Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Unions
CMS filed gubernatorial designation of exclusion petition, seeking to exclude from collective bargaining nine director positions in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel properly found these positions did not qualify for such designation under Section 6.1(a) of Labor Act, because employing agencies were not directly responsible to the Governor. Under plain language of relevant statutes, ICC, Workers' Compensation Commission, and Pollution Control Board, are not state agencies that directly report to Governor, and thus Governor cannot invoke Section 6.1 to designate positions in those agencies for exclusion from collective bargaining and self-representation. (HOLDER WHITE and APPLETON, concurring.)