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Public Act 92-0726
SB1571 Enrolled LRB9212592ACsb
AN ACT in relation to water reclamation districts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act is amended by changing Sections 4.7, 4.11 and 9.6a as
follows:
(70 ILCS 2605/4.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7)
Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said
classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy
chief engineer, assistant chief engineers, deputy attorney,
head assistant attorneys, assistant director of research and
development, assistant director of information technology,
comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent
and laborers, shall be subjected to examination, which shall
be public and competitive with limitations specified in the
rules of the Director as to residence, age, sex, health,
habits, moral character and qualifications to perform the
duties of the office or place to be filled, which
qualifications shall be prescribed in advance of such
examination. Such examinations shall be practical in their
character, and shall relate to those matters which will
fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to
discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be
appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications
and health and when appropriate, of manual skill. No
question in any examination shall relate to political or
religious opinions or affiliations. The Director shall
control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is
to take place, designate a suitable number of persons to be
special examiners and it shall be the duty of such special
examiners to conduct such examinations as the Director may
direct, and to make return and report thereof to him; and he
may at any time substitute any other person in the place of
any one so selected; and he may himself, at any time, act as
such special examiner, and without appointing other special
examiners. The Director shall, by rule, provide for and
shall hold sufficient number of examinations to provide a
sufficient number of eligibles on the register for each grade
of position in the classified civil service, and if any place
in the classified civil service shall become vacant, to which
there is no person eligible for appointment, he shall hold an
examination for such position and repeat the same, if
necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years,
except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain
in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for
student programs and entry level engineering positions which,
in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one
year.
Examinations for an eligible list for each position in
the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least
once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs
and entry level engineering positions if the Director has
limited the duration of the registers for those positions to
one year, unless the Director determines that such
examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists.
To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary
district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant
who desires to take a civil service examination provided for
by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the
corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees
shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district.
(Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95; 90-781, eff. 8-14-98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.11)
Sec. 4.11. Whenever a position classified under this Act
is to be filled, except the positions of deputy chief
engineer, assistant chief engineers, deputy attorney, head
assistant attorneys, assistant director of research and
development, assistant director of information technology,
comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant purchasing agent
and laborers, the appointing officer shall make requisition
upon the Director, and the Director shall certify to him from
the register of eligibles for the position the names and
addresses (a) of the five candidates standing highest upon
the register of eligibles for the position, or (b) of the
candidates within the highest ranking group upon the register
of eligibles if the register is by categories such as
excellent, well qualified, and qualified, provided, however,
that any certification shall consist of at least 5 names, if
available. The Director shall certify names from succeeding
categories in the order of excellence of the categories until
at least 5 names are provided to the appointing officer. The
appointing officer shall notify the Director of each position
to be filled separately and shall fill the position by
appointment of one of the persons certified to him by the
Director. Appointments shall be on probation for a period
to be fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year. At any
time during the period of probation, the appointing officer
with the approval of the Director may discharge a person so
certified and shall forthwith notify the civil service board
in writing of this discharge. If a person is not discharged,
his appointment shall be deemed complete.
When there is no eligible list, the appointing officer
may, with the authority of the Director, make a temporary
appointment to remain in force only until a permanent
appointment from an eligible register or list can be made in
the manner specified in the previous provisions of this
Section, and examinations to supply an eligible list therefor
shall be held and an eligible list established therefrom
within one year from the making of such appointment. In
employment of an essentially temporary and transitory nature,
the appointing officer may, with the authority of the
Director of Personnel make temporary appointments to fill a
vacancy. No temporary appointment of an essentially
temporary and transitory nature may be granted for a period
of more than 120 days and is not subject to renewal. The
Director must include in his annual report, and if required
by the commissioners, in any special report, a statement of
all temporary authorities granted during the year or period
specified by the commissioners, together with a statement of
the facts in each case because of which the authority was
granted.
The acceptance or refusal by an eligible person of a
temporary appointment does not affect his standing on the
register for permanent appointment.
All laborers shall be appointed by the General
Superintendent and shall be on probation for a period to be
fixed by the rules, not exceeding one year.
The deputy chief engineer, the assistant chief engineers,
deputy attorney, head assistant attorneys, assistant director
of research and development, assistant director of
information technology, comptroller, assistant treasurer, and
assistant purchasing agent shall be appointed by the General
Superintendent upon the recommendation of the respective
department head and shall be on probation for a period to be
fixed by the rules, not exceeding two years. At any time
during the period of probation, the General Superintendent on
the recommendation of the department head concerned, may
discharge a person so appointed and he shall forthwith notify
the Civil Service Board in writing of such discharge. If a
person is not so discharged, his appointment shall be deemed
complete under the laws governing the classified civil
service.
(Source: P.A. 90-781, eff. 8-14-98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/9.6a) (from Ch. 42, par. 328.6a)
Sec. 9.6a. The corporate authorities of a sanitary
district, in order to provide funds required for the
replacing, remodeling, completing, altering, constructing and
enlarging of sewage treatment works or flood control
facilities, and additions therefor, pumping stations,
tunnels, conduits, intercepting sewers and outlet sewers,
together with the equipment, including air pollution
equipment, and appurtenances thereto, to acquire property,
real, personal or mixed, necessary for said purposes, for
costs and expenses for the acquisition of the sites and
rights-of-way necessary thereto, and for engineering expenses
for designing and supervising the construction of such works,
may issue on or before December 31, 2016 2006, in addition to
all other obligations heretofore or herein authorized, bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness for such purposes in
an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed
3.35% of the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
property within the sanitary district, to be ascertained by
the last assessment for State and local taxes previous to the
issuance of any such obligations. Such obligations shall be
issued without submitting the question of such issuance to
the legal voters of such sanitary district for approval.
The corporate authorities may sell such obligations at
private or public sale and enter into any contract or
agreement necessary, appropriate or incidental to the
exercise of the powers granted by this Act, including,
without limitation, contracts or agreements for the sale and
purchase of such obligations and the payment of costs and
expenses incident thereto. The corporate authorities may pay
such costs and expenses, in whole or in part, from the
corporate fund.
Such obligations shall be issued from time to time only
in amounts as may be required for such purposes but the
amount of such obligations issued during any one budget year
shall not exceed $100,000,000 plus the amount of any
obligations authorized by this Act to be issued during the 3
budget years next preceding the year of issuance but which
were not issued, provided, however, that this limitation
shall not be applicable to the issuance of obligations to
refund bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, nor
to obligations issued to provide for the repayment of money
received from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for
the construction or repair of wastewater treatment works.
Each ordinance authorizing the issuance of the obligations
shall state the general purpose or purposes for which they
are to be issued, and the corporate authorities may at any
time thereafter pass supplemental appropriations ordinances
appropriating the proceeds from the sale of such obligations
for such purposes.
The corporate authorities may issue bonds, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness in an amount necessary to provide
funds to refund outstanding obligations issued pursuant to
this Section, including interest accrued or to accrue
thereon.
(Source: P.A. 90-510, eff. 1-1-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2002.
Approved July 25, 2002.
Effective July 25, 2002.
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