98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1861

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Mike Jacobs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new
20 ILCS 415/4c  from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c

    Amends the State Police Act and the Personnel Code. Provides that the State Police Merit Board may hire employees as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Provides that employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the Personnel Code. Provides that the Board shall fix the salaries of its employees. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing a general salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees. Provides that the Board may suspend or dismiss employees as necessary. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for dismissal of employees.


LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1861LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by adding
5Section 7.3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new)
7    Sec. 7.3. Employees.
8    (a) The Board may hire employees as may be necessary and
9appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
10Employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the
11Personnel Code.
12    (b) The Board shall fix the salaries of its employees.
13    (c) The Board shall adopt rules establishing a general
14salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but
15subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees.
16    (d) The Board may suspend or dismiss employees as
17necessary.
18    (e)The Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for
19dismissal of employees.
 
20    Section 10. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
21Section 4c as follows:
 

 

 

SB1861- 2 -LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1    (20 ILCS 415/4c)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
2    Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
3State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
4unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this
5Act:
6        (1) All officers elected by the people.
7        (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
8    Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
9    State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
10    Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
11        (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,
12    and notaries public.
13        (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
14    Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
15    officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative
16    Reference Bureau, the Legislative Research Unit, and the
17    Legislative Printing Unit.
18        (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and
19    Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
20    in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and paid
21    from State funds.
22        (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
23    mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
24        (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
25    the Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the
26    Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members of boards

 

 

SB1861- 3 -LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1    and commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
2    Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
3        (8) The presidents, other principal administrative
4    officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties
5    of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
6    Governors State University, Illinois State University,
7    Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
8    University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
9    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
10    Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
11    Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System,
12    University Retirement System of Illinois, and the
13    administrative officers and scientific and technical staff
14    of the Illinois State Museum.
15        (9) All other employees except the presidents, other
16    principal administrative officers, and teaching, research
17    and extension faculties of the universities under the
18    jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and
19    universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
20    Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
21    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
22    Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
23    State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
24    University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
25    System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long
26    as these are subject to the provisions of the State

 

 

SB1861- 4 -LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1    Universities Civil Service Act.
2        (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to
3    the merit provisions of the State Police Act.
4        (10.1) Employees of the State Police Merit Board.
5        (11) (Blank).
6        (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
7    Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
8    Safety, the Pollution Control Board, and the Illinois
9    Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
10    staff providing architectural and engineering services in
11    the Department of Central Management Services.
12        (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway
13    Authority.
14        (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers'
15    Compensation Commission.
16        (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
17    Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of the
18    Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of Insurance
19    in discharging his responsibilities relating to the
20    rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and dissolution
21    of companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
22    Illinois Insurance Code.
23        (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
24    Airport Authority.
25        (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
26    State Board of Investment.

 

 

SB1861- 5 -LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1        (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult
2    Conservation Corps program, administered by the Illinois
3    Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
4    Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
5    of 1973, 29 USC 993.
6        (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of
7    Agriculture for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
8    and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving more
9    than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
10        (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
11    Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
12    Service, a youth employment program that hires young people
13    to work in State parks for a period of one year or less.
14        (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
15    Commission.
16        (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
17    Science Academy.
18        (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
19    Airport Authority.
20        (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive
21    Ethics Commission.
22        (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including
23    special Executive Inspectors General, and employees of
24    each Office of an Executive Inspector General.
25        (26) The commissioners and employees of the
26    Legislative Ethics Commission.

 

 

SB1861- 6 -LRB098 05227 RLC 35259 b

1        (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including
2    special Legislative Inspectors General, and employees of
3    the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
4        (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and
5    employees of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector
6    General.
7        (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency.
8        (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced
9    skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical
10    expertise who are employed within executive branch
11    agencies and whose duties are directly related to the
12    submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial
13    information for the publication of the Comprehensive
14    Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
15(Source: P.A. 97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-1055, eff. 8-23-12.)