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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The State Universities Civil Service Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 36f as follows:
 


6    (110 ILCS 70/36f)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b5)




7    Sec. 36f. Examinations. 
8    (a) All examinations given under the University System 
9shall be open to
all applicants who are citizens of or 
10residents in the State of Illinois
and who can qualify by 
11training and experience for the position for
which application 
12is made. In examinations for technical positions for
which no 
13qualified residents of this State are available the residence

14requirement may be waived.
15    (b) Examinations may be written; oral; by statement of 
16training and experience; in the form of tests of knowledge, 
17skill, capacity, intellect, or aptitude; or by any other 
18method which, in the judgment of the Merit Board, is 
19reasonable and practical for any particular classification. 
20The examinations shall be practical and shall
relate to the 
21classification for which the examination is given. No
question 
22in any examination shall relate to political or religious

23affiliation or racial origins of the examinee.

 
 
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1    (c) Different examining procedures may be determined for 
2the examinations in different classifications, but all 
3examinations in the same classification must be uniform.  The 
4examination requirement for the initial appointment, entry 
5level position only, of law enforcement personnel may be 
6waived if an applicant has satisfied all the requirements 
7established by the Illinois Police Training Act for 
8appointment of law enforcement officers and if the Merit Board 
9allows for such a waiver by rule.  Additional positions, entry 
10level only, may have the examination requirement waived if the 
11occupational standards are regulated by the Department of 
12Financial and Professional Regulation, as designated by the 
13Merit Board and provided for in adopted rules. 
14(Source: P.A. 100-615, eff. 1-1-19.)