Full Text of SB0727 101st General Assembly
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Native | 5 | | American Employment Plan Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The purposes of this Act are to:
| 7 | | (1) Improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' | 8 | | Native Americans by increasing the number of Native | 9 | | American State employees and the number of Native American | 10 | | State employees serving in supervisory, technical, | 11 | | professional, and managerial positions.
| 12 | | (2) Identify State agencies' staffing needs and | 13 | | qualification requirements.
| 14 | | (3) Track hiring practices and promotions of Native | 15 | | Americans employed by State agencies.
| 16 | | (4) Increase the number of Native Americans employed by | 17 | | State agencies.
| 18 | | (5) Increase the number of Native American State | 19 | | employees who are promoted.
| 20 | | (6) Assist State agencies to meet their goals | 21 | | established under the Native American Employment Plan.
| 22 | | (7) Establish the Native American Employment Plan | 23 | | Advisory Council.
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| 1 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 2 | | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 3 | | Services.
| 4 | | "Eskimos or other aboriginal people of Alaska" has the same | 5 | | meaning as "native" under subsection (b) of Section 1602 of | 6 | | Title 43 of the United States Code. | 7 | | "Native American" means a person who is at least one of the | 8 | | following: | 9 | | (1) A member of any recognized Indian Tribe now under | 10 | | federal jurisdiction who is officially enrolled in | 11 | | accordance with the Tribe's constitutional membership | 12 | | criteria. | 13 | | (2) A person whose ancestry is from certain | 14 | | non-federally recognized Tribes as determined by the | 15 | | Bureau of Indian Affairs, where the Tribe is recognized by | 16 | | an individual state, and the person is officially enrolled | 17 | | in accordance with the Tribe's constitutional membership | 18 | | criteria. | 19 | | (3) Of the Eskimos or other aboriginal people of | 20 | | Alaska. | 21 | | "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | 22 | | plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | 23 | | institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | 24 | | The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | 25 | | including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, |
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| 1 | | the offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court and the clerks of | 2 | | the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | 3 | | Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the General Assembly or its | 4 | | committees or commissions.
| 5 | | Section 15. Native American Employment Plan.
| 6 | | (a) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | 7 | | increase the number of Native Americans employed by State | 8 | | agencies and the number of Native Americans employed by State | 9 | | agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | 10 | | managerial levels.
| 11 | | (b) The Department shall prepare and revise annually a | 12 | | Native American Employment Plan in consultation with | 13 | | individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | 14 | | and with the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | 15 | | The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February | 16 | | 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2020, each State | 17 | | agency's activities that implement the Native American | 18 | | Employment Plan.
| 19 | | (c) The Department shall monitor compliance with the Native | 20 | | American Employment Plan and may assign that duty to the | 21 | | Department's staff or to a full-time Native American Employment | 22 | | Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Native American | 23 | | Employment Plan Advisory Council. Nothing in this Act mandates | 24 | | the Department to hire additional staff.
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| 1 | | Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | 2 | | employment opportunity goals.
| 3 | | (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | 4 | | programs in accordance with the Native American Employment Plan | 5 | | to increase the number of Native Americans employed by that | 6 | | State agency and the number of Native Americans employed by | 7 | | that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, and | 8 | | managerial levels.
| 9 | | (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the | 10 | | Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format | 11 | | prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in | 12 | | implementing the Native American Employment Plan. Each | 13 | | agency's annual report shall include: (1) reports or | 14 | | information related to the agency's Native American employment | 15 | | strategies and programs that the agency has received from the | 16 | | Department, the Department of Human Rights, or the Auditor | 17 | | General, pursuant to their periodic review responsibilities; | 18 | | (2) findings made by the Governor in his or her report to the | 19 | | General Assembly; (3) assessments of service needs based upon | 20 | | the agency's service populations; (4) information on the | 21 | | agency's studies and monitoring success concerning the number | 22 | | of Native Americans employed by the agency at the supervisory, | 23 | | technical, professional, and managerial levels, and any | 24 | | increases in those categories from the prior year; and (5) | 25 | | information concerning the agency's Native American employment | 26 | | budget allocations.
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| 1 | | (c) The Department shall assist State agencies required to | 2 | | establish preparation and promotion training programs under | 3 | | subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights | 4 | | Act for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | 5 | | employment opportunity goals. The Department shall survey | 6 | | State agencies to identify effective existing training | 7 | | programs and shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. | 8 | | The Department shall assist agencies in the development and | 9 | | modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | 10 | | affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and | 11 | | shall provide information regarding other existing training | 12 | | and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, | 13 | | the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the | 14 | | Department of Central Management Services Training Center or | 15 | | its successor, Executive Recruitment Internships, and Graduate | 16 | | Public Service Internships. | 17 | | Section 25. Native American Employment Plan Advisory | 18 | | Council.
| 19 | | (a) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council is | 20 | | created. The Advisory Council shall consist of 11 members, each | 21 | | of whom shall be a Native American subject matter expert, | 22 | | appointed by the Governor. Ex officio liaison members shall be | 23 | | appointed by the Director or Secretary of each of the following | 24 | | agencies:
| 25 | | (1) Department on Aging;
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| 1 | | (2) Department of Children and Family Services;
| 2 | | (3) Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
| 3 | | (4) Department of Corrections;
| 4 | | (5) Department of Employment Security;
| 5 | | (6) Department of Human Services;
| 6 | | (7) Department of Human Rights;
| 7 | | (8) Department of Healthcare and Family Services;
| 8 | | (9) Department of Public Health; and
| 9 | | (10) Department of Transportation.
| 10 | | (b) Members of the Native American Employment Plan Advisory | 11 | | Council who are appointed by the Governor shall serve without | 12 | | compensation. Ex officio liaison members shall not receive any | 13 | | compensation in addition to their regular salary. All members | 14 | | of the Council shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 15 | | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
| 16 | | (c) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 17 | | shall appoint a Native American Employment Coordinator. In | 18 | | addition to any other duties which may be prescribed by law, | 19 | | the duties of the Native American Employment Coordinator under | 20 | | this Act shall be determined by the Council.
| 21 | | (d) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 22 | | shall examine:
| 23 | | (1) the prevalence and impact of Native Americans | 24 | | employed by State government;
| 25 | | (2) the barriers faced by Native Americans who seek | 26 | | employment or promotional opportunities in State |
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| 1 | | government; and
| 2 | | (3) possible incentives that could be offered to foster | 3 | | the employment and promotion of Native Americans in State | 4 | | government.
| 5 | | (e) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | 6 | | consultation to State agencies and the Native American | 7 | | Employment Coordinator.
| 8 | | (f) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 9 | | shall receive administrative support from the Department of | 10 | | Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | 11 | | its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | 12 | | February 1, 2021.
| 13 | | Section 100. The Department of Central Management Services | 14 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 15 | | changing Section 405-125 as follows:
| 16 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-125) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.31)
| 17 | | Sec. 405-125. State agency affirmative action and equal | 18 | | employment
opportunity goals. Each State agency shall | 19 | | implement strategies and programs in accordance with the State | 20 | | Hispanic Employment Plan , and the State Asian-American | 21 | | Employment Plan , and the Native American Employment Plan to | 22 | | increase the number of Hispanics employed by the State, the | 23 | | number of Asian-Americans employed by the State, and the number | 24 | | of
bilingual persons employed by the State , and the number of |
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| 1 | | Native American persons employed by the State at supervisory, | 2 | | technical, professional, and managerial levels. Each State | 3 | | agency shall report annually to the Department and the | 4 | | Department of Human Rights, in a format prescribed by the | 5 | | Department, all of the agency's activities in implementing the | 6 | | State Hispanic Employment Plan , and the State Asian-American | 7 | | Employment Plan , and the Native American Employment Plan . Each | 8 | | agency's annual report shall include reports or information | 9 | | related to the agency's Hispanic, Asian-American, Native | 10 | | American, and bilingual employment strategies and programs | 11 | | that the agency has received from the Illinois Department of | 12 | | Human Rights, the Department of Central Management Services, or | 13 | | the Auditor General, pursuant to their periodic review | 14 | | responsibilities; findings made by the Governor in his or her | 15 | | report to the General Assembly; assessments of bilingual | 16 | | service needs based upon the agency's service populations; | 17 | | information on the agency's studies and monitoring success | 18 | | concerning the number of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, Native | 19 | | Americans, and bilingual persons employed by the agency at the | 20 | | supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels | 21 | | and any increases in those categories from the prior year; and | 22 | | information concerning the agency's Hispanic, Asian-American, | 23 | | Native American, and bilingual employment budget allocations. | 24 | | The Department shall assist State agencies
required to | 25 | | establish preparation and promotion training programs under
| 26 | | subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights |
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| 1 | | Act for
failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | 2 | | employment opportunity
goals. The Department shall survey | 3 | | State agencies to identify effective
existing training | 4 | | programs and shall serve as a resource to other State
agencies. | 5 | | The Department shall assist agencies in the development and
| 6 | | modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | 7 | | affirmative
action and equal employment opportunity goals and | 8 | | shall provide information
regarding other existing training | 9 | | and educational resources, such as the
Upward Mobility Program, | 10 | | the Illinois Institute for Training and
Development, the | 11 | | Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | 12 | | Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | 13 | | Internships.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-856, eff. 7-27-12.)
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