person seeking a | 11 | | preference under this Section shall provide documentation or | 12 | | execute any consents or other documents required by the | 13 | | Director to enable the Director to verify that the person is | 14 | | entitled to the preference. | 15 | | Section 15. The State Treasurer Employment Code is amended | 16 | | by adding Section 9b.5.5 as follows: | 17 | | (15 ILCS 510/9b.5.5 new) | 18 | | Sec. 9b.5.5. Persons with disabilities preference. For the | 19 | | granting of appropriate preference in entrance examinations to | 20 | | qualified persons with disabilities and to certain other | 21 | | persons as set forth in this Section. | 22 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 23 | | (1) "Person with a disability" means a person who is a | 24 | | citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a |
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| 1 | | person qualifying as being disabled. | 2 | | (2) "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental | 3 | | disability that: | 4 | | (A) results from amputation, autism, blindness, | 5 | | burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, Crohn's disease, | 6 | | cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, hemiplegia, | 7 | | hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, | 8 | | mental retardation, mental illness, multiple | 9 | | sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal | 10 | | disorders, neurological disorders, including stroke | 11 | | and epilepsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia and other | 12 | | spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific | 13 | | learning disabilities, or end stage renal failure | 14 | | disease; and | 15 | | (B) substantially limits one or more of the | 16 | | person's major life activities. | 17 | | Another disability or combination of disabilities may | 18 | | also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes | 19 | | of this Section if it is determined by an evaluation of | 20 | | rehabilitation potential to cause a comparable degree of | 21 | | substantial functional limitation similar to the specific | 22 | | list of disabilities listed in subparagraph (A) of this | 23 | | paragraph (2). | 24 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 25 | | the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if | 26 | | they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list |
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| 1 | | of those eligible for appointments. | 2 | | (c) A person with a disability is qualified for a | 3 | | preference of 2 points. | 4 | | (d) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on | 5 | | eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their | 6 | | augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible | 7 | | lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior", | 8 | | "excellent", "well qualified", and "qualified", the eligibles | 9 | | with disabilities in each such category shall be preferred for | 10 | | appointment before the eligibles without disabilities in the | 11 | | same category but not before veteran eligibles in that category | 12 | | preferred under Section 9b.5. | 13 | | (e) The Director shall adopt rules and implement procedures | 14 | | to verify that any person seeking a preference under this | 15 | | Section is entitled to the preference. A person seeking a | 16 | | preference under this Section shall provide documentation or | 17 | | execute any consents or other documents required by the | 18 | | Director to enable the Director to verify that the person is | 19 | | entitled to the preference. | 20 | | Section 20. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section | 21 | | 8b.7.5 as follows: | 22 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.7.5 new) | 23 | | Sec. 8b.7.5. Persons with disabilities preference. For the | 24 | | granting of appropriate preference in entrance examinations to |
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| 1 | | qualified persons with disabilities and to certain other | 2 | | persons as set forth in this Section. | 3 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 4 | | (1) "Person with a disability" means a person who is a | 5 | | citizen or lawful resident of the United States and is a | 6 | | person qualifying as being disabled. | 7 | | (2) "Disabled" means a severe physical or mental | 8 | | disability that: | 9 | | (A) results from amputation, autism, blindness, | 10 | | burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, Crohn's disease, | 11 | | cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, hemiplegia, | 12 | | hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, | 13 | | mental retardation, mental illness, multiple | 14 | | sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, musculoskeletal | 15 | | disorders, neurological disorders, including stroke | 16 | | and epilepsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia and other | 17 | | spinal cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific | 18 | | learning disabilities, or end stage renal failure | 19 | | disease; and | 20 | | (B) substantially limits one or more of the | 21 | | person's major life activities. | 22 | | Another disability or combination of disabilities may | 23 | | also be considered as a severe disability for the purposes | 24 | | of this Section if it is determined by an evaluation of | 25 | | rehabilitation potential to cause a comparable degree of | 26 | | substantial functional limitation similar to the specific |
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| 1 | | list of disabilities listed in subparagraph (A) of this | 2 | | paragraph (2). | 3 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 4 | | the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if | 5 | | they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list | 6 | | of those eligible for appointments. | 7 | | (c) A person with a disability is qualified for a | 8 | | preference of 2 points. | 9 | | (d) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on | 10 | | eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their | 11 | | augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible | 12 | | lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior", | 13 | | "excellent", "well qualified", and "qualified", the eligibles | 14 | | with disabilities in each such category shall be preferred for | 15 | | appointment before the eligibles without disabilities in the | 16 | | same category but not before veteran eligibles in that category | 17 | | preferred under Section 8b.7. | 18 | | (e) The Department of Central Management Services shall | 19 | | adopt rules and implement procedures to verify that any person | 20 | | seeking a preference under this Section is entitled to the | 21 | | preference. A person seeking a preference under this Section | 22 | | shall provide documentation or execute any consents or other | 23 | | documents required by the Department of Central Management | 24 | | Services or any other State department or agency to enable the | 25 | | department or agency to verify that the person is entitled to | 26 | | the preference.
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