Full Text of SB0563 99th General Assembly
SB0563ham002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 5/29/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 563
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 563, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | inserting after the enacting clause the following:
| 4 | | "(20 ILCS 415/19a rep.) | 5 | | Section 3. The Personnel Code is amended by repealing | 6 | | Section 19a."; and | 7 | | by inserting at the end of Section 15 the following: | 8 | | "Section 20. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 9 | | adding Section 2-106 as follows: | 10 | | (775 ILCS 5/2-106 new) | 11 | | Sec. 2-106. Interagency Committee on Employees with
| 12 | | Disabilities. | 13 | | (A) As used in this Section: | 14 | | "State agency" means all officers, boards, commissions, |
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| 1 | | and agencies created by the Constitution in the executive | 2 | | branch; all officers, departments, boards, commissions, | 3 | | agencies, institutions, authorities, universities, bodies | 4 | | politic and corporate of the State; and administrative units or | 5 | | corporate outgrowths of the State government which are created | 6 | | by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government | 7 | | and their officers, school districts, and boards of election | 8 | | commissioners; all administrative units and corporate | 9 | | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | 10 | | order of the Governor. | 11 | | "State employee" means an employee of a State agency. | 12 | | (B) The Interagency Committee on Employees with
| 13 | | Disabilities, created under repealed Section 19a of the | 14 | | Personnel Code, is continued as set forth in this Section. The | 15 | | Committee is composed of 18 members as follows: the Chairperson | 16 | | of the Civil
Service Commission or his or her designee, the | 17 | | Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her designee, the
| 18 | | Director of Central Management Services or his or her designee, | 19 | | the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, the
| 20 | | Director of Human Rights or his or her designee, the Director | 21 | | of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities or his or | 22 | | her designee, the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee, | 23 | | the Attorney General or his or her designee, the Secretary of | 24 | | State or his or her designee, the State Comptroller or his or | 25 | | her designee, the State Treasurer or his or her designee, and 7 | 26 | | State employees with disabilities appointed by and
serving at |
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| 1 | | the pleasure of the Governor. | 2 | | (C) The Director of Human Rights and the Secretary of Human
| 3 | | Services shall serve as
co-chairpersons of the Committee. The | 4 | | Committee shall meet as often as it
deems necessary, but in no | 5 | | case less than 6 times annually at the call of the
| 6 | | co-chairpersons. Notice shall be given to the members in | 7 | | writing in advance of
a scheduled meeting. | 8 | | (D) The Department of Human Rights shall provide | 9 | | administrative support to the Committee. | 10 | | (E) The purposes and functions of the Committee are: (1) to | 11 | | provide a
forum where problems of general concern to State | 12 | | employees with
disabilities can be raised and methods of their | 13 | | resolution can be suggested
to the appropriate State agencies; | 14 | | (2) to provide a
clearinghouse of information for State | 15 | | employees with disabilities by
working with those agencies to | 16 | | develop and retain such information; (3) to
promote affirmative | 17 | | action efforts pertaining to the employment of
persons with | 18 | | disabilities by State agencies; and (4) to recommend, where
| 19 | | appropriate, means of strengthening the affirmative action | 20 | | programs for
employees with disabilities in State agencies. | 21 | | (F) The Committee
shall annually make
a complete report to | 22 | | the General Assembly on the Committee's achievements
and | 23 | | accomplishments. Such report may also include an evaluation by | 24 | | the
Committee of the effectiveness of the hiring and | 25 | | advancement practices in
State government. | 26 | | (G) This amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly is not |
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| 1 | | intended to
disqualify any current member of the Committee from | 2 | | continued membership
on the Committee in accordance with the | 3 | | terms of this Section or the member's
appointment. ".
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