15 ILCS 410/1
Title
Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Comptroller Merit Employment Code, and shall apply to employment within the Office of the Comptroller of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 80-1397.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 410 — Comptroller Merit Employment Code.
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Purpose
Purpose. The purpose of the Comptroller Merit Employment Code is to establish for the Office of the Comptroller a system of personnel administration based upon merit principles and scientific methods. (Source: P.A. 80-1397.)
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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 Human Resources of the Office of the Comptroller. "Director". Director of the Dep…
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Organization
Organization. There is created in the Office of the Comptroller: (a) a Department of Human Resources, headed by a Director, which shall be a department of the Office of the Comptroller with primary responsibility for personnel transactions; and (b) a Merit Commission. (Source: P.A. 90-24, eff. 6-20-97.)
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Jurisdictions; exemptions
Jurisdictions; exemptions. All offices and positions of employment in the Office of the Comptroller shall be subject to this Act unless specifically exempted herein. (Source: P.A. 80-1397.)
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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 Comptroller. (2) Jurisdiction B, with respect to the positions in the Office of the Comptroller to whic…
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General exemptions
General exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Comptroller shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B and C, unless such jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this Act; (1) The Comptroller and Deputy Comptrollers. (2) The personal secretaries and administrative assistants to the Comptroller and…
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Partial exemptions
Partial exemptions. The following positions in the Office of the Comptroller 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) The Merit Commission, upon written recommendation of the Director, shall exempt from jurisdiction B oth…
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Director - appointment - qualifications
Director - appointment - qualifications. The Department of Human Resources shall have an officer at its head who shall be known as the Director. He or she shall be appointed by the Comptroller. The Director shall be a person who shall have had practical working experience in the field of personnel administration. The d…
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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,…
15 ILCS 410/6b
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 Comptroller subject to this Act with the exception of those exem…
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Merit Commission
Merit Commission. There shall be a Merit Commission for the Office of the Comptroller, composed of 3 members appointed by the Comptroller, by and 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 the Off…
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Terms, compensation
Terms, compensation. Members of the Merit Commission shall be initially appointed as follows: (1) One member to serve until the third Monday of January, 1980, and until his successor is appointed; and (2) One member to serve until the third Monday of January, 1982, and until his successor is appointed; and (3) One memb…
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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. Two members shall constitute a quorum. (Source: P.A. 80-1397.)
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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 to exempt from jurisdiction B of this Act positions which, in the judgment of the Commission, are by their natur…
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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…
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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 Comptroller by a personnel transaction used as a subterfuge for discharge may, within 15 calendar days after the final decision of the Director on the transac…
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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…
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Rules
Rules. The Director 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, shall be filed in the Offi…
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Jurisdiction A - classification and pay
Jurisdiction A - classification and pay. For positions in the Office of the Comptroller 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, based upo…
15 ILCS 410/10b
Jurisdiction B - merit and fitness
Jurisdiction B - merit and fitness. For positions in the Office of the Comptroller 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. 80-1397.)
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Competitive examinations
Competitive examinations. 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 Comptroller and to discover the relative fitness of those who are qualified. The Direc…
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Promotions
Promotions. For promotions which shall give consideration to the applicant's qualifications and performance record, seniority and conduct. An advancement in rank or grade to a vacant position constitutes a promotion. (Source: P.A. 80-1397.)
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Eligible lists
Eligible lists. For the establishment of eligible lists for appointment to positions in the Office of the Comptroller upon which lists shall be placed the names of successful candidates in order of their relative excellence in the respective examinations. The Director may establish eligible lists by numerical ratings o…
15 ILCS 410/10b.4
Rejection of candidates or eligibles
Rejection of candidates or eligibles. For the rejection of candidates or eligibles who fail to comply with reasonable, previously specified job requirements of the Director in regard to such factors as physical and psychological condition, training and experience; who have been guilty of infamous or disgraceful conduct…
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