Bill Text: IL SB3702 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that in addition to other provisions, State employees of public institutions of higher learning classified as faculty (including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not eligible for overtime pay, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contracts or employment agreements with the public institution of higher learning, which shall provide for a means of compliance with the requirement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3702 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3702-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3702 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/5-5
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that in addition to other provisions, State employees of public institutions of higher learning classified as faculty (including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not eligible for overtime pay, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contracts or employment agreements with the public institution of higher learning, which shall provide for a means of compliance with the requirement.
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A BILL FOR
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.
(a) Each of the following shall adopt and implement
personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or
its jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch
constitutional officer, (ii) each legislative leader, (iii)
the Senate Operations Commission, with respect to legislative
employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly Operations
Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
respect to legislative employees under Section 5 of the
General Assembly Operations Act, (v) the Joint Committee on
Legislative Support Services, with respect to State employees
of the legislative support services agencies, (vi) members of
the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,
as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation
Act, (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher
Education, with respect to State employees of public
institutions of higher learning except community colleges, and

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(ix) the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to
State employees of community colleges. The Governor shall
adopt and implement those policies for all State employees of
the executive branch not under the jurisdiction and control of
any other executive branch constitutional officer.
(b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
filed with the appropriate ethics commission established under
this Act or, for the Auditor General, with the Office of the
Auditor General.
(c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall
include policies relating to work time requirements,
documentation of time worked, documentation for reimbursement
for travel on official State business, compensation, and the
earning or accrual of State benefits for all State employees
who may be eligible to receive those benefits. No later than 30
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a
minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
harassment, including options for making a confidential report
to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual

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