Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/2/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3779

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3779 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 arrested for any cause but not convicted thereon shall
10be disqualified from taking such examinations or subsequent
11appointment, unless the person is attempting to qualify for a
12position which would give him the powers of a peace officer, in
13which case the person's conviction or arrest record may be
14considered as a factor in determining the person's fitness for
15the position. The eligibility conditions specified for the
16position of Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family
17Services in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in
18Section 5-230 of the Departments of State Government Law (20
19ILCS 5/5-230) shall be applied to that position in addition to
20other standards, tests or criteria established by the Director.
21All examinations shall be announced publicly at least 2 weeks
22in advance of the date of the examinations and may be
23advertised through the press, radio and other media. The
24Director may, however, in his discretion, continue to receive
25applications and examine candidates long enough to assure a
26sufficient number of eligibles to meet the needs of the service

 

 

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1and may add the names of successful candidates to existing
2eligible lists in accordance with their respective ratings.
3    Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective
4date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
5Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
6Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program
7under which the Director of Central Management Services and the
8Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer the
9competitive examinations. Under the pilot program, the
10Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
11Employment Security shall determine the times and places where
12the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the
13competitive examinations shall be held at one Department of
14Employment Security office per region at least once each
15quarter. Each designated Department of Employment Security
16testing office has the discretion to set the dates on which it
17shall hold the competitive examinations. By March 1, June 1,
18September 1, and December 1 of each year, a schedule of the
19times and places where the competitive examinations shall be
20held during the following quarter shall be posted on the
21official websites of the Department of Central Management
22Services and the Department of Employment Security.
23    The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of
24competitive examinations conducted by any merit system
25established by federal law or by the law of any State, and may
26compile eligible lists therefrom or may add the names of

 

 

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1successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
2systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their
3respective ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the
4State of Illinois may be appointed from those eligible lists,
5however, unless the requirement that applicants be residents of
6the State of Illinois is waived by the Director of Central
7Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
8residents available for appointment from the appropriate
9eligible list. The results of the examinations conducted by
10other merit systems may not be used unless they are comparable
11in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations conducted
12by the Department of Central Management Services for similar
13positions. Special linguistic options may also be established
14where deemed appropriate.
15(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
171, 2013.".