093_HB1032

 
                                     LRB093 05544 DRJ 05636 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to State employees.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  State  Employee Indemnification Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 350/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 1304)
 7        Sec. 4.  Reimbursement  to  former  State  employees.   A
 8    former  State employee who is a defendant or a witness in any
 9    civil proceeding covered under this Act shall be entitled  to
10    reimbursement   for   travel   expenses,  per  diem,  and  an
11    attendance fee for each day the  Attorney  General  certifies
12    that  the  former employee is reasonably required to spend in
13    the defense of the such proceeding.  Reimbursement for travel
14    expenses and per diem shall be at the rate allowed  to  State
15    employees  while  on  official  business  for the State.  The
16    attendance fee shall be the amount of wages or  other  income
17    actually lost by the former employee on account of time spent
18    in the defense of the proceeding such proceedings.
19    (Source: P.A. 84-1431; 84-1438.)