Rep. Dan Reitz
Filed: 4/20/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1017
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1017 on page 6, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 4 through 26 with the following:
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4 | " (f) Persons selected to grade candidates for promotion | ||||||
5 | during an assessment center process shall be impartial | ||||||
6 | professionals who have undergone training to be certified | ||||||
7 | assessors. The training and certification requirements shall, | ||||||
8 | at a minimum, provide that, to obtain and maintain | ||||||
9 | certification, assessors shall complete a course of basis | ||||||
10 | training, subscribe to a code of ethical conduct, complete | ||||||
11 | continuing education, and satisfy minimum activity levels.
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12 | (g) The standards for certification shall be established by | ||||||
13 | a Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC) composed of 4 | ||||||
14 | members: 2 members designated by the Executive Board of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Fire Chief's Association (IFCA) and 2 members | ||||||
16 | designated by the Executive Board of the Associated Fire | ||||||
17 | Fighters of Illinois (AFFI). Members shall serve terms of one |
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1 | year subject to reappointment.
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2 | In developing certification standards the JLMC may seek the | ||||||
3 | advice and counsel of professionals and experts and may appoint | ||||||
4 | an advisory committee.
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5 | The JLMC's initial certification standards shall be | ||||||
6 | submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshall by January | ||||||
7 | 1, 2008. The JLMC may provisionally certify persons who have | ||||||
8 | prior experience as assessors on promotional examinations in | ||||||
9 | the fire service. Effective January 1, 2009 only those persons | ||||||
10 | who meet the certification standards developed by the JLMC and | ||||||
11 | submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshall may be | ||||||
12 | selected to grade candidates on a subjective component of a | ||||||
13 | promotional examination conducted under the authority of this | ||||||
14 | Act.
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15 | The JLMC shall annually:
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16 | (1) issue public notice offering persons who are | ||||||
17 | interested in qualifying as certified assessors the | ||||||
18 | opportunity to enroll in training; and
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19 | (2) submit to the Office of the State Fire Marshall an | ||||||
20 | amended list of persons who remain certified, are newly | ||||||
21 | certified, or who are no longer certified.
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22 | (h) The Office of the State Fire Marshall shall support the | ||||||
23 | program by adopting certifications standards based on those | ||||||
24 | submitted by the JLMC and by establishing a roster of certified | ||||||
25 | assessors composed of persons certified by the JLMC.
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26 | Within 7 days after the request of either party, the Office |
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1 | shall select at random from the roster of certified assessors a | ||||||
2 | panel numbering not less than 1.5 times the number of assessors | ||||||
3 | required. The parties may select assessors from the list | ||||||
4 | provided by the Office. Within 7 days following the receipt of | ||||||
5 | the list, the parties shall notify the Office of the assessors | ||||||
6 | they have selected. Unless the parties agree on an alternate | ||||||
7 | selection procedure, they shall alternatively strike names | ||||||
8 | from the list provided by the Office until only the number of | ||||||
9 | required assessors remain. A coin toss shall determine which | ||||||
10 | party strikes the first name. If the parties fail to notify the | ||||||
11 | Office in a timely manner of their selection of assessors, the | ||||||
12 | Office shall appoint the assessors required from the roster of | ||||||
13 | certified assessors. ".
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