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Rep. Norine Hammond
Filed: 3/28/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4896
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4896 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 26 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/26 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 26. Reinstatement; Department of Corrections. |
| 8 | | (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide for the |
| 9 | | reinstatement of former certified employees who had resigned, |
| 10 | | who were terminated in good standing, or whose positions were |
| 11 | | reallocated downward. |
| 12 | | (b) If an employee who had resigned, who was terminated in |
| 13 | | good standing, or whose position was reallocated downward |
| 14 | | reapplies for a position, the Department of Corrections, with |
| 15 | | prior approval from the Department of Central Management |
| 16 | | Services, must consider the employee before all other |
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| 1 | | applicants. Such reinstatement may be to a position in the |
| 2 | | class to which the employee was assigned prior to resignation, |
| 3 | | termination, or downward allocation, or to a position in any |
| 4 | | other position class for which the employee is qualified. |
| 5 | | (c) A certified employee whose name appears on a |
| 6 | | reemployment list may be reinstated to a position other than |
| 7 | | the position to which the employee is eligible for |
| 8 | | reemployment. If reinstated to a position in a higher pay grade |
| 9 | | than that for which the employee is eligible for reemployment, |
| 10 | | then, upon satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary |
| 11 | | period, the employee's name shall be removed from the |
| 12 | | reemployment list. If an employee is reinstated to a position |
| 13 | | in a lower pay grade than that for which the employee is |
| 14 | | eligible for reemployment, it shall have no effect on the |
| 15 | | employee's reemployment rights. |
| 16 | | (d) The Department of Corrections shall determine |
| 17 | | eligibility for vacation time and other benefits based on prior |
| 18 | | length of service of the former employees who are eligible for |
| 19 | | reinstatement. |
| 20 | | (e) The Director of Corrections may reinstate an employee |
| 21 | | who was formerly certified under the Secretary of State Merit |
| 22 | | Employment Code, the University Civil Service System of |
| 23 | | Illinois, the Comptroller Merit Employment Code, or the State |
| 24 | | Treasurer Employment Code.
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| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |