Full Text of HB4683 96th General Assembly
HB4683eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| African American Employment Plan Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are as | 7 |
| follows: | 8 |
| (a) improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' | 9 |
| African Americans by increasing the number of African American | 10 |
| State employees and the number of African American State | 11 |
| employees serving in supervisory, technical, professional, and | 12 |
| managerial positions; | 13 |
| (b) identify State agencies' staffing needs and | 14 |
| qualification requirements; | 15 |
| (c) track hiring practices and promotions of African | 16 |
| Americans employed by State agencies; | 17 |
| (d) increase the number of African Americans employed by | 18 |
| State agencies; | 19 |
| (e) increase the number of African American State employees | 20 |
| who are promoted; | 21 |
| (f) assist State agencies to meet their goals established | 22 |
| pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and | 23 |
| (g) establish the African American Employment Plan |
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| Advisory Council.
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 3 |
| "Department" means the Department of Central Management | 4 |
| Services. | 5 |
| "State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | 6 |
| plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | 7 |
| institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | 8 |
| The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | 9 |
| including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | 10 |
| the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of | 11 |
| the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | 12 |
| Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the legislature or its | 13 |
| committees or commissions.
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| Section 15. African American Employment Plan. | 15 |
| (a) The Department shall have a full-time position | 16 |
| designated as the African American Employment Coordinator to | 17 |
| monitor compliance with the African American Employment Plan.
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| (b) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | 19 |
| increase the number of African Americans employed by State | 20 |
| agencies and the number of African Americans employed by State | 21 |
| agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | 22 |
| managerial levels.
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| (c) The Department shall prepare and revise annually an | 24 |
| African American Employment Plan in consultation with |
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| individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | 2 |
| and with the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | 3 |
| The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February | 4 |
| 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2011, each State | 5 |
| agency's activities that implement the African American | 6 |
| Employment Plan.
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| Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | 8 |
| employment opportunity goals.
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| (a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | 10 |
| programs in accordance with the African American Employment | 11 |
| Plan to increase the number of African Americans employed by | 12 |
| that State agency and the number of African Americans employed | 13 |
| by that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, | 14 |
| and managerial levels. | 15 |
| (b) Each State agency shall report annually to the | 16 |
| Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a format | 17 |
| prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's activities in | 18 |
| implementing the African American Employment Plan. Each | 19 |
| agency's annual report shall include reports or information | 20 |
| related to the agency's African American employment strategies | 21 |
| and programs that the agency has received from the Department, | 22 |
| the Department of Human Rights, or the Auditor General, | 23 |
| pursuant to their periodic review responsibilities; findings | 24 |
| made by the Governor in his or her report to the General | 25 |
| Assembly; assessments of service needs based upon the agency's |
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| service populations; information on the agency's studies and | 2 |
| monitoring success concerning the number of African Americans | 3 |
| employed by the agency at the supervisory, technical, | 4 |
| professional, and managerial levels and any increases in those | 5 |
| categories from the prior year; and information concerning the | 6 |
| agency's African American employment budget allocations. | 7 |
| (c) The Department shall assist State agencies required to | 8 |
| establish preparation and promotion training programs under | 9 |
| subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the Illinois Human Rights | 10 |
| Act for failure to meet their affirmative action and equal | 11 |
| employment opportunity goals. The Department shall survey | 12 |
| State agencies to identify effective existing training | 13 |
| programs and shall serve as a resource to other State agencies. | 14 |
| The Department shall assist agencies in the development and | 15 |
| modification of training programs to enable them to meet their | 16 |
| affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals and | 17 |
| shall provide information regarding other existing training | 18 |
| and educational resources, such as the Upward Mobility Program, | 19 |
| the Illinois Institute for Training and Development, the | 20 |
| Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | 21 |
| Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | 22 |
| Internships.
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| Section 25. African American Employment Plan Advisory | 24 |
| Council.
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| (a) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council |
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| is created, consisting of 11 members, each of whom shall be an | 2 |
| African American subject matter expert, appointed by the | 3 |
| Governor. | 4 |
| (b) All members of the African American Employment Plan | 5 |
| Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | 6 |
| reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | 7 |
| funds appropriated for that purpose. | 8 |
| (c) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 9 |
| shall examine: (1) the
prevalence and impact of African | 10 |
| Americans employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced | 11 |
| by African Americans who seek employment or promotional | 12 |
| opportunities in State government; and (3) possible incentives | 13 |
| that could be offered to foster the employment of and the | 14 |
| promotion of African Americans in State government. | 15 |
| (d) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | 16 |
| consultation to State agencies and the African American | 17 |
| Employment Coordinator. | 18 |
| (e) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | 19 |
| shall receive
administrative support from the Department of | 20 |
| Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | 21 |
| its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | 22 |
| with February 1, 2012.
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| Section 30. Collective bargaining agreements. The rights | 24 |
| of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall | 25 |
| not be affected by this Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 |
| becoming law.
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