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20 ILCS 415/8b.1

(20 ILCS 415/8b.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)

Sec. 8b.1.

For open competitive
examinations to test the relative fitness of
applicants for the respective positions.

Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not qualified for
entrance into or promotion within the service, and to discover the relative
fitness of those who are qualified. The Director may use any one of or any
combination of the following examination methods which in his judgment best
serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of experience;
test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test of knowledge; test of
manual skill; test of linguistic ability; test of character; test of
physical fitness; test of psychological fitness. No person with a record of
misdemeanor convictions except those under Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,
11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-30, 11-35, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, and 32-8, subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, and
sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
arrested for any cause but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from
taking such examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the person is
attempting to qualify for a position which would give him the powers of a
peace officer, in which case the person's conviction or arrest record may
be considered as a factor in determining the person's fitness for the
position. The eligibility conditions specified for the position of
Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in Section
5-230 of the Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-230) shall be applied to that position in addition to other
standards, tests or criteria established by the Director. All examinations
shall be announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date of the
examinations and may be advertised through the press, radio and other
media. The Director may, however, in his discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine candidates long enough to assure a sufficient
number of eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the names
of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in accordance with
their respective ratings.

The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of competitive
examinations conducted by any merit system established by federal law or by
the law of any State, and may compile eligible lists therefrom or may add
the names of successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their respective
ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the State of Illinois may be
appointed from those eligible lists, however, unless the requirement that
applicants be residents of the State of Illinois is waived by the Director
of Central Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
residents available
for appointment from the appropriate eligible list. The results of the
examinations conducted by other merit systems may not be used unless they
are comparable in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations
conducted by the Department of Central Management Services
for similar positions. Special
linguistic options may also be established where deemed appropriate.

(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)