Rep. Dan Reitz
Filed: 5/1/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1017
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1017 on page 5, line | ||||||
3 | 13, after "application." by inserting the following:
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4 | " A designated representative of the contracting union party | ||||||
5 | shall be notified and be entitled to be present to monitor any | ||||||
6 | preliminary meeting between certified assessors or | ||||||
7 | representatives of a testing agency and representatives of the | ||||||
8 | appointing authority held prior to the administration of the | ||||||
9 | test to candidates for promotion. "; and | ||||||
10 | on page 6, by replacing lines 4 through 26 with the following: | ||||||
11 | " (f) Persons selected to grade candidates for promotion | ||||||
12 | during an assessment center process shall be impartial | ||||||
13 | professionals who have undergone training to be certified | ||||||
14 | assessors. The training and certification requirements shall, | ||||||
15 | at a minimum, provide that, to obtain and maintain |
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1 | certification, assessors shall complete a course of basis | ||||||
2 | training, subscribe to a code of ethical conduct, complete | ||||||
3 | continuing education, and satisfy minimum activity levels.
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4 | (g) The standards for certification shall be established by | ||||||
5 | a Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC) composed of 4 | ||||||
6 | members: 2 designated by a statewide association whose | ||||||
7 | membership is predominantly fire chiefs representing | ||||||
8 | management interests of the Illinois fire service, and 2 | ||||||
9 | designated by a statewide labor organization that is a | ||||||
10 | representative of sworn or commissioned firefighters in | ||||||
11 | Illinois. Members may serve terms of one year subject to | ||||||
12 | reappointment.
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13 | For the purposes of this Section, "statewide labor | ||||||
14 | organization" means an organization that represents | ||||||
15 | firefighters employed in bargaining units recognized by at | ||||||
16 | least 85 municipalities in this State, and is affiliated with | ||||||
17 | the Illinois State Federation of Labor.
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18 | In developing certification standards the JLMC may seek the | ||||||
19 | advice and counsel of professionals and experts and may appoint | ||||||
20 | an advisory committee.
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21 | The JLMC's initial certification standards shall be | ||||||
22 | submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshall by January | ||||||
23 | 1, 2008. The JLMC may provisionally certify persons who have | ||||||
24 | prior experience as assessors on promotional examinations in | ||||||
25 | the fire service. Effective January 1, 2009 only those persons | ||||||
26 | who meet the certification standards developed by the JLMC and |
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1 | submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshall may be | ||||||
2 | selected to grade candidates on a subjective component of a | ||||||
3 | promotional examination conducted under the authority of this | ||||||
4 | Act; provided this requirement shall be waived for persons | ||||||
5 | employed or appointed by the jurisdiction administering the | ||||||
6 | examination.
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7 | The JLMC shall annually:
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8 | (1) issue public notice offering persons who are | ||||||
9 | interested in qualifying as certified assessors the | ||||||
10 | opportunity to enroll in training; and
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11 | (2) submit to the Office of the State Fire Marshall an | ||||||
12 | amended list of persons who remain certified, are newly | ||||||
13 | certified, or who are no longer certified.
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14 | (h) The Office of the State Fire Marshall shall support the | ||||||
15 | program by adopting certifications standards based on those | ||||||
16 | submitted by the JLMC and by establishing a roster of certified | ||||||
17 | assessors composed of persons certified by the JLMC.
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18 | If the parties have not agreed to contract with a | ||||||
19 | particular testing company to provide certified assessors, | ||||||
20 | either party may request the Office to provide the names of | ||||||
21 | certified assessors. Within 7 days after receiving a request | ||||||
22 | from either party for a list of certified assessors, the Office | ||||||
23 | shall select at random from the roster of certified assessors a | ||||||
24 | panel numbering not less than 2 times the number of assessors | ||||||
25 | required. The parties shall augment the number by a factor of | ||||||
26 | 50% by designating assessors who may serve as alternates to the |
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1 | primary assessors. | ||||||
2 | The parties shall select assessors from the list or lists | ||||||
3 | provided by the Office or from the panel obtained by the | ||||||
4 | testing company as provided above. Within 7 days following the | ||||||
5 | receipt of the list, the parties shall notify the Office of the | ||||||
6 | assessors they have selected. Unless the parties agree on an | ||||||
7 | alternate selection procedure, they shall alternatively strike | ||||||
8 | names from the list provided by the Office until only the | ||||||
9 | number of required assessors remain. A coin toss shall | ||||||
10 | determine which party strikes the first name. If the parties | ||||||
11 | fail to notify the Office in a timely manner of their selection | ||||||
12 | of assessors, the Office shall appoint the assessors required | ||||||
13 | from the roster of certified assessors. In the event an | ||||||
14 | assessor is not able to participate in the assessment center | ||||||
15 | process for which he was selected, either of the parties | ||||||
16 | involved in the promotion process may request that additional | ||||||
17 | names of certified assessors be provided by the Office. ".
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