Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 1305/80-20. Transfer of personnel

(a) Personnel employed by the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, or the Department of Rehabilitation Services on June 30, 1997 are transferred to the Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), personnel employed by any other predecessor agency on June 30, 1997 to perform duties pertaining to one or more functions transferred to the Department of Human Services under this Act are transferred to the Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.

(c) In the case of a person employed by a predecessor agency (other than the predecessor agencies governed by subsection (a) of this Section) to perform both duties pertaining to a function transferred to the Department of Human Services under this Act and duties pertaining to a function retained by the predecessor agency, the Secretary, in consultation with the director of the predecessor agency, shall determine whether to transfer the employee to the Department of Human Services; until this determination has been made, the transfer shall not take effect.

(d) The rights of State employees, the State, and its agencies under the Personnel Code  1 and applicable collective bargaining agreements and retirement plans are not affected by this Act.