(15 ILCS 510/15) (from Ch. 130, par. 115)

Sec. 15. Status of present employees. Employees holding positions in the Office herein shall continue under the following conditions:

(a) Employees who have been appointed as the result of having passed examinations in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Code, and who have satisfactorily passed the probationary period or who have been promoted in accordance with the rules thereunder, shall be continued without further examination, but shall be otherwise subject to provisions of this Code and the rules made pursuant to it.

(b) Employees who have been appointed as the result of having passed examinations pursuant to the provisions of the Personnel Code but have not completed their probationary periods on the effective date of this Code shall be continued without further examination but shall be otherwise subject to provisions of this Code and the rules made pursuant to it. Time served on probation prior to the effective date of this Code shall count as time served on the probationary period provided by this Code.

(c) All other such employees subject to the provisions of this Code shall be continued in their respective positions if they satisfactorily complete their respective probationary periods. Nothing herein precludes the reclassification or reallocation as provided by this Code of any position held by such incumbent.

(d) Nothing in this Code shall be construed to prejudice, reduce, extinguish or affect the rights or privileges determined through judicial process to have been conferred on any present or past employee under the Personnel Code. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that present or past employees of the Treasurer have any rights arising from the Personnel Code, those rights shall be recognized under this Code.

(e) Any person who, as a result of any court order, court approved stipulation or settlement, has any employment or reemployment rights prior to the effective date of this Code shall continue to have such rights after the effective date of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 85-1167.)