Sen. Laura Fine
Filed: 3/26/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1639 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1639 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 8b.1 as follows:
 


6    (20 ILCS 415/8b.1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)




7    Sec. 8b.1. For open competitive
examinations to test the 
8relative fitness of
applicants for the respective positions.

9    Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not 
10qualified for
entrance into or promotion within the service, 
11and to discover the relative
fitness of those who are 
12qualified. The Director may use any one of or any
combination 
13of the following examination methods which in his judgment best

14serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of 
15experience;
test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test 
16of knowledge; test of
manual skill; test of linguistic ability; 
 
 
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1test of character; test of
physical fitness; test of 
2psychological fitness. No person with a record of
misdemeanor 
3convictions except those under Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-7, 
411-9,
11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-30, 11-35, 12-2, 
512-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 
631-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, and 32-8, 
7subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, and

8sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 
91961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
arrested for any cause 
10but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from
taking 
11such examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the person 
12is
attempting to qualify for a position which would give him 
13the powers of a
peace officer, in which case the person's 
14conviction or arrest record may
be considered as a factor in 
15determining the person's fitness for the
position. The 
16eligibility conditions specified for the position of
Assistant 
17Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of 
18Healthcare and Family Services in Section
5-230 of the 
19Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-230) shall be 
20applied to that position in addition to other
standards, tests 
21or criteria established by the Director. All examinations
shall 
22be announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date 
23of the
examinations and may be advertised through the press, 
24radio and other
media. The Director may, however, in his 
25discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine 
26candidates long enough to assure a sufficient
number of 
 
 
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1eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the 
2names
of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in 
3accordance with
their respective ratings.

4    The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of 
5competitive
examinations conducted by any merit system 
6established by federal law or by
the law of any State, and may 
7compile eligible lists therefrom or may add
the names of 
8successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit

9systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their 
10respective
ratings. For any position filled prior to January 1, 
112020, no No person who is a non-resident of the State of 
12Illinois may be
appointed from those eligible lists, however, 
13unless the requirement that
applicants be residents of the 
14State of Illinois is waived by the Director
of Central 
15Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois

16residents available
for appointment from the appropriate 
17eligible list. For any position filled after December 31, 2019, 
18no person may be appointed to a position based in the State of 
19Illinois from any eligible list unless that person becomes a 
20resident of the State of Illinois within 3 months from the 
21person's first day of employment in that position or unless the 
22residency  requirement is waived for just cause by the Director

23of Central Management Services. The results of the
examinations 
24conducted by other merit systems may not be used unless they

25are comparable in difficulty and comprehensiveness to 
26examinations
conducted by the Department of Central Management 
 
 
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1Services
for similar positions. Special
linguistic options may 
2also be established where deemed appropriate.

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


 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
5becoming law.".