Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 310 — Secretary of State Merit Employment Code.

Title

Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code, and shall apply to employment within the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 80-13.)

Purpose

Purpose. The purpose of the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is to establish for the Office of the Secretary of State a system of personnel administration based upon merit principles and scientific methods. (Source: P.A. 80-13.)

Definitions

Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: "Commission". The Merit Commission created by this Act. "Department". Department of Personnel-Secretary of State. "Director". Director of the Department of Personnel…

Organization

Organization. There is created in the Office of the Secretary of State: (a) a Department of Personnel, headed by a Director, which shall be a division of the Office of the Secretary of State with primary responsibility for personnel transactions; and (b) a Merit Commission. (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-422, ef…

Jurisdictions; exemptions

Jurisdictions; exemptions. All offices and positions of employment in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be subject to this Act unless specifically exempted herein. (Source: P.A. 80-13.)

Definition of jurisdictions

Definition of jurisdictions. There are created 3 separate areas of jurisdiction of the Department, as follows: (1) Jurisdiction A, with respect to the classification and compensation of positions in the Office of the Secretary of State. (2) Jurisdiction B, with respect to the positions in the Office of the Secretary of…

General exemptions

General exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C, unless such jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this Act; (1) The Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State and the Assistant Secretary of State. (2) The personal secreta…

Partial exemptions

Partial exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Secretary of State are exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C to the extent stated for each unless these jurisdictions are extended as provided in this Act: (1) Special agents selected by the Inspector General appointed pursuant to Section 14 of the Secreta…

Extension of jurisdiction B to unskilled positions

Extension of jurisdiction B to unskilled positions. The Director of Personnel may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, extend jurisdiction B to any unskilled position or positions, the principal job requirement of which is good physical condition. Employees in positions to which jurisdiction B is extended purs…

Director - appointment - qualifications

Director - appointment - qualifications. The Department of Personnel shall have an officer at its head who shall be known as Director of Personnel. He shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. The Director of Personnel shall be a person who shall have had practical working experience in the field of personnel admin…

Director - powers and duties

Director - powers and duties. The Director shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To apply and carry out this law and the rules adopted hereunder. (2) To attend meetings of the Commission. (3) To establish and maintain a roster of all employees subject to this Act, in which there shall be set forth,…

Certification of payrolls

Certification of payrolls. On or after the effective date of this Act, no State disbursing or auditing officer shall make or approve or take part in making or approving any payment for personal service to any person holding a position in the Office of the Secretary of State subject to this Act with the exception of tho…

Powers

Powers. In addition to the duties imposed elsewhere in this Act, the Merit Commission may: (1) advise the Secretary of State and the Director of Personnel on problems concerning personnel administration. (2) Obtain from the Director of the Department of Personnel and from the Merit Commission such reports as it may con…

Merit Commission

Merit Commission. There shall be a Merit Commission for the Office of the Secretary of State, composed of 5 members appointed by the Secretary of State with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members of the Commission shall be persons in sympathy with the application of merit principles to public employment in t…

Terms, compensation

Terms, compensation. Members of the Merit Commission shall be initially appointed as follows: (1) One member to serve for 2 years and until his successor is appointed; (2) One member to serve for 4 years and until his successor is appointed; and (3) One member to serve for 6 years and until his successor is appointed.…

Meetings

Meetings. The Merit Commission shall meet periodically in accordance with a schedule established by the chairman and at such other times as necessary, upon a three-day written notice. Three members shall constitute a quorum. (Source: P.A. 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)

Duties and powers of the Commission

Duties and powers of the Commission. The Merit Commission, in addition to any other duties prescribed in this Act, shall have the following duties and powers: (1) Upon written recommendations by the Director of Personnel, to exempt from jurisdiction B of this Act positions which, in the judgment of the Commission, are…

Hearings - disciplinary action

Hearings - disciplinary action. No certified officer or employee under jurisdiction B, relating to merit and fitness, who has been appointed under the rules and after examination, shall be removed, discharged or demoted, or suspended for a period of more than 30 calendar days, except for cause, upon written charges app…

Hearings - transaction used as subterfuge for discharge

Hearings - transaction used as subterfuge for discharge. A certified employee who believes that he or she has been separated from employment in the Office of the Secretary of State by a personnel transaction used as a subterfuge for discharge may, within 15 calendar days after the final decision of the Director of Pers…

Administrative review

Administrative review. All final administrative decisions of the Merit Commission shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as heretofore or hereafter amended. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Source…

Every employee reinstated for the period for which he was improperly suspended, discharged or laid off shall receive full compensation for such period notwithstanding the fact that any person was employed to perform any duties of such employee during the time of such suspension, discharge or layoff. For purposes of thi…

Rules

Rules. The Director of Personnel shall prepare and submit to the Merit Commission proposed rules for all positions and employees subject to this Act. Such rules or any part thereof shall have the force and effect of law. Copies of all such rules, and of all changes therein, duly certified by the Director of Personnel,…

Jurisdiction A - classification and pay

Jurisdiction A - classification and pay. For positions in the Office of the Secretary of State with respect to the classification and pay: (1) For the preparation, maintenance, and revision by the Director, subject to approval by the Commission, of a position classification plan for all positions subject to this Act, b…

Jurisdiction B - merit and fitness

Jurisdiction B - merit and fitness. For positions in the Office of the Secretary of State with respect to selection and tenure on a basis of merit and fitness, those matters specified in Sections 10b.1 through 10b.17. (Source: P.A. 80-13.)

Competitive examinations

Competitive examinations. (a) For open competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions. Tests shall be designed to eliminate those who are not qualified for entrance into the Office of the Secretary of State and to discover the relative fitness of those who are qualified…