98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4665
 
Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



20 ILCS 415/19a  from Ch. 127, par. 63b119a

     Amends the Personnel Code.  Makes changes concerning the membership of the Interagency Committee on Employees with
Disabilities.  Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 19a as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 415/19a)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b119a)



7    Sec. 19a. 
Interagency Committee on Employees with

8Disabilities.  There is created an Interagency Committee on 
9Employees with
Disabilities composed of 17 9 members as 
10follows: the Chairperson of the Civil
Service Commission, the 
11Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Director of 
12Central Management Services, the Secretary of Human Services, 
13the
Director of the Department
of Human Rights, the Director of 
14the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities, the 
15Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the State 
16Comptroller, the State Treasurer, and 7 4 State employees with 
17disabilities, appointed by and
serving at the pleasure of the 
18Governor.

19    The Director of the Department of Human Rights and the 
20Secretary of Human
Services shall serve as
co-chairpersons of 
21the Committee.  The Committee shall meet as often as it
deems 
22necessary, but in no case less than 6 times annually at the 
23call of the
co-chairpersons.  Notice shall be given to the 
 
 
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1members in writing in advance of
a scheduled meeting.

2    The purposes and functions of the Committee are: (a) to 
3provide a
forum where problems of general concern to State 
4employees with
disabilities can be raised and methods of their 
5resolution can be suggested
to the appropriate State agencies; 
6(b) to provide a
clearinghouse of information for State 
7employees with disabilities by
working with those agencies to 
8develop and retain such information; (c) to
promote affirmative 
9action efforts pertaining to the employment of
persons with 
10disabilities by State agencies; and (d) to recommend, where

11appropriate, means of strengthening the affirmative action 
12programs for
employees with disabilities in State agencies.

13    The Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities

14shall annually make
a complete report to the General Assembly 
15on the Committee's achievements
and accomplishments. Such 
16report may also include an evaluation by the
committee of the 
17effectiveness of the hiring and advancement practices in
State 
18government.

19    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of 
201995 are made
for the purpose of changing the name of the 
21Committee, and are not intended to
create a new Committee or to 
22change its existing membership or to otherwise
disqualify any 
23current member of the Committee from continued membership

24thereon in accordance with the terms of this Section or the 
25member's
appointment.

26(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 
 
 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.