Bill Text: IL HB2725 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2725 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2725-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c
20 ILCS 801/1-50 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code.
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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 Personnel Code is amended by changing
Section 4c as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this
Act:
(1) All officers elected by the people.
(2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
(3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,
and notaries public.
(4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative
Reference Bureau and the Legislative Printing Unit.
(5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and
Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions

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in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and
paid from State funds.
(6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
(7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
the Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members of boards
and commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
(8) The presidents, other principal administrative
officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties
of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
Governors State University, Illinois State University,
Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System,
University Retirement System of Illinois, and the
administrative officers and scientific and technical staff
of the Illinois State Museum.
(9) All other employees except the presidents, other
principal administrative officers, and teaching, research
and extension faculties of the universities under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and
universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of

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Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long
as these are subject to the provisions of the State
Universities Civil Service Act.
(10) The Illinois State Police so long as they are
subject to the merit provisions of the Illinois State
Police Act. Employees of the Illinois State Police Merit
Board are subject to the provisions of this Code.
(11) (Blank).
(12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
Safety, the Pollution Control Board, and the Illinois
Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
staff providing architectural and engineering services in
the Department of Central Management Services.
(13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority.
(14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Commission.
(15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of
the Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of

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Insurance in discharging his responsibilities relating to
the rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and
dissolution of companies that are subject to the
jurisdiction of the Illinois Insurance Code.
(16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
Airport Authority.
(17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
State Board of Investment.
(18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult
Conservation Corps program, administered by the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 993.
(19) Seasonal employees of the Department of
Agriculture for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving more
than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
(20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
Service, a youth employment program that hires young
people to work in State parks for a period of one year or
less.
(21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
Commission.
(22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy.

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(23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
Airport Authority.
(24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive
Ethics Commission.
(25) The Executive Inspectors General, including
special Executive Inspectors General, and employees of
each Office of an Executive Inspector General.
(26) The commissioners and employees of the
Legislative Ethics Commission.
(27) The Legislative Inspector General, including
special Legislative Inspectors General, and employees of
the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
(28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and
employees of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector
General.
(29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency.
(30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced
skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical
expertise who are employed within executive branch
agencies and whose duties are directly related to the
submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial
information for the publication of the annual
comprehensive financial report.
(31) All employees of the Illinois Sentencing Policy
Advisory Council.
(32) All employees of the Department of Natural

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Resources.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-291, eff. 8-6-21;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-783, eff. 5-13-22; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
Section 10. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
amended by adding Section 1-50 as follows:
(20 ILCS 801/1-50 new)
Sec. 1-50. Department of Natural Resources; hiring of
employees. Notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code
to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by
administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for
hiring its employees. The Director of Natural Resources may
permit local administrators of Department properties and State
parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department
employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural
Resources as to their suitability for employment with the
Department.