103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c20 ILCS 801/1-50 new Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code. LRB103 27009 RLC 53376 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c20 ILCS 801/1-50 new 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c 20 ILCS 801/1-50 new Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code. LRB103 27009 RLC 53376 b LRB103 27009 RLC 53376 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c20 ILCS 801/1-50 new 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c 20 ILCS 801/1-50 new
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20 ILCS 801/1-50 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
5 Section 4c as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
7 Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
8 State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
9 unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this
10 Act:
11 (1) All officers elected by the people.
12 (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
13 Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
14 State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
15 Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
16 (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,
17 and notaries public.
18 (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
19 Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
20 officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative
21 Reference Bureau and the Legislative Printing Unit.
22 (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and
23 Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2725 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c20 ILCS 801/1-50 new 20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c 20 ILCS 801/1-50 new
20 ILCS 415/4c from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c
20 ILCS 801/1-50 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for hiring its employees. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources may permit local administrators of Department properties and State parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural Resources as to their suitability for employment with the Department. Amends the Personnel Code. Exempts Department of Natural Resources positions from personnel jurisdictions A, B, and C under the Code.
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1 in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and
2 paid from State funds.
3 (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
4 mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
5 (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
6 the Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the
7 Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members of boards
8 and commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
9 Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
10 (8) The presidents, other principal administrative
11 officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties
12 of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
13 Governors State University, Illinois State University,
14 Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
15 University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
16 Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
17 Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
18 Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System,
19 University Retirement System of Illinois, and the
20 administrative officers and scientific and technical staff
21 of the Illinois State Museum.
22 (9) All other employees except the presidents, other
23 principal administrative officers, and teaching, research
24 and extension faculties of the universities under the
25 jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and
26 universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
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1 Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
2 Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
3 Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
4 State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
5 University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
6 System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long
7 as these are subject to the provisions of the State
8 Universities Civil Service Act.
9 (10) The Illinois State Police so long as they are
10 subject to the merit provisions of the Illinois State
11 Police Act. Employees of the Illinois State Police Merit
12 Board are subject to the provisions of this Code.
13 (11) (Blank).
14 (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
15 Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
16 Safety, the Pollution Control Board, and the Illinois
17 Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
18 staff providing architectural and engineering services in
19 the Department of Central Management Services.
20 (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway
21 Authority.
22 (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers'
23 Compensation Commission.
24 (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
25 Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of
26 the Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of
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1 Insurance in discharging his responsibilities relating to
2 the rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and
3 dissolution of companies that are subject to the
4 jurisdiction of the Illinois Insurance Code.
5 (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
6 Airport Authority.
7 (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
8 State Board of Investment.
9 (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult
10 Conservation Corps program, administered by the Illinois
11 Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
12 Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training
13 Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 993.
14 (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of
15 Agriculture for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
16 and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving more
17 than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
18 (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
19 Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
20 Service, a youth employment program that hires young
21 people to work in State parks for a period of one year or
22 less.
23 (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
24 Commission.
25 (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
26 Science Academy.
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1 (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
2 Airport Authority.
3 (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive
4 Ethics Commission.
5 (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including
6 special Executive Inspectors General, and employees of
7 each Office of an Executive Inspector General.
8 (26) The commissioners and employees of the
9 Legislative Ethics Commission.
10 (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including
11 special Legislative Inspectors General, and employees of
12 the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
13 (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and
14 employees of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector
15 General.
16 (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency.
17 (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced
18 skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical
19 expertise who are employed within executive branch
20 agencies and whose duties are directly related to the
21 submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial
22 information for the publication of the annual
23 comprehensive financial report.
24 (31) All employees of the Illinois Sentencing Policy
25 Advisory Council.
26 (32) All employees of the Department of Natural
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1 Resources.
2 (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-291, eff. 8-6-21;
3 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-783, eff. 5-13-22; 102-813, eff.
4 5-13-22.)
5 Section 10. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
6 amended by adding Section 1-50 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 801/1-50 new)
8 Sec. 1-50. Department of Natural Resources; hiring of
9 employees. Notwithstanding any provision of the Personnel Code
10 to the contrary, the Department of Natural Resources shall, by
11 administrative rule, establish a process and criteria for
12 hiring its employees. The Director of Natural Resources may
13 permit local administrators of Department properties and State
14 parks to conduct interviews of prospective Department
15 employees and make recommendations to the Director of Natural
16 Resources as to their suitability for employment with the
17 Department.
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