(55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-12 heading) Division 3-12.
Merit Employment System
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(55 ILCS 5/3-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12001)
Sec. 3-12001.
Creation or abolition of Personnel Policy Commission.
The County Board of any county having a population of 350,000 or more but
less than 1,000,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal
census, may by ordinance create a Personnel Policy Commission.
If the county board does not by ordinance create a Personnel Policy
Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division, a
petition may be filed with the county clerk, signed by not less than 1% of the
registered voters of the county, requesting the submission to a
referendum of the following proposition: shall the county board
of..... county create a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to the
provisions of Division 3-12 of the Counties Code?
If such a petition is filed, the county clerk shall submit the
proposition to the voters at an election to be held in accordance with the
general election law.
If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor
of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, create a Personnel Policy
Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division.
At any time after the creation of a Personnel Policy Commission
pursuant to this Division, a petition may be filed with the county clerk,
signed by not less than 1% of the registered voters of the county,
requesting the submission to a referendum of the following proposition:
shall the county board of..... county abolish the Personnel Policy
Commission established pursuant to the provisions of Division 3-12 of
the Counties Code?
The election authority shall submit the proposition to the voters at an
election to be held in accordance with the general election law.
If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor
of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, abolish such Personnel
Policy Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/3-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12002)
Sec. 3-12002.
Definitions.
The following words and terms found in
this Division have the meaning defined in this Section unless the context
clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
(a) Appointing authority: the officer, individual, board or group,
who by law or legally delegated authority, has the authority to appoint
or to remove personnel from positions as county employees.
(b) Appointment: the offer and the acceptance of employment in the
county service.
(c) Board: a county board.
(d) Class: one or more positions sufficiently similar with respect
to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be
used with clarity to designate each of said positions; that the same
minimum qualifications are appropriate for the performance of each such
position; that the same test of fitness may be used to rank applicants
on the basis of merit; and that the same schedule of pay may be applied
to all such similar positions.
(e) Classification plan: a list of the classes in the classified
service by official title. For each class, a specification shall be
prepared which shall set forth the duties, responsibilities and
authority thereof, and the minimum qualifications necessary for entry
into any of the positions in the class.
(f) Classified service: all positions and employees in the county
service subject to the provisions of this Division.
(g) Commission: the County Personnel Policy Commission established
under this Division.
(h) County: the County government.
(i) Department: a county governmental unit under the control of an
appointing authority which has a separate operating budget approved by
the Board.
(j) Director: Director of the County Personnel Department.
(k) Eligible: a person who has attained a passing score on an
examination for a specific class.
(l) Employee: a person who is paid a wage, salary or stipend from
public monies in accordance with official entries on a county payroll.
(m) List of eligibles: the persons who have met the minimum
requirements for entry into a class.
(n) Part-time employee: an employee who works less than 30 hours per week.
(o) Permanent employee: any employee in the classified service who
has satisfactorily completed the probationary period and has been so
certified by the appointing authority.
(p) Personnel department: the personnel director and the employees
under the director's supervision.
(q) Position: a specific employment whether occupied or vacant,
involving duties requiring the services of one person.
(r) Probation: a specified period of employment following
appointment, reemployment, transfer, promotion or demotion; it is the
final step in the examination process during which work performance of
an employee is evaluated.
(s) Promotion: a change in the assignment of an employee from a
position in one class to a position in another class having a higher
range of pay.
(t) Suspension: the temporary separation of an employee from his/her
position for disciplinary reasons.
(u) Temporary employee: an employee who by prearrangement works at a
given position for not more than 4 months per year.
(v) Unclassified service: all positions in the county service which
are exempt from the provisions of this Division and from the
rules pertaining thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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