103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3702

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Paul Faraci

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/5-5

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that in addition to other provisions, State employees of public institutions of higher learning classified as faculty (including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not eligible for overtime pay, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contracts or employment agreements with the public institution of higher learning, which shall provide for a means of compliance with the requirement.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/5-5)
7    Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.
8    (a) Each of the following shall adopt and implement
9personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or
10its jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch
11constitutional officer, (ii) each legislative leader, (iii)
12the Senate Operations Commission, with respect to legislative
13employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly Operations
14Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
15respect to legislative employees under Section 5 of the
16General Assembly Operations Act, (v) the Joint Committee on
17Legislative Support Services, with respect to State employees
18of the legislative support services agencies, (vi) members of
19the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,
20as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation
21Act, (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher
22Education, with respect to State employees of public
23institutions of higher learning except community colleges, and

 

 

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1(ix) the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to
2State employees of community colleges. The Governor shall
3adopt and implement those policies for all State employees of
4the executive branch not under the jurisdiction and control of
5any other executive branch constitutional officer.
6    (b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
7filed with the appropriate ethics commission established under
8this Act or, for the Auditor General, with the Office of the
9Auditor General.
10    (c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall
11include policies relating to work time requirements,
12documentation of time worked, documentation for reimbursement
13for travel on official State business, compensation, and the
14earning or accrual of State benefits for all State employees
15who may be eligible to receive those benefits. No later than 30
16days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a
18minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
19on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
20harassment, including options for making a confidential report
21to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
22Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
23for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
24availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the
25Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv)
26the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual

 

 

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1harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
2report. The policies shall comply with and be consistent with
3all other applicable laws. The policies shall require State
4employees to periodically submit time sheets documenting the
5time spent each day on official State business to the nearest
6quarter hour; contractual State employees may satisfy the time
7sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their
8contract, which shall provide for a means of compliance with
9this requirement. In addition, State employees of public
10institutions of higher learning classified as faculty
11(including tenure system and nontenure system), and those not
12eligible for overtime pay as defined by the Fair Labor
13Standards Act, may satisfy the time sheets requirement by
14complying with the terms of their contracts or employment
15agreements with the public institution of higher learning,
16which shall provide for a means of compliance with this
17requirement. The policies for State employees shall require
18those time sheets to be submitted on paper, electronically, or
19both and to be maintained in either paper or electronic format
20by the applicable fiscal office for a period of at least 2
21years.
22    (d) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be
23adopted by the applicable entity before February 1, 2004 and
24shall apply to State employees beginning 30 days after
25adoption.
26(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)