HB3949 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 04886 RLJ 14952 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3949

Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias - Elizabeth Coulson - Suzanne Bassi - Rosemary Mulligan - Angelo Saviano, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-14001	from Ch. 34, par. 3-14001
55 ILCS 5/3-14010.5 new

Amends the Counties Code. Requires the county board of Cook County to appoint an independent county personnel director. Provides that, through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel director shall appoint all officers and employees of Cook County and shall assume the duties of the county civil service commission. Requires the civil service commission to perform duties and functions as directed by the independent personnel director and to otherwise operate in an advisory capacity to the director. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 3-14001 and by adding Section 3-14010.5 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-14001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14001)

Sec. 3-14001. Appointment of officers and employees; salaries and bond. Except as provided in Section 3-14010.5, all All officers and employees of the county of Cook, in the classification hereinafter provided for, except those whose election or appointment is otherwise provided for by law, and except those enumerated in Section 3-14022, shall be appointed by the president of the board, according to the provisions of this Section. The salaries or rate of compensation of all officers and employees of said county, when not otherwise provided by law, shall be fixed by the board of commissioners and shall be fixed prior to the adoption of the annual appropriation, and shall not be changed during the year for which the appropriation is made. The board of commissioners shall also determine whether any or what amount of bond any officer or employee shall give.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-14010.5 new)

Sec. 3-14010.5. Independent Personnel Director.

(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the county board shall appoint an independent county personnel director. The Director must be appointed by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the commissioners holding office. The independent personnel director may not hold any other lucrative office or employment under the United States, the State of Illinois, or any municipal corporation or political division thereof. The independent personnel director, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State.

(b) Through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel director shall appoint all officers and employees of the county of Cook, except those whose election or appointment is otherwise provided for by law, and except those enumerated in Section 3-14022.

(c) Through December 31, 2011, the independent personnel director shall assume the duties of the civil service commission under this Division 3-14. The civil service commission shall perform the duties and functions as directed by the independent personnel director and shall otherwise operate in an advisory capacity to the director through December 31, 2011.

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