Full Text of SB3720 96th General Assembly
SB3720 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3720
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Work 4 Savings Initiative Act. Requires the Governor to establish a 4-day work week for full-time State employees of agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor. Requires 10-hour work days. Sets forth exemptions. Assigns duties to the Department of Central Management Services. Contains other provisions.
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Work 4 | 5 |
| Savings Initiative Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that State | 7 |
| government should strive to become the model employer of | 8 |
| qualified people, conserve energy for taxpayers and employees, | 9 |
| reduce traffic congestion, provide to the public extended hours | 10 |
| of access to government services, and create incentives for the | 11 |
| use of the Internet to access State services. | 12 |
| Section 10. Internet access to services. The Department of | 13 |
| Central Management Services shall work with State agencies to | 14 |
| develop incentives for the use of the Internet to access state | 15 |
| services. | 16 |
| Section 15. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 17 |
| context requires a different meaning:
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| "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 19 |
| Services.
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| "Director" means the Director of Central Management | 21 |
| Services.
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| "State agency" means any authority, board, department, | 2 |
| instrumentality, institution, agency, or other unit of State | 3 |
| government under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| "State employee" means any person who is regularly employed | 5 |
| full-time on a salaried basis and whose compensation is | 6 |
| payable, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by | 7 |
| the State.
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| Section 20. Mandatory 4-day work week program; | 9 |
| responsibility of Governor.
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| (a) Implementation of a 4-day work week program is | 11 |
| mandatory for all State agencies. The Governor shall, by | 12 |
| executive order, direct State agencies to implement the 4-day | 13 |
| work week program within such time and manner as directed in | 14 |
| the executive order, not to exceed 60 days after the issuance | 15 |
| of the executive order.
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| (b) The Governor may rescind the executive order requiring | 17 |
| implementation of the 4-day work week program upon specific | 18 |
| authorization of the General Assembly by adoption of the same | 19 |
| joint resolution.
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| Section 25. Duties of the Department. The Department shall:
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| (1) Establish and implement a program in accordance | 22 |
| with this Act that requires State employees to work a 4-day | 23 |
| work week consisting of 10-hour days, Monday through | 24 |
| Thursday, the impact of which is fiscally neutral and keeps |
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| State employee annual holiday leave accrual whole. For the | 2 |
| purposes of this item (1), federal or State holidays that | 3 |
| occur Monday through Thursday of any week shall be counted | 4 |
| in that week toward one of the 4 work days.
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| (2) Assist State agency heads in implementing the | 6 |
| program established by the Department, including but not | 7 |
| limited to ensuring State employees have sufficient | 8 |
| opportunity to make adjustments to their personal | 9 |
| schedules, such as child or adult care, as appropriate.
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| (3) Establish a toll-free "Work 4 Savings Initiative" | 11 |
| telephone hotline and Internet website to provide | 12 |
| information to the public about operational hours and | 13 |
| online capabilities for State government services.
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| (4) Monitor the impact of the 4-day work week program | 15 |
| on (i) cost savings to the State in terms of energy | 16 |
| consumption and transportation costs and (ii) recruitment | 17 |
| and retention of qualified State employees.
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| (5) Report annually to the Governor and the General | 19 |
| Assembly on the implementation of the program, including | 20 |
| data on any cost savings to the State and its employees, | 21 |
| and any recommendations to improve the program.
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| Section 30. Exemptions. The provisions of this Act do not | 23 |
| apply to:
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| (1) Public institutions of higher education or other | 25 |
| State-operated educational facilities and libraries.
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| (2) The operation of State lottery games.
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| (3) Public museums and other State-operated cultural | 3 |
| centers and public parks.
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| (4) Highway maintenance and construction and the | 5 |
| operation of traffic control facilities, emergency | 6 |
| operation centers, and toll facilities or ferries.
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| (5) Any transportation agency or authority directly | 8 |
| engaged in the transport of the public.
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| (6) The Illinois National Guard or its armories as | 10 |
| required.
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| (7) The Department of Corrections in the operation of | 12 |
| State correctional facilities involving direct interaction | 13 |
| with the prison population.
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| (8) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
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| (9) The Department of State Police, including crime and | 16 |
| forensic laboratories.
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| (10) Conservation officers of the Department of | 18 |
| Natural Resources.
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| (11) State-operated medical centers, hospitals, | 20 |
| emergency rooms, and health clinics.
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| (12) The judiciary and those personnel in the Office of | 22 |
| the Attorney General who must interact with the judiciary | 23 |
| on Fridays.
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| (13) State elected officials, constitutional officers, | 25 |
| and their personal staff with obligations to be available | 26 |
| to the citizens of the State.
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| (14) The Governor and his or her personal staff and | 2 |
| agency heads and their personal staff, when the Governor | 3 |
| determines their presence is required to conduct official | 4 |
| business.
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| (15) Any non-State employee who provides contracted | 6 |
| services to any State agency, unless the contract is | 7 |
| amended to facilitate the "Work 4 Savings Initiative".
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| (16) Any standing emergency maintenance or information | 9 |
| technology response operation designed to repair or | 10 |
| correct State infrastructure in support of State | 11 |
| operations that must occur on Fridays.
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| (17) Any facility, including utilities, information | 13 |
| technology centers, domestic animal or wildlife shelters | 14 |
| or hatcheries, and food service storage or processing | 15 |
| centers, that requires essential daily maintenance, | 16 |
| attendance, or care that otherwise cannot be serviced | 17 |
| through emergency response or reduced manning operations.
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