Bill Text: IL HB3949 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Requires the county board of Cook County to appoint an independent county personnel director. Provides that, through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel director shall appoint all officers and employees of Cook County and shall assume the duties of the county civil service commission. Requires the civil service commission to perform duties and functions as directed by the independent personnel director and to otherwise operate in an advisory capacity to the director. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3949 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3949-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB3949 Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias - Elizabeth Coulson - Suzanne Bassi - Rosemary Mulligan - Angelo Saviano, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-14001 from Ch. 34, par. 3-14001
55 ILCS 5/3-14010.5 new
Amends the Counties Code. Requires the county board of Cook County to appoint an independent county personnel director. Provides that, through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel director shall appoint all officers and employees of Cook County and shall assume the duties of the county civil service commission. Requires the civil service commission to perform duties and functions as directed by the independent personnel director and to otherwise operate in an advisory capacity to the director. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
3-14001 and by adding Section 3-14010.5 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-14001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14001)
Sec. 3-14001. Appointment of officers and employees;
salaries and bond. Except as provided in Section 3-14010.5, all
All officers and employees of the county of Cook, in the
classification hereinafter provided for, except those whose
election or appointment is otherwise provided for by law, and
except those enumerated in Section 3-14022, shall be appointed
by the president of the board, according to the provisions of
this Section. The salaries or rate of compensation of all
officers and employees of said county, when not otherwise
provided by law, shall be fixed by the board of commissioners
and shall be fixed prior to the adoption of the annual
appropriation, and shall not be changed during the year for
which the appropriation is made. The board of commissioners
shall also determine whether any or what amount of bond any
officer or employee shall give.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

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(55 ILCS 5/3-14010.5 new)
Sec. 3-14010.5. Independent Personnel Director.
(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the county board
shall appoint an independent county personnel director. The
Director must be appointed by the affirmative vote of at least
three-fifths of the commissioners holding office. The
independent personnel director may not hold any other lucrative
office or employment under the United States, the State of
Illinois, or any municipal corporation or political division
thereof. The independent personnel director, before entering
upon the duties of the office, shall take the oath prescribed
by the Constitution of this State.
(b) Through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel
director shall appoint all officers and employees of the county
of Cook, except those whose election or appointment is
otherwise provided for by law, and except those enumerated in
Section 3-14022.
(c) Through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel
director shall assume the duties of the civil service
commission under this Division 3-14. The civil service
commission shall perform the duties and functions as directed
by the independent personnel director and shall otherwise
operate in an advisory capacity to the director through
December 31, 2011.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.