Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3092

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3092 immediately
3below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
 
4    "Section 3. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
521 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/21 new)
7    Sec. 21. Extra Help appointments.
8    (a) An Extra Help appointment may be made by the Department
9of Corrections to any a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections
10Nurse II position which the Department of Corrections attests
11to be casual or emergent in nature, and which meets the
12following conditions:
13        (1) the amount of time for which the services are
14    needed is not usually predictable;
15        (2) payment for work performed is usually made on an
16    hourly basis; and

 

 

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1        (3) the work cannot readily be assigned either on a
2    straight time or on an overtime basis to a status employee.
3    (b) Persons seeking an Extra Help appointment shall meet
4the same qualifications as required for in status employment as
5a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections Nurse II.
6    (c) The Department of Corrections shall fill an Extra Help
7position by appointing persons listed in the registry created
8under Section 3-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
9    (d) Acceptance or refusal to accept an Extra Help
10appointment by a candidate shall in no way affect the
11candidate's position on the registry created under Section
123-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
13    (e) An Extra Help position may be utilized for a maximum of
14900 hours of actual work in any consecutive 12 calendar months.
15The Department of Corrections shall review the status of the
16position at least every three calendar months. If at any time
17it is found that the position has become an appointment which
18is other than Extra Help, the Department of Corrections shall
19terminate the Extra Help appointment. If an Extra Help position
20has accrued 900 consecutive hours, the position shall not be
21reestablished until 6 months time has elapsed from the date of
22the termination of the position.
23    (f) Upon working 900 hours, an Extra Help employee cannot
24resume employment in any Extra Help appointment within the
25Department of Corrections until 30 calendar days have elapsed.
26    (g) The Department of Corrections shall quarterly review

 

 

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1its use of Extra Help appointments to ensure compliance with
2these rules.
3    (h) Compensation of Extra Help employees shall be within
4the limits established for comparable service by in status
5employment as a Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse II.".