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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 8b.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 415/8b.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 8b.1. For open competitive
examinations to test the | ||||||
| 8 | relative fitness of
applicants for the respective positions.
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| 9 | Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not | ||||||
| 10 | qualified for
entrance into or promotion within the service, | ||||||
| 11 | and to discover the relative
fitness of those who are | ||||||
| 12 | qualified. The Director may use any one of or any
combination | ||||||
| 13 | of the following examination methods which in his judgment best
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| 14 | serves this end: investigation of education; investigation of | ||||||
| 15 | experience;
test of cultural knowledge; test of capacity; test | ||||||
| 16 | of knowledge; test of
manual skill; test of linguistic ability; | ||||||
| 17 | test of character; test of
physical fitness; test of | ||||||
| 18 | psychological fitness. No person with a record of
misdemeanor | ||||||
| 19 | convictions except those under Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-7, | ||||||
| 20 | 11-9,
11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-30, 11-35, 12-2, | ||||||
| 21 | 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1,
24-5, 25-1, 28-3, | ||||||
| 22 | 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, and 32-8, | ||||||
| 23 | subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3, and
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| 1 | sub-sections 1, 6 and 8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
| 2 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
arrested for any cause | ||||||
| 3 | but not convicted thereon shall be disqualified from
taking | ||||||
| 4 | such examinations or subsequent appointment, unless the person | ||||||
| 5 | is
attempting to qualify for a position which would give him | ||||||
| 6 | the powers of a
peace officer, in which case the person's | ||||||
| 7 | conviction or arrest record may
be considered as a factor in | ||||||
| 8 | determining the person's fitness for the
position. The | ||||||
| 9 | eligibility conditions specified for the position of
Assistant | ||||||
| 10 | Director of Healthcare and Family Services in the Department of | ||||||
| 11 | Healthcare and Family Services in Section
5-230 of the | ||||||
| 12 | Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS
5/5-230) shall be | ||||||
| 13 | applied to that position in addition to other
standards, tests | ||||||
| 14 | or criteria established by the Director. All examinations
shall | ||||||
| 15 | be announced publicly at least 2 weeks in advance of the date | ||||||
| 16 | of the
examinations and may be advertised through the press, | ||||||
| 17 | radio and other
media. The Director may, however, in his | ||||||
| 18 | discretion, continue to receive
applications and examine | ||||||
| 19 | candidates long enough to assure a sufficient
number of | ||||||
| 20 | eligibles to meet the needs of the service and may add the | ||||||
| 21 | names
of successful candidates to existing eligible lists in | ||||||
| 22 | accordance with
their respective ratings.
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| 23 | The Director may, in his discretion, accept the results of | ||||||
| 24 | competitive
examinations conducted by any merit system | ||||||
| 25 | established by federal law or by
the law of any State, and may | ||||||
| 26 | compile eligible lists therefrom or may add
the names of | ||||||
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| 1 | successful candidates in examinations conducted by those merit
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| 2 | systems to existing eligible lists in accordance with their | ||||||
| 3 | respective
ratings. For any position filled prior to January 1, | ||||||
| 4 | 2020, no No person who is a non-resident of the State of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois may be
appointed from those eligible lists, however, | ||||||
| 6 | unless the requirement that
applicants be residents of the | ||||||
| 7 | State of Illinois is waived by the Director
of Central | ||||||
| 8 | Management Services and unless there are less than 3 Illinois
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| 9 | residents available
for appointment from the appropriate | ||||||
| 10 | eligible list. For any position filled after December 31, 2019, | ||||||
| 11 | no person may be appointed to a position based in the State of | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois from any eligible list unless that person becomes a | ||||||
| 13 | resident of the State of Illinois within 3 months from the | ||||||
| 14 | person's first day of employment in that position or unless the | ||||||
| 15 | residency requirement is waived for just cause by the Director
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| 16 | of Central Management Services. The results of the
examinations | ||||||
| 17 | conducted by other merit systems may not be used unless they
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| 18 | are comparable in difficulty and comprehensiveness to | ||||||
| 19 | examinations
conducted by the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 20 | Services
for similar positions. Special
linguistic options may | ||||||
| 21 | also be established where deemed appropriate.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law. | ||||||