Full Text of SB0727 101st General Assembly
SB0727ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Terra Costa Howard Filed: 5/14/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 727
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 727 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Native 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 |
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| 1 | | State agencies.
| 2 | | (5) Increase the number of Native American State | 3 | | employees who are promoted.
| 4 | | (6) Assist State agencies to meet their goals | 5 | | established under the Native American Employment Plan.
| 6 | | (7) Establish the Native American Employment Plan | 7 | | Advisory Council.
| 8 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 10 | | Services.
| 11 | | "Native American" has the same meaning as "American Indian | 12 | | or Alaska Native" under subsection (D) of Section 2-105 of the | 13 | | Illinois Human Rights Act. | 14 | | "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | 15 | | plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | 16 | | institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | 17 | | The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | 18 | | including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | 19 | | the offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court and the clerks of | 20 | | the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | 21 | | Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the General Assembly or its | 22 | | committees or commissions.
| 23 | | Section 15. Native American Employment Plan.
| 24 | | (a) The Department shall develop and implement plans to |
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| 1 | | increase the number of Native Americans employed by State | 2 | | agencies and the number of Native Americans employed by State | 3 | | agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | 4 | | managerial levels.
| 5 | | (b) The Department shall prepare and revise annually a | 6 | | Native American Employment Plan in consultation with | 7 | | individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | 8 | | and with the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | 9 | | The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February | 10 | | 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2020, each State | 11 | | agency's activities that implement the Native American | 12 | | Employment Plan.
| 13 | | (c) The Department shall monitor compliance with the Native | 14 | | American Employment Plan and may assign that duty to the | 15 | | Department's staff or to a full-time Native American Employment | 16 | | Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Native American | 17 | | Employment Plan Advisory Council. Nothing in this Act mandates | 18 | | the Department to hire additional staff.
| 19 | | Section 20. Native American Employment Plan Advisory | 20 | | Council.
| 21 | | (a) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council is | 22 | | created. The Advisory Council shall consist of 11 members, each | 23 | | of whom shall be a Native American subject matter expert, | 24 | | appointed by the Governor. Ex officio liaison members shall be | 25 | | appointed by the Director or Secretary of each of the following |
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| 1 | | agencies:
| 2 | | (1) Department on Aging;
| 3 | | (2) Department of Children and Family Services;
| 4 | | (3) Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
| 5 | | (4) Department of Corrections;
| 6 | | (5) Department of Employment Security;
| 7 | | (6) Department of Human Services;
| 8 | | (7) Department of Human Rights;
| 9 | | (8) Department of Healthcare and Family Services;
| 10 | | (9) Department of Public Health; and
| 11 | | (10) Department of Transportation.
| 12 | | (b) Members of the Native American Employment Plan Advisory | 13 | | Council who are appointed by the Governor shall serve without | 14 | | compensation. Ex officio liaison members shall not receive any | 15 | | compensation in addition to their regular salary. All members | 16 | | of the Council shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 17 | | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
| 18 | | (c) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 19 | | shall appoint a Native American Employment Coordinator. In | 20 | | addition to any other duties which may be prescribed by law, | 21 | | the duties of the Native American Employment Coordinator under | 22 | | this Act shall be determined by the Council.
| 23 | | (d) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 24 | | shall examine:
| 25 | | (1) the prevalence and impact of Native Americans | 26 | | employed by State government;
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| 1 | | (2) the barriers faced by Native Americans who seek | 2 | | employment or promotional opportunities in State | 3 | | government; and
| 4 | | (3) possible incentives that could be offered to foster | 5 | | the employment and promotion of Native Americans in State | 6 | | government.
| 7 | | (e) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | 8 | | consultation to State agencies and the Native American | 9 | | Employment Coordinator.
| 10 | | (f) The Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 11 | | shall receive administrative support from the Department of | 12 | | Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | 13 | | its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | 14 | | February 1, 2021.
| 15 | | Section 100. The Department of Central Management Services | 16 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 17 | | changing Section 405-125 as follows:
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-125) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.31)
| 19 | | Sec. 405-125. State agency affirmative action and equal | 20 | | employment
opportunity goals. Each State agency shall | 21 | | implement strategies and programs in accordance with the State | 22 | | Hispanic Employment Plan , and the State Asian-American | 23 | | Employment Plan , and the Native American Employment Plan to | 24 | | increase the number of Hispanics employed by the State, the |
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| 1 | | number of Asian-Americans employed by the State, and the number | 2 | | of
bilingual persons employed by the State , and the number of | 3 | | Native American persons employed by the State at supervisory, | 4 | | technical, professional, and managerial levels. Each State | 5 | | agency shall report annually to the Department and the | 6 | | Department of Human Rights, in a format prescribed by the | 7 | | Department, all of the agency's activities in implementing the | 8 | | State Hispanic Employment Plan , and the State Asian-American | 9 | | Employment Plan , and the Native American Employment Plan . Each | 10 | | agency's annual report shall include reports or information | 11 | | related to the agency's Hispanic, Asian-American, Native | 12 | | American, and bilingual employment strategies and programs | 13 | | that the agency has received from the Illinois Department of | 14 | | Human Rights, the Department of Central Management Services, or | 15 | | the Auditor General, pursuant to their periodic review | 16 | | responsibilities; findings made by the Governor in his or her | 17 | | report to the General Assembly; assessments of bilingual | 18 | | service needs based upon the agency's service populations; | 19 | | information on the agency's studies and monitoring success | 20 | | concerning the number of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, Native | 21 | | Americans, and bilingual persons employed by the agency at the | 22 | | supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels | 23 | | and any increases in those categories from the prior year; and | 24 | | information concerning the agency's Hispanic, Asian-American, | 25 | | Native American, and bilingual employment budget allocations. | 26 | | The Department shall assist State agencies
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| 1 | | establish preparation and promotion training programs under
| 2 | | subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights | 3 | | Act for
failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | 4 | | employment opportunity
goals. The Department shall survey | 5 | | State agencies to identify effective
existing training | 6 | | programs and shall serve as a resource to other State
agencies. | 7 | | The Department shall assist agencies in the development and
| 8 | | modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | 9 | | affirmative
action and equal employment opportunity goals and | 10 | | shall provide information
regarding other existing training | 11 | | and educational resources, such as the
Upward Mobility Program, | 12 | | the Illinois Institute for Training and
Development, the | 13 | | Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | 14 | | Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | 15 | | Internships.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-856, eff. 7-27-12.)".
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