Public Act 094-0597
 
SB2043 Enrolled LRB094 10334 AJO 40604 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Employment Records Act is amended by
changing Section 20 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 410/20)
    Sec. 20. Reports. State agencies shall collect, classify,
maintain, and report all information required by this Act on a
fiscal year basis. Agencies shall file, as public information
and by January 1, 1993 and each year thereafter, a copy of all
reports required by this Act with the Office of the Secretary
of State, and shall submit an annual report to the Governor.
     Each agency's annual report shall include a description of
the agency's activities in implementing the State Hispanic
Employment Plan and the bilingual employment plan in accordance
with the reporting requirements developed by the Department of
Central Management Services pursuant to Section 405-125 of the
Civil Administrative Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-1211.)
 
    Section 10. The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
changing Sections 405-120 and 405-125 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 405/405-120)  (was 20 ILCS 405/67.29)
    Sec. 405-120. Hispanic and bilingual employees. The
Department shall develop and implement plans to increase the
number of Hispanics employed by State government and the number
of bilingual persons employed in State government at
supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels.
    The Department shall prepare and revise annually a State
Hispanic Employment Plan in consultation with individuals and
organizations informed on this subject. The Department shall
report to the General Assembly by February 1 of each year each
State agency's activities in implementing the State Hispanic
Employment Plan.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    (20 ILCS 405/405-125)  (was 20 ILCS 405/67.31)
    Sec. 405-125. State agency affirmative action and equal
employment opportunity goals. Each State agency shall
implement strategies and programs in accordance with the State
Hispanic Employment Plan to increase the number of Hispanics
employed by the State and the number of bilingual persons
employed by the State at supervisory, technical, professional,
and managerial levels. Each State agency shall report annually
to the Department and the Department of Human Rights, in a
format prescribed by the Department, all of the agency's
activities in implementing the State Hispanic Employment Plan.
Each agency's annual report shall include reports or
information related to the agency's Hispanic and bilingual
employment strategies and programs that the agency has received
from the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Department of
Central Management Services, or the Auditor General, pursuant
to their periodic review responsibilities; findings made by the
Governor in his or her report to the General Assembly;
assessments of bilingual service needs based upon the agency's
service populations; information on the agency's studies and
monitoring success concerning the number of Hispanics and
bilingual persons employed by the agency at the supervisory,
technical, professional, and managerial levels and any
increases in those categories from the prior year; and
information concerning the agency's Hispanic and bilingual
employment budget allocations. The Department shall assist
State agencies required to establish preparation and promotion
training programs under subsection (H) of Section 7-105 of the
Illinois Human Rights Act for failure to meet their affirmative
action and equal employment opportunity goals. The Department
shall survey State agencies to identify effective existing
training programs and shall serve as a resource to other State
agencies. The Department shall assist agencies in the
development and modification of training programs to enable
them to meet their affirmative action and equal employment
opportunity goals and shall provide information regarding
other existing training and educational resources, such as the
Upward Mobility Program, the Illinois Institute for Training
and Development, and the Central Management Services Training
Center, Executive Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public
Service Internships.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)