Full Text of SB2428 103rd General Assembly
SB2428sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ram Villivalam Filed: 3/3/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2428
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2428 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8a.2 and by adding Section 8a.3 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/8a.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108a.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 8a.2.
For the purposes of the pay plan established | 8 | | under Section
8a of this Code, the Director may establish a | 9 | | special pay supplement for
those positions of employment that | 10 | | are in State agencies not covered by Section 8a.3 of this Code | 11 | | and that require, pursuant to the Department's
official | 12 | | classification specification, that a person employed in that
| 13 | | position engage in oral or written communication at the | 14 | | requisite professional level in speak or write a language | 15 | | other than English. Positions paid
under Section 8a of this | 16 | | Code may be eligible for a bilingual pay
supplement to attract |
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| 1 | | bilingual individuals, to encourage present employees
to | 2 | | become proficient in languages other than English, or to | 3 | | retain qualified
bilingual employees. | 4 | | The positions eligible for a bilingual pay
supplement | 5 | | under this Section , the amount of the supplement , and the | 6 | | length of time it remains
in effect shall be negotiated | 7 | | between the Department and the appropriate
collective | 8 | | bargaining representative as determined under the Illinois | 9 | | Public
Labor Relations Act. The bilingual pay supplement may | 10 | | be negotiated for
each foreign language required for the | 11 | | position by the Department's
official classification | 12 | | specification.
| 13 | | A bilingual pay supplement under this Section shall be | 14 | | processed within 30 calendar days after the employee presents | 15 | | to the Director, or the Director's designee for this purpose, | 16 | | a certification from either: (i) the designated testing | 17 | | program process selected by the Director; or (ii) an Illinois | 18 | | community college confirming that the language skill | 19 | | proficiency requirement described in this Section in reading, | 20 | | writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 102-952, eff. 1-1-23 .)
| 22 | | (20 ILCS 415/8a.3 new) | 23 | | Sec. 8a.3. For the purposes of the pay plan established | 24 | | under Section
8a of this Code, the Director shall establish a | 25 | | special pay supplement for
those positions of employment in |
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| 1 | | the Department of Aging, Department of Human Services, | 2 | | Department of Children and Family Services and the Department | 3 | | of Corrections that require, pursuant to the Department of | 4 | | Central Management Services's
official classification | 5 | | specification, that a person employed in that
position engage | 6 | | in oral or written communication at the requisite professional | 7 | | level in a language other than English. Positions paid
under | 8 | | Section 8a of this Code may be eligible for a bilingual pay
| 9 | | supplement to attract bilingual individuals, to encourage | 10 | | present employees
to become proficient in languages other than | 11 | | English, or to retain qualified
bilingual employees. | 12 | | The positions eligible for a bilingual pay
supplement | 13 | | under this Section, the amount of the supplement, and the | 14 | | length of time it remains
in effect shall be negotiated by the | 15 | | Department of Central Management Services and the appropriate
| 16 | | collective bargaining representative as determined under the | 17 | | Illinois Public
Labor Relations Act. The bilingual pay | 18 | | supplement may be negotiated for
each foreign language | 19 | | required for the position by the Department of Central | 20 | | Management Services's
official classification specification. | 21 | | A bilingual pay supplement shall be processed within 30 | 22 | | calendar days after the employee presents to the Director, or | 23 | | the Director's designee for this purpose, a certification from | 24 | | either: (i) the designated testing program process selected by | 25 | | the Director; or (ii) an Illinois community college confirming | 26 | | that the language skill proficiency requirement described in |
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| 1 | | this Section has been satisfied by the employee. ".
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