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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 201

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  201  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 315/15) (from Ch. 48, par. 1615)
 7        Sec. 15.  Act Takes Precedence.
 8        (a)  In case of any conflict between  the  provisions  of
 9    this Act and any other law, executive order or administrative
10    regulation   relating  to  wages,  hours  and  conditions  of
11    employment and employment relations, the provisions  of  this
12    Act   or   any  collective  bargaining  agreement  negotiated
13    thereunder shall prevail and control.  Nothing  in  this  Act
14    shall  be  construed  to  replace  or  diminish the rights of
15    employees  established  by  Sections  28  and  28a   of   the
16    Metropolitan  Transit Authority Act or, Sections 2.15 through
17    2.19 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Nothing in
18    this Act shall affect the provisions of  Section  14  of  the
19    Secretary of State Act.
20        (b)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (a) above, any
21    collective bargaining contract between a public employer  and
22    a  labor  organization  executed  pursuant  to this Act shall
 
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 1    supersede any contrary statutes, charters, ordinances,  rules
 2    or  regulations  relating  to  wages, hours and conditions of
 3    employment and employment relations  adopted  by  the  public
 4    employer  or its agents.  Any collective bargaining agreement
 5    entered into prior to the effective date of  this  Act  shall
 6    remain in full force during its duration.
 7        (c)  It  is  the public policy of this State, pursuant to
 8    paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of  Article  VII  of  the
 9    Illinois  Constitution,  that  the provisions of this Act are
10    the exclusive exercise by the State of powers  and  functions
11    which  might otherwise be exercised by home rule units.  Such
12    powers and  functions  may  not  be  exercised  concurrently,
13    either   directly   or  indirectly,  by  any  unit  of  local
14    government, including any home rule unit, except as otherwise
15    authorized by this Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

17        Section 10.  The Secretary of State  Act  is  amended  by
18    adding Section 14 as follows:

19        (15 ILCS 305/14 new)
20        Sec. 14. Inspector General.
21        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State  must, with the advice and
22    consent of the Senate, appoint an Inspector General  for  the
23    purpose  of  detection,  deterrence, and prevention of fraud,
24    waste, mismanagement, misconduct, and  other  abuses  in  the
25    Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  The Inspector General
26    shall serve a 2-year term.  If no successor is appointed  and
27    qualified  upon  the  expiration  of  the Inspector General's
28    term, the office of Inspector General is  deemed  vacant  and
29    the  powers  and  duties  under this Section may be exercised
30    only by an appointed and qualified interim Inspector  General
31    until   a   successor  Inspector  General  is  appointed  and
32    qualified.  If the General Assembly is not in session when  a
 
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 1    vacancy  in  the  office  of  Inspector  General  occurs, the
 2    Secretary of State may appoint an interim  Inspector  General
 3    whose   term   shall   expire   2   weeks   after   the  next
 4    regularly-scheduled session day of the Senate.
 5        (b)  The  Inspector  General  shall  have  the  following
 6    qualifications:
 7             (1)  has not been convicted  of any felony under the
 8        laws of this State, another State, or the United States;
 9             (2)  has  earned  a  baccalaureate  degree  from  an
10        institution of higher education; and
11             (3)  has either (A) 5 or more years of service  with
12        a  federal,  State,  or  local law enforcement agency, at
13        least 2  years  of  which  have  been  in  a  progressive
14        investigatory capacity; (B) 5 or more years of service as
15        a  federal,  State, or local prosecutor; or (C) 5 or more
16        years of service as a senior manager or  executive  of  a
17        federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.
18        (c)  The  Inspector  General must review, coordinate, and
19    institute methods and procedures to increase  the  integrity,
20    productivity,  and  efficiency of the Office of the Secretary
21    of  State.   The  duties  of  the  Inspector  General   shall
22    supplement  and  not supplant the duties of the Chief Auditor
23    for the Secretary of State's Office.  The  Inspector  General
24    must report directly to the Secretary of State.
25        (d)  The  Secretary  of State may designate the Inspector
26    General and inspectors  who  are  members  of  the  Inspector
27    General's  office  as  peace officers; however, the Inspector
28    General and his or her inspectors may not be members  of  the
29    Secretary  of  State's  police force.  These inspectors shall
30    have  all  the  powers  possessed  by  police   officers   in
31    municipalities   and   by   sheriffs  of  counties,  and  the
32    inspectors may exercise those powers anywhere  in  the  State
33    but  only  in  the  investigation  of allegations of criminal
34    behavior by the Secretary of State or employees of the Office
 
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 1    of the Secretary of State.
 2        No inspector may have peace officer  status  or  exercise
 3    police  powers  unless  he  or she successfully completes the
 4    basic police training mandated and approved by  the  Illinois
 5    Law  Enforcement Training Standards Board or the Board waives
 6    the training requirement by reason of the  inspector's  prior
 7    law enforcement experience or training, or both.
 8        The  Board  may not waive the training requirement unless
 9    the inspector has had a minimum of 5 years of experience as a
10    sworn officer of a local, State, or federal  law  enforcement
11    agency,  2  of  which  must  have  been  in  an investigatory
12    capacity.
13        (e)  In addition to the authority otherwise  provided  by
14    this  Section,  but only when investigating the Office of the
15    Secretary of State, its  employees,  or  their  actions,  the
16    Inspector General is authorized:
17             (1)  To have access to all records, reports, audits,
18        reviews,  documents,  papers,  recommendations,  or other
19        material  available  that   relates   to   programs   and
20        operations  with  respect  to which the Inspector General
21        has responsibilities under this Section.
22             (2)  To make any investigations and reports relating
23        to the administration of the programs and  operations  of
24        the  Office  of  the  Secretary of State that are, in the
25        judgement  of  the  Inspector   General,   necessary   or
26        desirable.
27             (3)  To  request  any information or assistance that
28        may  be  necessary  for  carrying  out  the  duties   and
29        responsibilities provided by this Section from any local,
30        State, or federal governmental agency or unit thereof.
31             (4)  When   investigating   criminal   behavior,  to
32        require by subpoena the appearance of witnesses  and  the
33        production   of   all  information,  documents,  reports,
34        answers, records, accounts, papers, and  other  data  and
 
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 1        documentary  evidence necessary in the performance of the
 2        functions assigned by this Section.  A  subpoena  may  be
 3        issued  under  this  paragraph  (4) only by the Inspector
 4        General and not by members  of  the  Inspector  General's
 5        staff.   Any  person  subpoenaed by the Inspector General
 6        has the same rights as a person  subpoenaed  by  a  grand
 7        jury.   Any  person  who knowingly (A) fails to appear in
 8        response to a subpoena; (B) fails to answer any question;
 9        (C) fails to produce any books or papers pertinent to  an
10        investigation  under  this  Section;  or  (D) gives false
11        testimony during an investigation under this  Section  is
12        guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
13             (5)  To   have  direct  and  prompt  access  to  the
14        Secretary of State for  any  purpose  pertaining  to  the
15        performance  of functions and responsibilities under this
16        Section.
17        (f)  The Inspector General may  receive  and  investigate
18    complaints  or  information from an employee of the Secretary
19    of State concerning the possible  existence  of  an  activity
20    constituting  a  violation  of  law,  rules,  or regulations;
21    mismanagement;  abuse  of  authority;  or   substantial   and
22    specific  danger  to  the  public  health  and  safety.   Any
23    employee  who  knowing  files  a  false  complaint or files a
24    complaint with  reckless  disregard  for  the  truth  or  the
25    falsity  of the facts underlying the complaint may be subject
26    to discipline as set forth in the rules of the Department  of
27    Personnel of the Secretary of State.
28        The  Inspector  General  may  not,  after  receipt  of  a
29    complaint  or  information  from  an  employee,  disclose the
30    identity of the employee without the consent of the employee.
31        Any employee who has the authority to take, direct others
32    to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action may  not,
33    with  respect to that authority, take or threaten to take any
34    action against any  employee  as  a  reprisal  for  making  a
 
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 1    complaint or disclosing information to the Inspector General,
 2    unless  the  complaint  was made or the information disclosed
 3    with  the  knowledge  that  it  was  false  or  with  willful
 4    disregard for its truth or falsity.
 5        (g)  The  Inspector  General   must   adopt   rules,   in
 6    accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Administrative
 7    Procedure   Act,   establishing   minimum   requirements  for
 8    initiating, conducting, and completing  investigations.   The
 9    rules must establish criteria for determining, based upon the
10    nature   of   the   allegation,  the  appropriate  method  of
11    investigation, which may include, but is not limited to, site
12    visits, telephone contacts, personal interviews, or  requests
13    for  written  responses.  The rules must also clarify how the
14    Office of the Inspector General  shall  interact  with  other
15    local, State, and federal law enforcement investigations.
16        (h)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law, this
17    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly  and  the  powers
18    and  duties exercised by the Inspector General and members of
19    the Inspector  General's  office  pursuant  to  this  Section
20    supersede   the  provisions  of   any  collective  bargaining
21    agreement entered into by the  Office  of  the  Secretary  of
22    State  and  a  labor  organization  on,  before, or after the
23    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  92nd  General
24    Assembly.
25        (i)  On  or  before January 1 of each year, the Inspector
26    General shall report to the  President  of  the  Senate,  the
27    Minority  Leader  of  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
28    Representatives, and the Minority  Leader  of  the  House  of
29    Representatives  on  the  types  of  investigations  and  the
30    activities  undertaken by the Office of the Inspector General
31    during the previous calendar year.
32        (j)  This Section is repealed on December 31, 2003.".

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