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| Public Act 103-0304 | ||||
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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 5. The State Employment Records Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 410/5)
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Sec. 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly hereby
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finds as follows:
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(a) Efficient, responsive, and accountable disbursement of | ||||
State
services is best facilitated by a diversified State work | ||||
force which
reflects the diversity of the tax-paying | ||||
constituency the State work force
is employed to serve.
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(b) The purpose of this Act is to require and develop | ||||
within
existing State administrative processes a comprehensive | ||||
procedure to
collect, classify, maintain, and publish, for | ||||
State and public use,
information that provides the General | ||||
Assembly and the People of this State
with adequate | ||||
information of the number of minorities, women, persons who | ||||
identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and persons | ||||
with physical disabilities employed by State government within | ||||
the State work force.
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(c) To provide State officials, administrators and the | ||||
People
of the State with information to help guide efforts to | ||||
achieve a more
diversified State work force, the total number | ||
of persons employed within
the State work force shall be | ||
tabulated in a comprehensive manner to
provide meaningful | ||
review of the number and percentage of minorities, women,
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persons who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, | ||
and persons with physical disabilities employed as part of the | ||
State work force.
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(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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(5 ILCS 410/15)
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Sec. 15. Reported information.
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(a) State agencies shall, if necessary, consult with the | ||
Office of the
Comptroller and the
Governor's Office of | ||
Management and Budget to confirm the accuracy of information
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required by this Act. State agencies shall collect and | ||
maintain information
and publish reports including but not | ||
limited to the following information
arranged in the indicated | ||
categories:
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(i) the total number of persons employed by the agency | ||
who are part of
the State work force, as defined by this | ||
Act, and the number and statistical
percentage of women, | ||
minorities, persons who identify as non-binary or gender | ||
non-conforming, and persons with physical disabilities | ||
employed
within the agency work force;
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(ii) the total number of persons employed within the | ||
agency work force
receiving levels of State remuneration | ||
within incremental levels of
$10,000, and the number and | ||
statistical percentage of minorities, women, persons who | ||
identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
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persons with physical disabilities in the agency work | ||
force receiving levels of
State remuneration within | ||
incremented levels of $10,000;
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(iii) the number of open positions of employment or | ||
advancement in the
agency work force, reported on a fiscal | ||
year basis;
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(iv) the number and percentage of open positions of | ||
employment or
advancement in the agency work force filled | ||
by minorities, women, persons who identify as non-binary | ||
or gender non-conforming, and
persons with physical | ||
disabilities, reported on a fiscal year basis;
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(v) the total number of persons employed within the | ||
agency work force
as professionals, and the number and | ||
percentage of minorities, women, persons who identify as | ||
non-binary or gender non-conforming, and
persons with | ||
physical disabilities employed within the agency work | ||
force as
professional employees; and
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(vi) the total number of persons employed within the | ||
agency work force
as contractual service employees, and | ||
the number and percentage of minorities,
women, persons | ||
who identify as non-binary or gender non-conforming, and | ||
persons with physical disabilities employed within the | ||
agency work force as
contractual services employees.
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(b) The numbers and percentages of minorities required to | ||
be reported by
this Section shall be identified by the | ||
following categories: | ||
(1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | ||
origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | ||
America, including Central America, and who maintains | ||
tribal affiliation or community attachment). | ||
(2) Asian (a person having origins in any of the | ||
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | ||
Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | ||
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | ||
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | ||
(3) Black or African American (a person having origins | ||
in any of the black racial groups of Africa). | ||
(4) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | ||
Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | ||
culture or origin, regardless of race). | ||
(5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a | ||
person having origins in any of the original peoples of | ||
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands). | ||
Data concerning women and persons who identify as | ||
non-binary or gender non-conforming shall be
reported on a | ||
minority and nonminority basis.
The numbers and percentages of | ||
persons with physical disabilities required to be
reported | ||
under this Section shall be identified by categories as man, | ||
woman, and persons who identify as non-binary or gender | ||
non-conforming male and
female.
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(c) To accomplish consistent and uniform classification | ||
and collection of
information from each State agency, and to | ||
ensure full compliance and that all
required information is | ||
provided, the Index Department of the Office of the
Secretary | ||
of State, in consultation with the Department of Human Rights, | ||
the
Department of Central Management Services, and the Office | ||
of the Comptroller,
shall develop appropriate forms to be used | ||
by all State agencies subject to the
reporting requirements of | ||
this Act.
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All State agencies shall make the reports required by this | ||
Act using the
forms developed under this subsection. The | ||
reports must be certified and
signed by an official of the | ||
agency who is responsible for the information
provided.
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(Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2025.
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