94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2255


 
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














70 ILCS 2605/4.7
  from Ch. 42, par. 323.7







    Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.  In a Section relating to the examination of applicants for classified civil service positions, provides that applicants for the position of assistant director of personnel are not subject to examination. Effective immediately. 
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB2255

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 4.7 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 2605/4.7)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7)



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    Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said 
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classified
civil service, except for the positions of deputy 
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chief engineer, assistant
chief engineers, deputy attorney, 
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head assistant attorneys,
assistant director of research and 
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development, assistant director of
information technology, 
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assistant director of personnel, comptroller, assistant 
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treasurer, assistant
purchasing agent and laborers, shall be 
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subjected to
examination, which shall be public and competitive 
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with limitations
specified in the rules of the Director as to 
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residence, age, sex,
health, habits, moral character and 
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qualifications to perform the duties
of the office or place to 
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be filled, which qualifications shall be
prescribed in advance 
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of such examination.  Such examinations shall be
practical in 
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their character, and shall relate to those matters which
will 
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fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to

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discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be 
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appointed,
and may include tests of physical qualifications and 
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health and when
appropriate, of manual skill.  No question in 
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any examination shall
relate to political or religious opinions 
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or affiliations.  The Director
shall control all examinations, 
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and may, whenever an examination is to
take place, designate a 
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suitable number of persons to be special
examiners and it shall 
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be the duty of such special examiners to conduct
such 
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examinations as the Director may direct, and to make return and

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report thereof to him; and he may at any time substitute any 
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other
person in the place of any one so selected; and he may 
 


 






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himself, at any
time, act as such special examiner, and without 
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appointing other special
examiners.  The Director shall,
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rule, provide for and shall hold sufficient number of 
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examinations to
provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the 
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register for each grade
of position in the classified civil 
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service, and if any place in the
classified civil service shall 
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become vacant, to which there is no
person eligible for 
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appointment, he shall hold an
examination for such position and 
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repeat the same, if necessary, until a
vacancy is filled in 
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accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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    Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years, 
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except the
eligible register for laborers which shall remain in 
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force for 4 years and
except the eligible registers for student 
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programs and entry level engineering
positions which, in the 
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Director's discretion, may remain in force for one
year.

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    Examinations for an eligible
list for each position in the 
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classified service above mentioned shall be
held at least once 
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in 3 years and at least annually for student programs and
entry 
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level engineering positions if the Director has limited the 
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duration of
the registers for those positions to one year, 
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unless the Director determines
that such examinations are not 
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necessary because no vacancy exists.

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    To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary 
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district
may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant who 
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desires to take
a civil service examination provided for by 
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this Act. The amount of
such fees shall be set by the corporate 
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authority of the sanitary
district.  Such fees shall be 
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deposited in the corporate fund of the district.

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(Source: P.A. 92-726, eff. 7-25-02.)

 

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