Bill Text: IL HB3779 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program under which the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for certain positions in the State service. Provides that, under the pilot program, the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall determine the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the competitive examinations shall be held at each Department of Employment Security office at least twice a month. Provides that a schedule of the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held shall be posted on the official websites of the Department of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1060 [HB3779 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3779-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3779 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/8b.1 from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program under which the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for certain positions in the State service. Provides that, under the pilot program, the Director of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security shall determine the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the competitive examinations shall be held at each Department of Employment Security office at least twice a month. Provides that a schedule of the times and places where the competitive examinations shall be held shall be posted on the official websites of the Department of Central Management Services and the Department of Employment Security. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
Section 8b.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/8b.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
Sec. 8b.1. For open competitive examinations to test the
relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions.
Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not
qualified for entrance into or promotion within the service,
and to discover the relative fitness of those who are
qualified. The Director may use any one of or any combination
of the following examination methods which in his judgment best
serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of
experience; test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test
of knowledge; test of manual skill; test of linguistic ability;
test of character; test of physical fitness; test of
psychological fitness. No person with a record of misdemeanor
convictions except those under Sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,
11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4,
16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7,
32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8 and sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of

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Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or arrested for any
cause but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from
taking such examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the
person is attempting to qualify for a position which would give
him the powers of a peace officer, in which case the person's
conviction or arrest record may be considered as a factor in
determining the person's fitness for the position. The
eligibility conditions specified for the position of Assistant
Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services in Section 5-230 of the
Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS 5/5-230) shall be
applied to that position in addition to other standards, tests
or criteria established by the Director. All examinations shall
be announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date
of the examinations and may be advertised through the press,
radio and other media. The Director may, however, in his
discretion, continue to receive applications and examine
candidates long enough to assure a sufficient number of
eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the
names of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in
accordance with their respective ratings.
Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program
under which the Director of Central Management Services and the

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Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer the
competitive examinations. Under the pilot program, the
Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
Employment Security shall determine the times and places where
the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the
competitive examinations shall be held at each Department of
Employment Security office at least twice a month. Each
Department of Employment Security office has the discretion to
set the dates on which it shall hold the competitive
examinations. By the beginning of each month, a schedule of the
times and places where the competitive examinations shall be
held during that month shall be posted on the official websites
of the Department of Central Management Services and the
Department of Employment Security.
The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of
competitive examinations conducted by any merit system
established by federal law or by the law of any State, and may
compile eligible lists therefrom or may add the names of
successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their
respective ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the
State of Illinois may be appointed from those eligible lists,
however, unless the requirement that applicants be residents of
the State of Illinois is waived by the Director of Central
Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
residents available for appointment from the appropriate

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eligible list. The results of the examinations conducted by
other merit systems may not be used unless they are comparable
in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations conducted
by the Department of Central Management Services for similar
positions. Special linguistic options may also be established
where deemed appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
Sec. 8b.1. For open competitive examinations to test the
relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions.
Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not
qualified for entrance into or promotion within the service,
and to discover the relative fitness of those who are
qualified. The Director may use any one of or any combination
of the following examination methods which in his judgment best
serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of
experience; test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test
of knowledge; test of manual skill; test of linguistic ability;
test of character; test of physical fitness; test of
psychological fitness. No person with a record of misdemeanor
convictions except those under Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-7,
11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-30, 11-35, 12-2,
12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3,
31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, and 32-8,
subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, and

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sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or arrested for any cause but not convicted thereon shall
be disqualified from taking such examinations or subsequent
appointment, unless the person is attempting to qualify for a
position which would give him the powers of a peace officer, in
which case the person's conviction or arrest record may be
considered as a factor in determining the person's fitness for
the position. The eligibility conditions specified for the
position of Assistant Director of Healthcare and Family
Services in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in
Section 5-230 of the Departments of State Government Law (20
ILCS 5/5-230) shall be applied to that position in addition to
other standards, tests or criteria established by the Director.
All examinations shall be announced publicly at least 2 weeks
in advance of the date of the examinations and may be
advertised through the press, radio and other media. The
Director may, however, in his discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine candidates long enough to assure a
sufficient number of eligibles to meet the needs of the service
and may add the names of successful candidates to existing
eligible lists in accordance with their respective ratings.
Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
Employment Security shall establish a 5-year pilot program
under which the Director of Central Management Services and the

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Department of Employment Security shall jointly administer the
competitive examinations. Under the pilot program, the
Director of Central Management Services and the Department of
Employment Security shall determine the times and places where
the competitive examinations shall be held, provided that the
competitive examinations shall be held at each Department of
Employment Security office at least twice a month. Each
Department of Employment Security office has the discretion to
set the dates on which it shall hold the competitive
examinations. By the beginning of each month, a schedule of the
times and places where the competitive examinations shall be
held during that month shall be posted on the official websites
of the Department of Central Management Services and the
Department of Employment Security.
The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of
competitive examinations conducted by any merit system
established by federal law or by the law of any State, and may
compile eligible lists therefrom or may add the names of
successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their
respective ratings. No person who is a non-resident of the
State of Illinois may be appointed from those eligible lists,
however, unless the requirement that applicants be residents of
the State of Illinois is waived by the Director of Central
Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
residents available for appointment from the appropriate

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eligible list. The results of the examinations conducted by
other merit systems may not be used unless they are comparable
in difficulty and comprehensiveness to examinations conducted
by the Department of Central Management Services for similar
positions. Special linguistic options may also be established
where deemed appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.