AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 8-9a of the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code [15 ILCS 310].
SOURCE: Filed September 15, 1977; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 17496, effective January 1, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 1988, effective February 10, 1984; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 15000; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 6285, effective April 15, 1987; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 12801, effective July 14, 2011; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 436, effective December 18, 2014; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 5820, effective March 17, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment to emergency rule at 44 Ill. Reg. 6630, effective April 9, 2020, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency rule effective March 17, 2020, as amended April 9, 2020, repealed at 44 Ill. Reg. 11585, effective June 30, 2020; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 11878, effective June 30, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 17710, effective October 21, 2020.