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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
 2    District Act by changing Sections 4.7 and 4.11.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
 6    Act is amended by changing Sections 4.7 and 4.11 as follows:

 7        (70 ILCS 2605/4.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7)
 8        Sec. 4.7.  All applicants for offices or places  in  said
 9    classified  civil service, except for the positions of deputy
10    chief engineer, assistant chief engineers,  deputy  attorney,
11    head  assistant attorneys, assistant director of research and
12    development, assistant director  of  information  technology,
13    comptroller,  assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent
14    and laborers, shall be subjected to examination, which  shall
15    be  public  and competitive with limitations specified in the
16    rules of the Director as  to  residence,  age,  sex,  health,
17    habits,  moral  character  and  qualifications to perform the
18    duties  of  the  office  or  place  to   be   filled,   which
19    qualifications   shall  be  prescribed  in  advance  of  such
20    examination.  Such examinations shall be practical  in  their
21    character,  and  shall  relate  to  those  matters which will
22    fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined  to
23    discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be
24    appointed,  and  may include tests of physical qualifications
25    and  health  and  when  appropriate,  of  manual  skill.   No
26    question in any examination  shall  relate  to  political  or
27    religious  opinions  or  affiliations.   The  Director  shall
28    control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is
29    to  take  place, designate a suitable number of persons to be
30    special examiners and it shall be the duty  of  such  special
31    examiners  to  conduct  such examinations as the Director may
 
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 1    direct, and to make return and report thereof to him; and  he
 2    may  at  any time substitute any other person in the place of
 3    any one so selected; and he may himself, at any time, act  as
 4    such  special  examiner, and without appointing other special
 5    examiners.  The Director shall,  by  rule,  provide  for  and
 6    shall  hold  sufficient  number  of examinations to provide a
 7    sufficient number of eligibles on the register for each grade
 8    of position in the classified civil service, and if any place
 9    in the classified civil service shall become vacant, to which
10    there is no person eligible for appointment, he shall hold an
11    examination  for  such  position  and  repeat  the  same,  if
12    necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance  with  the
13    provisions of this Act.
14        Eligible  registers  shall  remain  in force for 3 years,
15    except the eligible register for laborers which shall  remain
16    in  force  for  4 years and except the eligible registers for
17    student programs and entry level engineering positions which,
18    in the Director's discretion, may remain  in  force  for  one
19    year.
20        Examinations  for  an  eligible list for each position in
21    the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least
22    once in 3 years and at least annually  for  student  programs
23    and  entry  level  engineering  positions if the Director has
24    limited the duration of the registers for those positions  to
25    one   year,   unless   the   Director  determines  that  such
26    examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists.
27        To help defray expenses  of  examinations,  the  sanitary
28    district  may,  but  need not, charge a fee to each applicant
29    who desires to take a civil service examination provided  for
30    by  this  Act.  The  amount  of such fees shall be set by the
31    corporate authority of  the  sanitary  district.   Such  fees
32    shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95; 90-781, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
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 1        (70 ILCS 2605/4.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.11)
 2        Sec. 4.11.  Whenever a position classified under this Act
 3    is  to  be  filled,  except  the  positions  of  deputy chief
 4    engineer, assistant chief engineers,  deputy  attorney,  head
 5    assistant  attorneys,  assistant  director  of  research  and
 6    development,  assistant  director  of information technology,
 7    comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing  agent
 8    and  laborers,  the appointing officer shall make requisition
 9    upon the Director, and the Director shall certify to him from
10    the register of eligibles for  the  position  the  names  and
11    addresses  (a)  of  the five candidates standing highest upon
12    the register of eligibles for the position,  or  (b)  of  the
13    candidates within the highest ranking group upon the register
14    of  eligibles  if  the  register  is  by  categories  such as
15    excellent, well qualified, and qualified, provided,  however,
16    that  any certification shall consist of at least 5 names, if
17    available. The Director shall certify names  from  succeeding
18    categories in the order of excellence of the categories until
19    at least 5 names are provided to the appointing officer.  The
20    appointing officer shall notify the Director of each position
21    to  be  filled  separately  and  shall  fill  the position by
22    appointment of one of the persons certified  to  him  by  the
23    Director.    Appointments  shall be on probation for a period
24    to be fixed by the rules, not exceeding  one  year.   At  any
25    time  during  the period of probation, the appointing officer
26    with the approval of the Director may discharge a  person  so
27    certified  and shall forthwith notify the civil service board
28    in writing of this discharge.  If a person is not discharged,
29    his appointment shall be deemed complete.
30        When there is no eligible list,  the  appointing  officer
31    may,  with  the  authority  of the Director, make a temporary
32    appointment  to  remain  in  force  only  until  a  permanent
33    appointment from an eligible register or list can be made  in
34    the  manner  specified  in  the  previous  provisions of this
 
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 1    Section, and examinations to supply an eligible list therefor
 2    shall be held and  an  eligible  list  established  therefrom
 3    within  one  year  from  the  making of such appointment.  In
 4    employment of an essentially temporary and transitory nature,
 5    the  appointing  officer  may,  with  the  authority  of  the
 6    Director of Personnel make temporary appointments to  fill  a
 7    vacancy.    No   temporary   appointment  of  an  essentially
 8    temporary and transitory nature may be granted for  a  period
 9    of  more  than  120  days and is not subject to renewal.  The
10    Director must include in his annual report, and  if  required
11    by  the  commissioners, in any special report, a statement of
12    all temporary authorities granted during the year  or  period
13    specified  by the commissioners, together with a statement of
14    the facts in each case because of  which  the  authority  was
15    granted.
16        The  acceptance  or  refusal  by  an eligible person of a
17    temporary appointment does not affect  his  standing  on  the
18    register for permanent appointment.
19        All   laborers   shall   be   appointed  by  the  General
20    Superintendent and shall be on probation for a period  to  be
21    fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year.
22        The deputy chief engineer, the assistant chief engineers,
23    deputy attorney, head assistant attorneys, assistant director
24    of   research   and   development,   assistant   director  of
25    information technology, comptroller, assistant treasurer, and
26    assistant purchasing agent shall be appointed by the  General
27    Superintendent  upon  the  recommendation  of  the respective
28    department head and shall be on probation for a period to  be
29    fixed  by  the  rules,  not exceeding two years.  At any time
30    during the period of probation, the General Superintendent on
31    the recommendation of  the  department  head  concerned,  may
32    discharge a person so appointed and he shall forthwith notify
33    the  Civil  Service Board in writing of such discharge.  If a
34    person is not so discharged, his appointment shall be  deemed
 
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 1    complete  under  the  laws  governing  the  classified  civil
 2    service.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-781, eff. 8-14-98.)

 4        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 5    becoming law.

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