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Public Act 096-1341 | ||||
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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 | ||||
African American Employment Plan Act. | ||||
Section 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(a) improve the delivery of State services to Illinois' | ||||
African Americans by increasing the number of African American | ||||
State employees and the number of African American State | ||||
employees serving in supervisory, technical, professional, and | ||||
managerial positions; | ||||
(b) identify State agencies' staffing needs and | ||||
qualification requirements; | ||||
(c) track hiring practices and promotions of African | ||||
Americans employed by State agencies; | ||||
(d) increase the number of African Americans employed by | ||||
State agencies; | ||||
(e) increase the number of African American State employees | ||||
who are promoted; | ||||
(f) assist State agencies to meet their goals established | ||||
pursuant to the African American Employment Plan; and | ||||
(g) establish the African American Employment Plan |
Advisory Council.
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Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||
"Department" means the Department of Central Management | ||
Services. | ||
"State agency" or "agency", whether used in the singular or | ||
plural, means all departments, officers, commissions, boards, | ||
institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the State. | ||
The term, however, does not mean the judicial branch, | ||
including, without limitation, the several courts of the State, | ||
the offices of the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks of | ||
the appellate court, and the Administrative Office of the | ||
Illinois Courts, nor does it mean the legislature or its | ||
committees or commissions.
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Section 15. African American Employment Plan.
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(a) The Department shall develop and implement plans to | ||
increase the number of African Americans employed by State | ||
agencies and the number of African Americans employed by State | ||
agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and | ||
managerial levels.
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(b) The Department shall prepare and revise annually an | ||
African American Employment Plan in consultation with | ||
individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject | ||
and with the African American Employment Plan Advisory Council. | ||
The Department shall report to the General Assembly by February |
1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2011, each State | ||
agency's activities that implement the African American | ||
Employment Plan.
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(c) The Department shall monitor compliance with the | ||
African American Employment Plan and may assign that duty to | ||
the Department's staff or to a full-time African American | ||
employment coordinator. Nothing in this Act mandates the | ||
Department to hire additional staff. | ||
Section 20. State agency affirmative action and equal | ||
employment opportunity goals.
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(a) Each State agency shall implement strategies and | ||
programs in accordance with the African American Employment | ||
Plan to increase the number of African Americans employed by | ||
that State agency and the number of African Americans employed | ||
by that State agency at supervisory, technical, professional, | ||
and managerial levels. | ||
(b) 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 African American Employment Plan. Each | ||
agency's annual report shall include reports or information | ||
related to the agency's African American employment strategies | ||
and programs that the agency has received from the Department, | ||
the Department of Human Rights, 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 service needs based upon the agency's | ||
service populations; information on the agency's studies and | ||
monitoring success concerning the number of African Americans | ||
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 African American employment budget allocations. | ||
(c) 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, the | ||
Central Management Services Training Center, Executive | ||
Recruitment Internships, and Graduate Public Service | ||
Internships.
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Section 25. African American Employment Plan Advisory |
Council.
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(a) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||
is created, consisting of 11 members, each of whom shall be an | ||
African American subject matter expert, appointed by the | ||
Governor. | ||
(b) All members of the African American Employment Plan | ||
Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be | ||
reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | ||
funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||
(c) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||
shall examine: (1) the
prevalence and impact of African | ||
Americans employed by State government; (2) the barriers faced | ||
by African Americans who seek employment or promotional | ||
opportunities in State government; and (3) possible incentives | ||
that could be offered to foster the employment of and the | ||
promotion of African Americans in State government. | ||
(d) The Council shall meet quarterly to provide | ||
consultation to State agencies and the African American | ||
Employment Coordinator. | ||
(e) The African American Employment Plan Advisory Council | ||
shall receive
administrative support from the Department of | ||
Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of | ||
its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning | ||
with February 1, 2012.
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Section 30. Collective bargaining agreements. The rights |
of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall | ||
not be affected by this Act. | ||
Section 35. 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.
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In addition to submitting the agency work force report, | ||
each executive branch constitutional officer, each institution | ||
of higher education under the jurisdiction of the Illinois | ||
Board of Higher Education, each community college under the | ||
jurisdiction of the Illinois Community College Board, and the | ||
Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall report to the General | ||
Assembly by February 1 of each year its activities implementing |
strategies and programs, and its progress, in the hiring and | ||
promotion of Hispanics and bilingual persons at supervisory, | ||
technical, professional, and managerial levels, including | ||
assessments of bilingual service needs and information | ||
received from the Auditor General pursuant to its periodic | ||
review responsibilities. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-597, eff. 1-1-06.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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