Bill Text: IL HB3950 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that each application to fill a State employment vacancy shall include a checkbox for applicants having prior work experience in the field for which they are applying for employment with the State. Provides that following examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions in State service, applicants having prior work experience in the relevant employment field shall be given priority among all successful candidates listed as eligible for appointment or promotion. Provides that any applicant found to have falsely claimed prior work experience in the field for which he or she is applying for employment with the State shall not be eligible for State employment for 24 months.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-30 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3950 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3950-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3950 Introduced , by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/8b from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b
Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that each application to fill a State employment vacancy shall include a checkbox for applicants having prior work experience in the field for which they are applying for employment with the State. Provides that following examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions in State service, applicants having prior work experience in the relevant employment field shall be given priority among all successful candidates listed as eligible for appointment or promotion. Provides that any applicant found to have falsely claimed prior work experience in the field for which he or she is applying for employment with the State shall not be eligible for State employment for 24 months.
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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 8b as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b)
Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B - Merit and fitness.
(a) For positions in the State service subject to the
jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services
with respect to selection and tenure on the basis of merit and
fitness, those matters specified in this Section and Sections
8b.1 through 8b.17.
(b) Application, testing, and hiring procedures for all
State employment vacancies for positions not exempt under
Section 4c shall be reduced to writing. The written procedures
shall be provided to each State agency and university for
posting and public inspection at each agency's office and each
university's placement office. The Director shall also
annually prepare and distribute a listing of entry level
non-professional and professional positions that are most
utilized by State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
Governor. The position listings shall identify the entry level
positions, localities of usage, description of position duties

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and responsibilities, salary ranges, eligibility requirements
and test scheduling instructions. The position listings shall
further identify special linguistic skills that may be required
for any of the positions.
(c) Each application to fill a State employment vacancy
shall include a checkbox for applicants having prior work
experience in the field for which they are applying for
employment with the State. Following examinations to test the
relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions in
State service, applicants having prior work experience in the
relevant employment field shall be given priority among all
successful candidates listed as eligible for appointment or
promotion. Any applicant found to have falsely claimed prior
work experience in the field for which he or she is applying
for employment with the State shall not be eligible for State
employment for 24 months.
(Source: P.A. 86-1004.)