Full Text of HB3711 94th General Assembly
HB3711eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning employment.
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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 shall be known and may be | 5 |
| cited as the Illinois Conservation Corps Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 |
| "Board" means the Illinois Conservation Corps Advisory | 8 |
| Board. | 9 |
| "Corps" means the Illinois Conservation Corps. | 10 |
| "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. | 11 |
| "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. | 12 |
| Section 10. Illinois Conservation Corps Advisory Board. | 13 |
| (a) The Illinois Conservation Corps Advisory Board is | 14 |
| established to advise the Department concerning the Illinois | 15 |
| Conservation Corps. The Board shall consist of 13 members as | 16 |
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| (1) The Director of Agriculture, or the Director's | 18 |
| designee. | 19 |
| (2) The Director of Natural Resources, or the | 20 |
| Director's designee, who shall serve as chairman. | 21 |
| (3) The Director of the Environmental Protection | 22 |
| Agency, or the Director's designee. | 23 |
| (4) One representative of the Illinois Municipal | 24 |
| League. | 25 |
| (5) One representative of the Nature Conservancy. | 26 |
| (6) One representative of the Association of Park | 27 |
| Districts. | 28 |
| (7) One representative of the Sierra Club. | 29 |
| (8) One representative of Illinois public | 30 |
| universities. | 31 |
| (9) One representative of Illinois community colleges. |
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| (10) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House. | 2 |
| (11) One member appointed by the House Minority Leader. | 3 |
| (12) One member appointed by the President of the | 4 |
| Senate. | 5 |
| (13) One member appointed by the Senate Minority | 6 |
| Leader. | 7 |
| (b) All members of the Board shall serve without | 8 |
| compensation, except that members may be reimbursed for | 9 |
| reasonable travel expenses incurred as a result of performing | 10 |
| the work of the Board. | 11 |
| (c) The Board shall advise the Department concerning | 12 |
| suitable projects for the Corps that permanently enhance and | 13 |
| improve lands owned by the State or by units of local | 14 |
| government.
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| Section 15. Illinois Conservation Corps. | 16 |
| (a) The Illinois Conservation Corps program is established | 17 |
| within the Department of Natural Resources. The Corps shall be | 18 |
| limited to citizens of this State who at the time of enrollment | 19 |
| are 18 through 25 years of age inclusive. The Department shall | 20 |
| make public notification of the availability of jobs for | 21 |
| eligible young adults in the Corps by means of newspapers, | 22 |
| electronic media, units of local government, and educational | 23 |
| facilities, including school districts, higher education | 24 |
| institutions, and community colleges. The Department shall | 25 |
| promulgate reasonable rules concerning the application process | 26 |
| for jobs with the Illinois Conservation Corps. | 27 |
| Any applicant who knowingly and purposely provides | 28 |
| wrongful information regarding age or educational records | 29 |
| shall be deemed ineligible to participate in the Corps. Any | 30 |
| applicant who successfully gains employment in the Corps and is | 31 |
| later proven to have falsified his or her application shall be | 32 |
| dismissed immediately from the Corps. | 33 |
| (b) Any successful applicant to the Corps may be employed | 34 |
| year-round. Subject to appropriation, once enrolled in the | 35 |
| Corps, each enrollee shall receive a stipend in the amount of |
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| $500 per month and may receive education awards for qualified | 2 |
| educational expenses, such as repayment of qualified student | 3 |
| loans, educational expenses at an Illinois public university, | 4 |
| community college, or school-to-work program, or eligible | 5 |
| interest expenses, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per | 6 |
| enrollee per year. Stipends and education awards shall be paid | 7 |
| out of moneys appropriated to the Illinois Conservation Corps | 8 |
| Fund. Enrollees shall not be classified as employees of the | 9 |
| State for purposes of contributions to the State Employees' | 10 |
| Retirement System or any other public employment retirement | 11 |
| system of the State. | 12 |
| (c) The Director, in consultation with the Board, shall | 13 |
| designate suitable projects for the Corps. No project | 14 |
| designated for enrollee participation shall result in the | 15 |
| displacement of individuals currently employed or positions | 16 |
| currently existing, either directly or under contract with any | 17 |
| private contractor, by the Department through the reduction of | 18 |
| overtime or non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits. | 19 |
| Projects designated by the Director as suitable projects for | 20 |
| the Corps shall permanently enhance public lands, including, | 21 |
| but not limited to, parks, nature preserves, and forest | 22 |
| preserves, and shall improve the habitat of fauna and flora, | 23 |
| improve utilization of recreation facilities by the public, | 24 |
| improve water quality, or in any other way improve the | 25 |
| environmental, economic, and recreational quality of public | 26 |
| lands.
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| Section 20. Illinois Conservation Corps Fund. The Illinois | 28 |
| Conservation Corps Fund is created as a special fund in the | 29 |
| State treasury. Subject to appropriation, the moneys in the | 30 |
| Fund may only be used by the Department for the purposes of the | 31 |
| Illinois Conservation Corps, including the payment of stipends | 32 |
| and education awards under Section 15. No more than 5% of the | 33 |
| moneys in the Fund may be used by the Department for costs | 34 |
| associated with the administration of the Illinois | 35 |
| Conservation Corps. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund |
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| must be deposited into the Fund. The Fund may accept State and | 2 |
| federal appropriations, gifts, grants, and private donations. | 3 |
| Section 90. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 4 |
| Section 4c as follows: | 5 |
| (20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c) | 6 |
| Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in | 7 |
| State
service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C, | 8 |
| unless the
jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this | 9 |
| Act:
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| (1) All officers elected by the people.
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| (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor, | 12 |
| Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, State Comptroller, | 13 |
| State Board of Education, Clerk of
the Supreme Court, and | 14 |
| Attorney General.
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| (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts, | 16 |
| and notaries
public.
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| (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General | 18 |
| Assembly, all
employees of legislative commissions, all | 19 |
| officers and employees of the
Illinois Legislative | 20 |
| Reference Bureau, the Legislative
Research Unit, and the | 21 |
| Legislative Printing Unit.
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| (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and | 23 |
| Illinois State
Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
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| in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and paid | 25 |
| from State
funds.
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| (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive | 27 |
| mansion and on
his immediate personal staff.
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| (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General, | 29 |
| the Assistant
Adjutant General, the Director of the | 30 |
| Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, members of boards | 31 |
| and commissions, and all other
positions appointed by the | 32 |
| Governor by and with the consent of the
Senate.
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| (8) The presidents, other principal administrative | 34 |
| officers, and
teaching, research and extension faculties |
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| of
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, | 2 |
| Governors State
University, Illinois State University, | 3 |
| Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois | 4 |
| University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
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| Community College Board, Southern Illinois
University, | 6 |
| Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
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| Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System, | 8 |
| University Retirement
System of Illinois, and the | 9 |
| administrative officers and scientific and
technical staff | 10 |
| of the Illinois State Museum.
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| (9) All other employees except the presidents, other | 12 |
| principal
administrative officers, and teaching, research | 13 |
| and extension faculties
of the universities under the | 14 |
| jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and
the colleges and | 15 |
| universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
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| Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois | 17 |
| Community College
Board, Southern Illinois University, | 18 |
| Illinois Board of Higher Education,
Board of Governors of | 19 |
| State Colleges and Universities, the Board of
Regents, | 20 |
| University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
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| System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long | 22 |
| as these are
subject to the provisions of the State | 23 |
| Universities Civil Service Act.
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| (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to | 25 |
| the merit
provisions of the State Police Act.
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| (11) The scientific staff of the State Scientific | 27 |
| Surveys and the
Waste Management and Research
Center.
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| (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the | 29 |
| Department of
Transportation, the Department of Nuclear | 30 |
| Safety, the Pollution Control
Board, and the Illinois | 31 |
| Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
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| staff providing architectural and engineering services in | 33 |
| the Department of
Central Management Services.
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| (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway | 35 |
| Authority.
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| (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers' |
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| Compensation Commission.
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| (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the | 3 |
| Director of
Insurance under authority of Section 202 of the | 4 |
| Illinois Insurance Code
to assist the Director of Insurance | 5 |
| in discharging his responsibilities
relating to the | 6 |
| rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and
dissolution | 7 |
| of companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
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| Illinois Insurance Code.
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| (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area | 10 |
| Airport
Authority.
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| (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois | 12 |
| State Board of
Investment.
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| (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult | 14 |
| Conservation Corps program,
administered by the Illinois | 15 |
| Department of Natural Resources, authorized
grantee under | 16 |
| Title VIII of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act | 17 |
| of 1973, 29 USC 993.
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| (18.5) Employees of the Youth and Young Adult | 19 |
| Conservation Employment program administered by the | 20 |
| Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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| (18.6) Employees of the Illinois Conservation Corps | 22 |
| program established under the Illinois Conservation Corps | 23 |
| Act and administered by the Illinois Department of Natural | 24 |
| Resources.
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| (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of | 26 |
| Agriculture for the
operation of the Illinois State Fair | 27 |
| and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one
person receiving more | 28 |
| than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
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| (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the | 30 |
| Department of Natural
Resources' Illinois Conservation | 31 |
| Service, a youth
employment program that hires young people | 32 |
| to work in State parks for a period
of one year or less.
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| (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights | 34 |
| Commission.
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| (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and | 36 |
| Science Academy.
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| (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
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| Airport Authority.
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| (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive | 4 |
| Ethics
Commission.
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| (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including | 6 |
| special Executive
Inspectors General, and employees of | 7 |
| each Office of an
Executive Inspector General.
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| (26) The commissioners and employees of the | 9 |
| Legislative Ethics
Commission.
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| (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including | 11 |
| special Legislative
Inspectors General, and employees of | 12 |
| the Office of
the Legislative Inspector General.
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| (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and | 14 |
| employees of the Office
of the Auditor General's Inspector | 15 |
| General.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 93-721, eff. 1-1-05; | 17 |
| revised 10-14-04.)
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| Section 95. The Department of Natural Resources | 19 |
| (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 20 |
| is amended by changing Section 805-30 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 805/805-30) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a38)
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| Sec. 805-30. Youth and Young Adult Conservation Employment | 23 |
| Program
Illinois Conservation Corps ; Illinois Youth Recreation | 24 |
| Corps. The Department has the power to administer the Youth and | 25 |
| Young Adult Conservation Employment Program
Illinois
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| Conservation Corps
Program and the Illinois Youth Recreation | 27 |
| Corps Program created by the Illinois
Youth and Young Adult | 28 |
| Employment Act of 1986 and to promulgate rules and
regulations | 29 |
| for the
administration of the programs.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Section 100. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 32 |
| Section 8h as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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| Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | 3 |
| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding | 4 |
| any other
State law to the contrary, the Governor
may, through | 5 |
| June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and | 6 |
| Comptroller to transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by | 7 |
| the State Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to | 8 |
| help defray the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. | 9 |
| The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any
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| fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the | 11 |
| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | 12 |
| or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% | 13 |
| of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year | 14 |
| 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final | 15 |
| balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State | 16 |
| Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts | 17 |
| determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act | 18 |
| 93-839 to the funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may | 19 |
| be made from a fund under this Section that would have the
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| effect of reducing the available balance in the fund to an | 21 |
| amount less than
the amount remaining unexpended and unreserved | 22 |
| from the total appropriation
from that fund estimated to be | 23 |
| expended for that fiscal year. This Section does not apply to | 24 |
| any
funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific use, | 25 |
| to any funds in
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Hospital Provider | 26 |
| Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, or the Reviewing Court | 27 |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, or the Illinois | 28 |
| Conservation Corps Fund, or to any
funds to which subsection | 29 |
| (f) of Section 20-40 of the Nursing and Advanced Practice | 30 |
| Nursing Act applies. Notwithstanding any
other provision of | 31 |
| this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under | 32 |
| this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction | 33 |
| Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the | 34 |
| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | 35 |
| or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal | 36 |
| year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be |
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| transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State | 2 |
| Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information | 3 |
| Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the | 4 |
| Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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| In determining the available balance in a fund, the | 6 |
| Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | 7 |
| other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that | 8 |
| fiscal year.
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| The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | 10 |
| amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | 11 |
| practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | 12 |
| Governor.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to any fund established | 14 |
| under the Community Senior Services and Resources Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674, | 16 |
| eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04; | 17 |
| 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; 93-1067, eff. | 18 |
| 1-15-05.)
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| Section 105. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | 20 |
| changing Section 14-103.05 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
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| Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
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| (a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary
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| for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant
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| issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department | 26 |
| and drawn
by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, | 27 |
| including an elected
official described in subparagraph (d) of | 28 |
| Section 14-104, shall become
an employee for purpose of | 29 |
| membership in the Retirement System on the
first day of such | 30 |
| employment.
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| A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and | 32 |
| prior to January
1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition | 33 |
| of employment and shall begin
making contributions as of the | 34 |
| first day of employment.
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| A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984 | 2 |
| shall, upon completion
of 6 months of continuous service which | 3 |
| is not interrupted by a break of more
than 2 months, become a | 4 |
| member as a condition of employment. Contributions
shall begin | 5 |
| the first of the month after completion of the qualifying | 6 |
| period.
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| The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not | 8 |
| applicable to: (1)
a person who has been granted credit for | 9 |
| service in a position covered by
the State Universities | 10 |
| Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System
of the State | 11 |
| of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the
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| Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has | 13 |
| been forfeited
under the laws of those systems; (2) a person | 14 |
| entering service on or
after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered | 15 |
| position; or (3) a person to whom Section
14-108.2a or | 16 |
| 14-108.2b applies.
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| (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
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| (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons | 19 |
| electing to become
members of the General Assembly | 20 |
| Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
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| (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of | 22 |
| the people;
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| (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any | 24 |
| person
appointed by the Governor with the advice and | 25 |
| consent
of the Senate unless that person elects to | 26 |
| participate in this system;
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| (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics | 28 |
| commission created under the State Officials and Employees | 29 |
| Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this | 30 |
| system with respect to that service as a commissioner;
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| (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any | 32 |
| of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General, | 33 |
| Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the | 34 |
| Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive | 35 |
| Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of | 36 |
| the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether |
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| he or she is in active service on or after July 8, 2004 | 2 |
| (the effective date of Public Act 93-685), unless that | 3 |
| person elects to participate in this System with respect to | 4 |
| that service; in this item (3.2), a "part-time employee" is | 5 |
| a person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per | 6 |
| week; | 7 |
| (3.3) any person who has made an election under Section | 8 |
| 1-123 and who is serving either as legal counsel in the | 9 |
| Office of the Governor or as Chief Deputy Attorney General;
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| (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or | 11 |
| 14-108.2c, any person
who is covered or eligible to be | 12 |
| covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of
the State of | 13 |
| Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the | 14 |
| Judges
Retirement System of Illinois;
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| (5) an employee of a municipality or any other | 16 |
| political subdivision
of the State;
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| (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30, | 18 |
| 1979 as a
public service employment program participant | 19 |
| under the Federal
Comprehensive Employment and Training | 20 |
| Act and whose wages or fringe
benefits are paid in whole or | 21 |
| in part by funds provided under such Act;
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| (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation | 23 |
| Corps program,
administered by the Department of Natural | 24 |
| Resources, authorized grantee
pursuant to Title VIII of the | 25 |
| "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of
1973", 29 USC | 26 |
| 993, as now or hereafter amended;
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| (7.5) enrollees of the Youth and Young Adult | 28 |
| Conservation Employment program administered by the | 29 |
| Department of Natural Resources;
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| (7.6) employees of the Illinois Conservation Corps | 31 |
| program established under the Illinois Conservation Corps | 32 |
| Act and
administered by the Department of Natural | 33 |
| Resources;
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| (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs | 35 |
| administered by the
Department of Natural Resources under | 36 |
| the Youth
Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
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| (9) any person who is a member of any professional | 2 |
| licensing or
disciplinary board created under an Act | 3 |
| administered by the Department of
Professional Regulation | 4 |
| or a successor agency or created or re-created
after the | 5 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who | 6 |
| receives
per diem compensation rather than a salary, | 7 |
| notwithstanding that such per diem
compensation is paid by | 8 |
| warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such
persons | 9 |
| have never been included in the membership of this System, | 10 |
| and this
amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not | 11 |
| intended to effect any change in
the status of such | 12 |
| persons;
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| (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health | 14 |
| Care Cost
Containment Council, and receives per diem | 15 |
| compensation rather than a
salary, notwithstanding that | 16 |
| such per diem compensation is paid by warrant
issued | 17 |
| pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been | 18 |
| included
in the membership of this System, and this | 19 |
| amendatory Act of 1987 is not
intended to effect any change | 20 |
| in the status of such persons;
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| (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas | 22 |
| Board created by
Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas | 23 |
| Act, and receives per diem
compensation rather than a | 24 |
| salary, notwithstanding that such per diem
compensation is | 25 |
| paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; or
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| (12) a person employed by the State Board of Higher | 27 |
| Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network | 28 |
| as of June 30, 2004, who remains continuously employed | 29 |
| after that date by the Department of Central Management | 30 |
| Services in a position with the Illinois Century Network | 31 |
| and participates in the Article 15 system with respect to | 32 |
| that employment.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01; 93-685, eff. 7-8-04; 93-839, | 34 |
| eff. 7-30-04; 93-1069, eff. 1-15-05.)
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| Section 110. The Illinois Youth and Young Adult Employment |
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| Act of 1986 is amended by changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:
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| (525 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 2552)
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| Sec. 2. Declaration of Intent. The General Assembly finds | 4 |
| that the
level of unemployment among the youths of this State, | 5 |
| particularly those
age 16 through 18, and young adults, age 18 | 6 |
| through 25, is unsatisfactory.
This situation is not conducive | 7 |
| to
the development
of the youth and young adults of Illinois as | 8 |
| the future of the State. The
General Assembly further finds
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| that the availability of recreational programs for youth in | 10 |
| parks and
recreational facilities operated
by the State, by | 11 |
| units of local government, and by other local
not-for-profit | 12 |
| entities is severely limited,
decreasing the variety of | 13 |
| constructive activities available to the children of
this State | 14 |
| during those months when they are not in school. The
General | 15 |
| Assembly therefore creates the Illinois Youth and Young Adult | 16 |
| Employment Act
to establish (a) the Youth and Young Adult | 17 |
| Conservation Employment Program
Illinois Conservation Corps to
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| provide temporary summer employment for youth and year around | 19 |
| employment
for young adults of this State for the purpose
of | 20 |
| rehabilitation, protection and enhancement of the State's | 21 |
| public land
and (b) the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps to | 22 |
| provide temporary
summer employment for the youth of this State | 23 |
| for the purpose of
administering and operating recreational | 24 |
| programs for youth at parks or
recreational facilities
operated | 25 |
| by the State, units of local government or other local | 26 |
| not-for-profit entities.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-1430.)
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| (525 ILCS 50/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 2557)
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| Sec. 7. Youth and Young Adult Conservation Employment | 30 |
| Program
Illinois Conservation Corps . With respect to the
Youth | 31 |
| and Young Adult Conservation Employment Program
Illinois | 32 |
| Conservation Corps program :
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| (a) Enrollment.
The Illinois Conservation Corps Youth | 34 |
| Component shall be limited to
citizens of this State who at the |
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| time of enrollment are 16 through 18
years of age inclusive and | 2 |
| who are unemployed. The Illinois Conservation
Corps Young Adult | 3 |
| Component shall be limited to citizens of this State who
at the | 4 |
| time of enrollment are 18 through 25 years of age inclusive and | 5 |
| who
are unemployed.
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| The Department shall make public notification of the | 7 |
| availability of jobs
for eligible youths and young adults in | 8 |
| the Youth and Young Adult Conservation Employment Program
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| Illinois Conservation Corps by the means of
newspapers, | 10 |
| electronic media, educational facilities, units of local
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| government and the Department of Employment Security offices.
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| The Department shall promulgate reasonable rules | 13 |
| pertaining to
application for jobs with the Youth and Young | 14 |
| Adult Conservation Employment Program
Illinois Conservation | 15 |
| Corps .
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| Any applicant who knowingly and purposely provides | 17 |
| wrongful information
regarding age, employment or educational | 18 |
| records shall be deemed ineligible to
participate in the | 19 |
| program. Any applicant who successfully gains
employment in the | 20 |
| program and is later proven to have falsified his or her
| 21 |
| application shall be dismissed immediately from the program.
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| (b) Terms of Employment.
The enrollment period for any | 23 |
| successful
applicant of the Illinois Conservation Corps Youth | 24 |
| Component shall not be
longer than 60 working days during the | 25 |
| months of June, July and August.
Once enrolled in the program, | 26 |
| each enrollee shall receive
at least the
standard minimum wage | 27 |
| as set by the State of Illinois and shall work
normal working | 28 |
| hours as determined by the Department. The enrollees shall
not | 29 |
| be classified as employees of the State for purposes of | 30 |
| contributions
to the State Employees' Retirement System or any | 31 |
| other public employment
retirement system of the State.
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| (c) Permissible Activities. The Director shall designate | 33 |
| suitable projects in
which enrollees of the program shall | 34 |
| participate. No project designated
for enrollee participation | 35 |
| shall result in the displacement of individuals
currently | 36 |
| employed or positions currently existing, either directly or
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| under contract with any private
contractor, by the Department | 2 |
| through the reduction of overtime or nonovertime
hours, wages | 3 |
| or employment benefits.
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| Projects so designated by the Director shall be for the | 5 |
| purpose of
enhancing public lands owned or leased by the | 6 |
| Department.
Such projects shall include improving the habitat | 7 |
| of fauna and flora;
improving utilization of recreation | 8 |
| facilities by the public; improving
water quality; and any | 9 |
| other project deemed by the Department to improve
the | 10 |
| environmental,
economic and recreational quality of the State | 11 |
| owned or leased lands.
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| All projects designated for activity by the Director shall | 13 |
| be within a
reasonable commuting time for each enrollee. To the | 14 |
| extent possible, the
Director shall designate areas where a | 15 |
| pool of enrollees may work. In no
circumstance shall enrollees | 16 |
| be required to spend more than 1 1/2 hours of
commuting time to | 17 |
| a project or a designated area; provided, an enrollee, or
an | 18 |
| enrollee who is a minor with the express concurrence of his | 19 |
| parent or
guardian, may agree to spend more
than 1 1/2 hours of | 20 |
| commuting time to a project or a designated area.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-1430.)
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| Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 23 |
| Section
5.640 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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| Sec. 5.640. The Illinois Conservation Corps Fund.
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| Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 27 |
| becoming law.
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