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90_HB2842
70 ILCS 2605/4.7 from Ch. 42, par. 323.7
70 ILCS 2605/4.11 from Ch. 42, par. 323.11
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.
Removes the position of assistant director of information
technology from the requirements of civil service examination
and appointment eligibility and makes the position one
appointed by the general superintendent.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District Act by changing Sections 4.7 and 4.11.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Sections 4.7 and 4.11 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/4.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7)
8 Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said
9 classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy
10 chief engineer, assistant chief engineers, head assistant
11 attorneys, assistant director of research and development,
12 assistant director of information technology, comptroller,
13 assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent and laborers
14 shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public and
15 competitive with limitations specified in the rules of the
16 Director as to residence, age, sex, health, habits, moral
17 character and qualifications to perform the duties of the
18 office or place to be filled, which qualifications shall be
19 prescribed in advance of such examination. Such examinations
20 shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to
21 those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of
22 the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position
23 to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of
24 physical qualifications and health and when appropriate, of
25 manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to
26 political or religious opinions or affiliations. The
27 Director shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an
28 examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of
29 persons to be special examiners and it shall be the duty of
30 such special examiners to conduct such examinations as the
31 Director may direct, and to make return and report thereof to
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1 him; and he may at any time substitute any other person in
2 the place of any one so selected; and he may himself, at any
3 time, act as such special examiner, and without appointing
4 other special examiners. The Director shall, by rule,
5 provide for and shall hold sufficient number of examinations
6 to provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the register
7 for each grade of position in the classified civil service,
8 and if any place in the classified civil service shall become
9 vacant, to which there is no person eligible for appointment,
10 he shall hold an examination for such position and repeat the
11 same, if necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance
12 with the provisions of this Act.
13 Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years,
14 except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain
15 in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for
16 student programs and entry level engineering positions which,
17 in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one
18 year.
19 Examinations for an eligible list for each position in
20 the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least
21 once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs
22 and entry level engineering positions if the Director has
23 limited the duration of the registers for those positions to
24 one year, unless the Director determines that such
25 examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists.
26 To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary
27 district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant
28 who desires to take a civil service examination provided for
29 by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the
30 corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees
31 shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95.)
33 (70 ILCS 2605/4.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.11)
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1 Sec. 4.11. Whenever a position classified under this Act
2 is to be filled, except the positions of deputy chief
3 engineer, assistant chief engineers, head assistant
4 attorneys, assistant director of research and development,
5 assistant director of information technology, comptroller,
6 assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent and laborers
7 the appointing officer shall make requisition upon the
8 Director, and the Director shall certify to him from the
9 register of eligibles for the position the names and
10 addresses (a) of the five candidates standing highest upon
11 the register of eligibles for the position, or (b) of the
12 candidates within the highest ranking group upon the register
13 of eligibles if the register is by categories such as
14 excellent, well qualified, and qualified, provided, however,
15 that any certification shall consist of at least 5 names, if
16 available. The Director shall certify names from succeeding
17 categories in the order of excellence of the categories until
18 at least 5 names are provided to the appointing officer. The
19 appointing officer shall notify the Director of each position
20 to be filled separately and shall fill the position by
21 appointment of one of the persons certified to him by the
22 Director. Appointments shall be on probation for a period
23 to be fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year. At any
24 time during the period of probation, the appointing officer
25 with the approval of the Director may discharge a person so
26 certified and shall forthwith notify the civil service board
27 in writing of this discharge. If a person is not discharged,
28 his appointment shall be deemed complete.
29 When there is no eligible list, the appointing officer
30 may, with the authority of the Director, make a temporary
31 appointment to remain in force only until a permanent
32 appointment from an eligible register or list can be made in
33 the manner specified in the previous provisions of this
34 Section, and examinations to supply an eligible list therefor
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1 shall be held and an eligible list established therefrom
2 within one year from the making of such appointment. In
3 employment of an essentially temporary and transitory nature,
4 the appointing officer may, with the authority of the
5 Director of Personnel make temporary appointments to fill a
6 vacancy. No temporary appointment of an essentially
7 temporary and transitory nature may be granted for a period
8 of more than 120 days and is not subject to renewal. The
9 Director must include in his annual report, and if required
10 by the commissioners, in any special report, a statement of
11 all temporary authorities granted during the year or period
12 specified by the commissioners, together with a statement of
13 the facts in each case because of which the authority was
14 granted.
15 The acceptance or refusal by an eligible person of a
16 temporary appointment does not affect his standing on the
17 register for permanent appointment.
18 All laborers shall be appointed by the General
19 Superintendent and shall be on probation for a period to be
20 fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year.
21 The deputy chief engineer, the assistant chief engineers,
22 head assistant attorneys, assistant director of research and
23 development, assistant director of information technology,
24 comptroller, assistant treasurer and assistant purchasing
25 agent shall be appointed by the General Superintendent upon
26 the recommendation of the respective department head and
27 shall be on probation for a period to be fixed by the rules,
28 not exceeding two years. At any time during the period of
29 probation, the General Superintendent on the recommendation
30 of the department head concerned, may discharge a person so
31 appointed and he shall forthwith notify the Civil Service
32 Board in writing of such discharge. If a person is not so
33 discharged, his appointment shall be deemed complete under
34 the laws governing the classified civil service.
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1 (Source: P.A. 85-392.)