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Sen. Michael E. Hastings
Filed: 3/20/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 119
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 119 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (15 ILCS 310/9) (from Ch. 124, par. 109)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9. Hearings - disciplinary action. No certified |
| 8 | | officer or employee
under jurisdiction B, relating to merit and |
| 9 | | fitness, who has been appointed
under the rules and after |
| 10 | | examination, shall be removed, discharged or demoted,
or |
| 11 | | suspended for a period of more than 30 calendar days, except |
| 12 | | for cause, upon written
charges approved by the Director of |
| 13 | | Personnel, and after an opportunity
to be heard in his own |
| 14 | | defense if he makes written request to the Commission
within 15 |
| 15 | | calendar days after the serving of the written charges upon |
| 16 | | him.
Upon the receipt of such a request for hearing, the |
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| 1 | | Commission shall grant
a hearing within 45 30 calendar days. |
| 2 | | The time and place of the hearing shall
be fixed by the |
| 3 | | Commission, and due notice thereof shall be given the Director
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| 4 | | of Personnel and the employee. The hearing shall be public, and |
| 5 | | the officer
or employee is entitled to call witnesses in his |
| 6 | | own defense and to have
the aid of counsel. The finding of the |
| 7 | | Commission shall be rendered within 60
calendar days after the |
| 8 | | receipt of the transcript of the proceedings. If
the finding |
| 9 | | and decision is not rendered within 60 calendar days after |
| 10 | | receipt
of the transcript of the proceedings, the employee |
| 11 | | shall be considered to
be reinstated and shall receive full |
| 12 | | compensation for the period for which
he was suspended. The |
| 13 | | finding and decision of the Commission or officer
or board |
| 14 | | appointed by it to conduct such investigation, when approved by
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| 15 | | the Commission, shall be certified to the Director, and shall |
| 16 | | be forthwith
enforced by the Director. In making its finding |
| 17 | | and decision, or in approving
the finding and decision of some |
| 18 | | officer or board appointed by it to conduct
such investigation |
| 19 | | the Merit Commission may, for disciplinary purposes,
suspend an |
| 20 | | employee for a period of time not to exceed 90 calendar days,
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| 21 | | and in no event to exceed a period of 120 calendar days from |
| 22 | | the date of
any suspension of such employee, pending |
| 23 | | investigation of such charges.
If the Commission certifies a |
| 24 | | decision that an officer or employee is to
be retained in his |
| 25 | | position and if it does not order a suspension for disciplinary
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| 26 | | purposes, the officer or employee shall receive full |