Bill Text: IL SB1861 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Police Act and the Personnel Code. Provides that the State Police Merit Board may hire employees as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Provides that employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the Personnel Code. Provides that the Board shall fix the salaries of its employees. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing a general salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees. Provides that the Board may suspend or dismiss employees as necessary. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for dismissal of employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1861 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1861-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1861 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c
Amends the State Police Act and the Personnel Code. Provides that the State Police Merit Board may hire employees as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Provides that employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the Personnel Code. Provides that the Board shall fix the salaries of its employees. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing a general salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees. Provides that the Board may suspend or dismiss employees as necessary. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for dismissal of employees.
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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 Police Act is amended by adding
Section 7.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2610/7.3 new)
Sec. 7.3. Employees.
(a) The Board may hire employees as may be necessary and
appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
Employees of the Merit Board shall not be subject to the
Personnel Code.
(b) The Board shall fix the salaries of its employees.
(c) The Board shall adopt rules establishing a general
salary schedule according to a classification of employees, but
subject to merit increases, which shall apply to all employees.
(d) The Board may suspend or dismiss employees as
necessary.
(e)The Board shall adopt rules establishing grounds for
dismissal of employees.
Section 10. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
Section 4c as follows:

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(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, the Legislative Research Unit, and the
Legislative Printing Unit.
(5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and
Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
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

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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
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

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Universities Civil Service Act.
(10) The State Police so long as they are subject to
the merit provisions of the State Police Act.
(10.1) Employees of the State Police Merit Board.
(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 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.

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(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 USC 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.
(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.

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(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 Comprehensive
Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
(Source: P.A. 97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-1055, eff. 8-23-12.)