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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  State Universities Civil Service Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 36n-5 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 70/36n-5 new)
 7        Sec. 36n-5.  Extra-help appointments.
 8        (a)  In this Section:
 9        "Status  appointment"  means  "status   appointment"   as
10    defined in 80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5.
11        "Status  employee"  means "status employee" as defined in
12    80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5.
13        "Status position" means "status position" as  defined  in
14    80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5.
15        (b)  An extra-help appointment may be made by an employer
16    to  any  position  for  work  that the employer attests to be
17    casual or emergent in  nature  and  that  meets  all  of  the
18    following conditions:
19             (1)  The  amount  of time for which the services are
20        needed is not usually predictable.
21             (2)  Payment for work performed is usually  made  on
22        an hourly basis.
23             (3)  The work cannot readily be assigned either on a
24        straighttime   or  on  an  overtime  basis  to  a  status
25        employee.
26        (c)  An extra-help position may be utilized for a maximum
27    of 900 hours of actual work in any  consecutive  12  calendar
28    months.  The employer shall review the status of the position
29    at  least  every  3  calendar  months.  After  an  extra-help
30    position has accrued 900 consecutive hours,  the  appointment
31    shall  become  a  permanent, status appointment with benefits
 
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 1    within the limits established for  comparable  service  in  a
 2    status   position   and  the  extra-help  position  shall  be
 3    terminated and shall not be reestablished until  at  least  6
 4    months  time  has elapsed from the date of termination of the
 5    extra-help position.
 6        (d)  Upon  working  900  hours,  an  extra-help  employee
 7    cannot resume employment in any extra-help appointment  at  a
 8    place of employment until 30 calendar days have elapsed.
 9        (e)  Compensation of extra-help employees shall be within
10    the  limits  established  for  comparable service in a status
11    position.
12        (f)  An extra-help employee who becomes a status employee
13    shall receive seniority for all hours worked as an extra-help
14    employee, and seniority shall be applied in the  same  manner
15    as for employees in status positions.

16        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
17    becoming law.