(5 ILCS 315/21.5) Sec. 21.5. Termination of certain agreements after constitutional officers take office. (a) No collective bargaining agreement entered into, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly between an executive branch constitutional officer or any agency or department of an executive branch constitutional officer and a labor organization may extend more than 12 months after the date on which the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers begin. (b) No collective bargaining agreement entered into, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly between an executive branch constitutional officer or any agency or department of an executive branch constitutional officer and a labor organization may provide for an increase in salary, wages, or benefits starting on or after the first day of the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers and ending June 30th of that same year. The provisions of this subsection (b) shall not apply to salary, pay schedules, or benefits that would continue because of the duty to maintain the status quo and to bargain in good faith. (c) Any collective bargaining agreement in violation of this Section is terminated and rendered null and void by operation of law. (d) For purposes of this Section, "executive branch constitutional officer" has the same meaning as that term is defined in the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-151, eff. 7-23-21.) |