PERSONNEL CD-MERIT STANDARD, the official text

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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 8b as follows:

6   (20 ILCS 415/8b) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b)

7   Sec. 8b. Jurisdiction B - Merit and fitness.

8   (a) For positions in the State service subject to the

9 jurisdiction of the Department of Central Management Services

10 with respect to selection and tenure on the basis of merit and

11 fitness, those matters specified in this Section and Sections

12 8b.1 through 8b.20 8b.17.

13  (b) Application, testing and hiring procedures for all

14 State employment vacancies for positions not exempt under

15 Section 4c shall be reduced to writing and made available to

16 the public via the Department's website or equivalent. All

17 vacant positions subject to Jurisdiction B shall be posted.

18 Vacant positions shall be posted on the Department's website

19 in such a way that potential job candidates can easily

20 identify and apply for job openings and identify the county in

21 which the vacancy is located. Vacant positions shall be

22 updated at least weekly.

23  (c) If a position experiences a vacancy rate that is
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1 greater than or equal to 10%, that position shall be posted

2 until the vacancy rate is less than 10%.

3   (d) Unless prohibited by federal law, the administration

4 of the following federal programs (and anything they may be

5 subsequently named) shall continue to be conducted by

6 employees subject to this code:

7         (1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

8 formerly known as Food Stamps;

9         (2) Employment Security (Unemployment Insurance and

10 Employment Services);

11        (3) Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance for the

12 Aged;

13        (4) Aid to Families with Dependent Children;

14        (5) Grants to States for Aid to the Blind;

15        (6) Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and

16 Totally Disabled;

17        (7) Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or

18 Disabled;

19        (8) Medical Assistance (Medicaid);

20        (9) State and Community Programs on Aging (Older

21 Americans);

22        (10) Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption

23 Assistance;

24        (11) Occupational Safety and Health Standards;

25        (12) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics;

26        (13) Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and
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1 Emergency Relief Act; and

2       (14) any State administration of the Social Security

3 Act.

4 (Source: P.A. 103-108, eff. 6-27-23.)

5  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

6 becoming law.