101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5108
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 405/405-123 new
20 ILCS 405/405-124 new

     Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires each State agency to implement strategies and programs to provide job training to ex-offenders and persons between the ages 16 and 21 for the purpose of increasing the number of such persons employed by State government. Provides for an annual report to the Department of Central Management Services. Requires the Department to assist State agencies in the development, implementation, and modification of job training strategies and programs. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines "ex-offender".
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
5Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
6adding Sections 405-123 and 405-124 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 405/405-123 new)
8    Sec. 405-123. Ex-offender job training program.
9    (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and 
10programs to provide job training to ex-offenders for the 
11purpose of increasing the number of ex-offenders employed by 
12State government.
13    (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the 
14Department, in a format prescribed by the Department, all of 
15its activities in implementing the job training strategies and 
16program for ex-offenders, including, but not limited to, the 
17number of ex-offenders taking part in the job training and the 
18number of those receiving training under the program who gained 
19employment with State government.
20    (c) The Department shall assist State agencies in the 
21development, implementation, and modification of job training 
22strategies and programs created under this Section, and shall 
23provide information regarding other existing training and 
 
 
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1educational resources.
2    (d) The Department and State agencies may adopt rules to 
3implement the requirements of this Section.
4    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "ex-offender" means 
5any person who: (i) has been convicted of a crime in this 
6State; (ii) was sentenced to a period of incarceration in an 
7Illinois adult correctional center; and (iii) has since been 
8released from an Illinois adult correctional center. 
 
9    (20 ILCS 405/405-124 new)
10    Sec. 405-124. Youth job training program.
11    (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and 
12programs to provide job training to persons between the ages 16 
13and 21 for the purpose of increasing the number of such persons 
14employed by State government.
15    (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the 
16Department, in a format prescribed by the Department, all of 
17its activities in implementing the job training strategies and 
18program created under this Section, including, but not limited 
19to, the number of such persons taking part in the job training 
20and the number of those receiving training under the program 
21who gained employment with State government.
22    (c) The Department shall assist State agencies in the 
23development, implementation, and modification of job training 
24strategies and programs created under this Section, and shall 
25provide information regarding other existing training and 
 
 
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1educational resources.
2    (d) The Department and State agencies may adopt rules to 
3implement the requirements of this Section.