Full Text of HR0140 96th General Assembly
HR0140 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The purpose of the Illinois Personnel Code is to | 3 |
| establish for the government of the State of Illinois a system | 4 |
| of personnel administration under the Governor, based on merit | 5 |
| principles and scientific methods; and
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| WHEREAS, All offices and positions of employment in the | 7 |
| service of the State of Illinois are subject to the provisions | 8 |
| of the Personnel Code unless exempted by law; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Personnel Code establishes the | 10 |
| following jurisdictions: Jurisdiction A, with respect to the | 11 |
| classification and compensation of positions in the State | 12 |
| service; Jurisdiction B, with respect to the positions in the | 13 |
| State service to which persons must hold appointments on a | 14 |
| basis of merit and fitness; and Jurisdiction C, with respect to | 15 |
| conditions of employment in State service; and
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| WHEREAS, The Personnel Code provides for the partial or | 17 |
| total exemption of certain positions from provisions of the | 18 |
| Code pertaining to Jurisdictions A, B, and C; and
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| WHEREAS, The Civil Service Commission is authorized to | 20 |
| exempt from Jurisdiction B positions that in its judgment | 21 |
| involve either principal administrative responsibility for the |
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| determination of policy or principal administrative | 2 |
| responsibility for the way in which policies are carried out, | 3 |
| upon written recommendation of the Director of Central | 4 |
| Management Services; and
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| WHEREAS, Positions exempted from the Personnel Code by the | 6 |
| Civil Service Commission typically involve upper-management | 7 |
| positions, subject to a higher pay range than non-exempt | 8 |
| positions, and may be filled without regard to veteran's | 9 |
| preference or the merit and fitness requirements (testing) of | 10 |
| the Code; and
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| WHEREAS, As of December 31, 2003, the number of exemptions | 12 |
| granted by the Civil Service Commission in executive branch | 13 |
| State agencies was 381; that number has consistently increased | 14 |
| in the past 6 years to an unprecedented number of 824; and
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| WHEREAS, A report recently released by the Executive Ethics | 16 |
| Commission indicates that exempt positions were used by State | 17 |
| agencies to circumvent veterans' preference requirements and | 18 |
| to hire unqualified persons into State positions; therefore, be | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| the Auditor General is directed to conduct an audit of |
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| exemptions granted by the Civil Service Commission pursuant to | 2 |
| its authority under item (3) of subsection (d) of Section 4 of | 3 |
| the Illinois Personnel Code during the period January 1, 2003 | 4 |
| to December 31, 2008, to determine if the granting of such | 5 |
| exemptions was consistent with applicable State law and rules; | 6 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 8 |
| soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 9 |
| upon completion in accordance with the provisions of the | 10 |
| Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 12 |
| the Auditor General.
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