HB4896ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Norine Hammond

Filed: 3/28/2014

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4896

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4896 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section 26 as follows:

(20 ILCS 415/26 new)

Sec. 26. Reinstatement; Department of Corrections.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall provide for the reinstatement of former certified employees who had resigned, who were terminated in good standing, or whose positions were reallocated downward.

(b) If an employee who had resigned, who was terminated in good standing, or whose position was reallocated downward reapplies for a position, the Department of Corrections, with prior approval from the Department of Central Management Services, must consider the employee before all other applicants. Such reinstatement may be to a position in the class to which the employee was assigned prior to resignation, termination, or downward allocation, or to a position in any other position class for which the employee is qualified.

(c) A certified employee whose name appears on a reemployment list may be reinstated to a position other than the position to which the employee is eligible for reemployment. If reinstated to a position in a higher pay grade than that for which the employee is eligible for reemployment, then, upon satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary period, the employee's name shall be removed from the reemployment list. If an employee is reinstated to a position in a lower pay grade than that for which the employee is eligible for reemployment, it shall have no effect on the employee's reemployment rights.

(d) The Department of Corrections shall determine eligibility for vacation time and other benefits based on prior length of service of the former employees who are eligible for reinstatement.

(e) The Director of Corrections may reinstate an employee who was formerly certified under the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code, the University Civil Service System of Illinois, the Comptroller Merit Employment Code, or the State Treasurer Employment Code.

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