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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| African American Employment Plan Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are as | 7 |
| follows: | 8 |
| (a) improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' | 9 |
| African Americans by increasing the number of African American | 10 |
| State employees and the number of African American State | 11 |
| employees serving in supervisory, technical, professional, and | 12 |
| managerial positions; | 13 |
| (b) identify State agencies' staffing needs and | 14 |
| qualification requirements; | 15 |
| (c) track hiring practices and promotions of African | 16 |
| Americans employed by State agencies; | 17 |
| (d) increase the number of African Americans employed by | 18 |
| State agencies; | 19 |
| (e) increase the number of African American State employees | 20 |
| who are promoted; | 21 |
| (f) assist State agencies to meet their goals established | 22 |
| pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and | 23 |
| (g) establish the African American Employment Plan |
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| Advisory Council.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 3 |
| "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 4 |
| Services. | 5 |
| "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | 6 |
| plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | 7 |
| institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | 8 |
| The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | 9 |
| including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | 10 |
| the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of | 11 |
| the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | 12 |
| Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the legislature or its | 13 |
| committees or commissions.
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| Section 15. African American Employment Plan.
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| (a) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | 16 |
| increase the number of African Americans employed by State | 17 |
| agencies and the number of African Americans employed by State | 18 |
| agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | 19 |
| managerial levels.
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| (b) The Department shall prepare and revise annually an | 21 |
| African American Employment Plan in consultation with | 22 |
| individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | 23 |
| and with the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | 24 |
| The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February |
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| 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2011, each State | 2 |
| agency's activities that implement the African American | 3 |
| Employment Plan.
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| (c) The Department shall monitor compliance with the | 5 |
| African American Employment Plan and may assign that duty to | 6 |
| the Department's staff or to a full-time African American | 7 |
| employment coordinator. Nothing in this Act mandates the | 8 |
| Department to hire additional staff. | 9 |
| Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | 10 |
| employment opportunity goals.
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| (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | 12 |
| programs in accordance with the African American Employment | 13 |
| Plan to increase the number of African Americans employed by | 14 |
| that State agency and the number of African Americans employed | 15 |
| by that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, | 16 |
| and managerial levels. | 17 |
| (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the | 18 |
| Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format | 19 |
| prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in | 20 |
| implementing the African American Employment Plan. Each | 21 |
| agency's annual report shall include reports or information | 22 |
| related to the agency's African American employment strategies | 23 |
| and programs that the agency has received from the Department, | 24 |
| the Department of Human Rights, or the Auditor General, | 25 |
| pursuant to their periodic review responsibilities; findings |
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| made by the Governor in his or her report to the General | 2 |
| Assembly; assessments of service needs based upon the agency's | 3 |
| service populations; information on the agency's studies and | 4 |
| monitoring success concerning the number of African Americans | 5 |
| employed by the agency at the supervisory, technical, | 6 |
| professional, and managerial levels and any increases in those | 7 |
| categories from the prior year; and information concerning the | 8 |
| agency's African American employment budget allocations. | 9 |
| (c) The Department shall assist State agencies required to | 10 |
| establish preparation and promotion training programs under | 11 |
| subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights | 12 |
| Act for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | 13 |
| employment opportunity goals. The Department shall survey | 14 |
| State agencies to identify effective existing training | 15 |
| programs and shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. | 16 |
| The Department shall assist agencies in the development and | 17 |
| modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | 18 |
| affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and | 19 |
| shall provide information regarding other existing training | 20 |
| and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, | 21 |
| the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the | 22 |
| Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | 23 |
| Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | 24 |
| Internships.
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| Section 25. African American Employment Plan Advisory |
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| (a) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 3 |
| is created, consisting of 11 members, each of whom shall be an | 4 |
| African American subject matter expert, appointed by the | 5 |
| Governor. | 6 |
| (b) All members of the African American Employment Plan | 7 |
| Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | 8 |
| reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | 9 |
| funds appropriated for that purpose. | 10 |
| (c) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 11 |
| shall examine: (1) the
prevalence and impact of African | 12 |
| Americans employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced | 13 |
| by African Americans who seek employment or promotional | 14 |
| opportunities in State government; and (3) possible incentives | 15 |
| that could be offered to foster the employment of and the | 16 |
| promotion of African Americans in State government. | 17 |
| (d) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | 18 |
| consultation to State agencies and the African American | 19 |
| Employment Coordinator. | 20 |
| (e) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 21 |
| shall receive
administrative support from the Department of | 22 |
| Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | 23 |
| its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | 24 |
| with February 1, 2012.
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| Section 30. Collective bargaining agreements. The rights |
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| of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall | 2 |
| not be affected by this Act. | 3 |
| Section 35. The State Employment Records Act is amended by | 4 |
| changing Section 20 as follows: | 5 |
| (5 ILCS 410/20) | 6 |
| Sec. 20. Reports. State agencies shall collect, classify, | 7 |
| maintain, and
report all information required by this Act on a | 8 |
| fiscal year basis. Agencies
shall file, as public information | 9 |
| and by January 1, 1993 and each year
thereafter, a copy of all | 10 |
| reports required by this Act with the Office of the
Secretary | 11 |
| of State, and shall submit an annual report to the Governor. | 12 |
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Each agency's annual report shall include a description of | 13 |
| the agency's activities in implementing the State Hispanic | 14 |
| Employment Plan and the bilingual employment plan in accordance | 15 |
| with the reporting requirements developed by the Department of | 16 |
| Central Management Services pursuant to Section 405-125 of the | 17 |
| Civil Administrative Code.
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| In addition to submitting the agency work force report, | 19 |
| each executive branch constitutional officer, each institution | 20 |
| of higher education under the jurisdiction of the Illinois | 21 |
| Board of Higher Education, each community college under the | 22 |
| jurisdiction of the Illinois Community College Board, and the | 23 |
| Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall report to the General | 24 |
| Assembly by February 1 of each year its activities implementing |
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| strategies and programs, and its progress, in the hiring and | 2 |
| promotion of Hispanics and bilingual persons at supervisory, | 3 |
| technical, professional, and managerial levels, including | 4 |
| assessments of bilingual service needs and information | 5 |
| received from the Auditor General pursuant to its periodic | 6 |
| review responsibilities. | 7 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-597, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 |
| becoming law.
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