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