Bill Text: IL HB5750 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that if the Chicago Transit Board, the Commuter Rail Board, or the Suburban Bus Board or any officer, attorney, employee, or agent of the Chicago Transit Board, the Commuter Rail Board, the Suburban Bus Board, or the Regional Transportation Authority intends to award a bonus that exceeds 10% of the recipient's salary, that bonus shall be approved by the Regional Transportation Authority Board prior to the award. Provides that if any of the Service Boards seek to enter into a severance agreement or an employment-related settlement agreement exceeding $50,000, that agreement shall be reviewed by the Regional Transportation Authority Board for approval prior to execution. Requires the Regional Transportation Authority Board to review the agreement to determine whether the terms are reasonable and in the region's best interest. Provides that the service boards may only enter into severance agreements or employment-related settlement agreements that have received the Regional Transportation Authority Board's prior approval.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5750 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5750-Introduced.html


98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5750

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 3605/28 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328
70 ILCS 3615/2.14 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14
70 ILCS 3615/3A.05 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05
70 ILCS 3615/3B.05 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05
70 ILCS 3615/4.15 new

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that if the Chicago Transit Board, the Commuter Rail Board, or the Suburban Bus Board or any officer, attorney, employee, or agent of the Chicago Transit Board, the Commuter Rail Board, the Suburban Bus Board, or the Regional Transportation Authority intends to award a bonus that exceeds 10% of the recipient's salary, that bonus shall be approved by the Regional Transportation Authority Board prior to the award. Provides that if any of the Service Boards seek to enter into a severance agreement or an employment-related settlement agreement exceeding $50,000, that agreement shall be reviewed by the Regional Transportation Authority Board for approval prior to execution. Requires the Regional Transportation Authority Board to review the agreement to determine whether the terms are reasonable and in the region's best interest. Provides that the service boards may only enter into severance agreements or employment-related settlement agreements that have received the Regional Transportation Authority Board's prior approval.
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
5amended by changing Section 28 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
7 Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
8positions and grades of regular and exempt employment required,
9excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the Executive
10Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and Chief
11Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job schedule
12number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and adopt rules
13governing appointments to any of such offices or positions on
14the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title shall be
15generally descriptive of the duties performed in that job, and
16the job schedule number shall be used to identify a job title
17and to further classify positions within a job title. No
18discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion to
19any office, position, or grade of regular employment because of
20race, creed, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental
21handicap unrelated to ability, or political or religious
22affiliations. No officer or employee in regular employment
23shall be discharged or demoted except for cause which is

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1detrimental to the service. Any officer or employee in regular
2employment who is discharged or demoted may file a complaint in
3writing with the Board within ten days after notice of his or
4her discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a
5labor organization the complaint may be filed by such
6organization for and in behalf of such employee. The Board
7shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days
8after it is filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be
9fixed by the Board and due notice thereof given to the
10complainant, the labor organization by or through which the
11complaint was filed and the Executive Director. The hearing
12shall be conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any
13officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the
14Board. The complainant may be represented by counsel. If the
15Board finds, or approves a finding of the member or committee
16appointed by the Board, that the complainant has been unjustly
17discharged or demoted, he or she shall be restored to his or
18her office or position with back pay. The decision of the Board
19shall be final and not subject to review. The Board may
20designate such offices, positions, and grades of employment as
21exempt as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the
22business of the Authority. The total number of employees
23occupying exempt offices, positions, or grades of employment
24may not exceed 3% of the total employment of the Authority. All
25exempt offices, positions, and grades of employment shall be at
26will. No discrimination shall be made in any appointment or

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1promotion to any office, position, or grade of exempt
2employment because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin,
3physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability, or religious
4or political affiliation. The Board may abolish any vacant or
5occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board may reduce
6the force of employees for lack of work or lack of funds as
7determined by the Board. When the number of positions or
8employees holding positions of regular employment within a
9particular job title and job schedule number are reduced, those
10employees with the least company seniority in that job title
11and job schedule number shall be first released from regular
12employment service. For a period of one year, an employee
13released from service shall be eligible for reinstatement to
14the job title and job schedule number from which he or she was
15released, in order of company seniority, if additional force of
16employees is required. "Company seniority" as used in this
17Section means the overall employment service credited to an
18employee by the Authority since the employee's most recent date
19of hire irrespective of job titles held. If 2 or more employees
20have the same company seniority date, time in the affected job
21title and job schedule number shall be used to break the
22company seniority tie. For purposes of this Section, company
23seniority shall be considered a working condition. When
24employees are represented by a labor organization that has a
25labor agreement with the Authority, the wages, hours, and
26working conditions (including, but not limited to, seniority

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1rights) shall be governed by the terms of the agreement. Exempt
2employment shall not include any employees who are represented
3by a labor organization that has a labor agreement with the
4Authority.
5 No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit Board
6may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
7salary unless that bonus has been approved by the Regional
8Transportation Authority Board.
9(Source: P.A. 90-183, eff. 1-1-98.)
10 Section 10. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
11amended by changing Sections 2.14, 3A.05 and 3B.05 and by
12adding Section 4.15 as follows:
13 (70 ILCS 3615/2.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
14 Sec. 2.14. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The
15Authority may appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
16agents, engineers and employees. The officers shall include an
17Executive Director, who shall be the chief executive officer of
18the Authority, appointed by the Chairman with the concurrence
19of 11 of the other then Directors of the Board. The Executive
20Director shall organize the staff of the Authority, shall
21allocate their functions and duties, shall transfer such staff
22to the Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail Division as
23is sufficient to meet their purposes, shall fix compensation
24and conditions of employment of the staff of the Authority, and

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1consistent with the policies of and direction from the Board,
2take all actions necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
3responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
4other powers and responsibilities as the Board shall determine.
5The Executive Director must be an individual of proven
6transportation and management skills and may not be a member of
7the Board. The Authority may employ its own professional
8management personnel to provide professional and technical
9expertise concerning its purposes and powers and to assist it
10in assessing the performance of the Service Boards in the
11metropolitan region.
12 No employee, officer, or agent of the Authority may receive
13a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual salary unless
14that bonus has been approved by the Board.
15 No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
16the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
17aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
18upon political reasons or factors. The Authority shall
19establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall not
20be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
21 The Authority shall be subject to the "Illinois Human
22Rights Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
23procedure established thereunder. The Authority shall file an
24affirmative action program for employment by it with the
25Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
26employed and that employees are treated during employment,

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1without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
2action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
3upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
4advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
5forms of compensation.
6(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
7 (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
8 Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
9Suburban Bus Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
10shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
11appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 9 of
12the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive Director
13shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys, agents,
14engineers, employees and shall organize the staff, shall
15allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
16conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
17and direction from the Suburban Bus Board take all actions
18necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
19responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
20other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board
21shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
22of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
23member of the Suburban Bus Board. The Division may employ its
24own professional management personnel to provide professional
25and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and

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1to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
2agencies in the metropolitan region.
3 No employee, officer, or agent of the Suburban Bus Board
4may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
5salary unless that bonus has been approved by the Regional
6Transportation Authority Board.
7 No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
8the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
9aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
10upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban Bus Board shall
11establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall not
12be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
13 The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
14Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
15procedure established thereunder. The Suburban Bus Board shall
16file an affirmative action program for employment by it with
17the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
18employed and that employees are treated during employment,
19without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
20action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
21upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
22advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
23forms of compensation.
24(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
25 (70 ILCS 3615/3B.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05)

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1 Sec. 3B.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
2Commuter Rail Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
3shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
4appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 8 of
5the directors of the Commuter Rail Board. The Executive
6Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
7agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff,
8shall allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
9conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
10and direction from the Commuter Rail Board take all actions
11necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
12responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
13other powers and responsibilities as the Commuter Rail Board
14shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
15of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
16member of the Commuter Rail Board. The Division may employ its
17own professional management personnel to provide professional
18and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and
19to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
20agencies in the metropolitan region.
21 No employee, officer, or agent of the Commuter Rail Board
22may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
23salary unless that bonus has been approved by the Regional
24Transportation Authority Board.
25 No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
26the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or

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1aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
2upon political reasons or factors. The Commuter Rail Board
3shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall
4not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on
5merit.
6 The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
7Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
8procedure established thereunder. The Commuter Rail Board
9shall file an affirmative action program for employment by it
10with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants
11are employed and that employees are treated during employment,
12without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
13action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
14upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
15advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
16forms of compensation.
17(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
18 (70 ILCS 3615/4.15 new)
19 Sec. 4.15. Severance and employment-related settlement
20agreements. If any of the Service Boards seek to enter into a
21severance agreement or an employment-related settlement
22agreement exceeding $50,000, that agreement shall be reviewed
23by the Board for approval prior to execution. The Board shall
24review the agreement to determine whether the terms are
25reasonable and in the region's best interest. The Service

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1Boards may only enter into severance agreements or
2employment-related settlement agreements that have received
3the Board's prior approval.
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