Veterans Affairs Committee
Filed: 2/26/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4660
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4660 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 29 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 3605/29) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 329)
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7 | Sec. 29. If the Authority acquires a transportation system | ||||||
8 | in operation by
a public utility, all of the employees in the | ||||||
9 | operating and maintenance
divisions of such public utility and | ||||||
10 | all other employees except executive
and administrative | ||||||
11 | officers and employees, shall be transferred to and
appointed | ||||||
12 | as employees of the Authority, subject to all rights and | ||||||
13 | benefits
of this Act, and these employees shall be given | ||||||
14 | seniority credit in
accordance with the records and labor | ||||||
15 | agreements of the public utility.
Employees who left the employ | ||||||
16 | of such a public utility to enter the
military service of the | ||||||
17 | United States shall have the same rights as to the
Authority, | ||||||
18 | under the provisions of the " Service Member's
Men's Employment | ||||||
19 | Tenure
Act ", approved July 17, 1941, as they would have had | ||||||
20 | thereunder as to
such public utility. After such acquisition | ||||||
21 | the authority shall be required
to extend to such former | ||||||
22 | employees of such public utility only the rights
and benefits | ||||||
23 | as to pensions and retirement as are accorded other employees
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24 | of the Authority.
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1 | (Source: Laws 1963, p. 152.)
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2 | Section 10. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | ||||||
3 | by changing Section 3.5 as follows:
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4 | (70 ILCS 3610/3.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353.5)
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5 | Sec. 3.5. If the district acquires a mass transit facility, | ||||||
6 | all of the
employees in such mass transit
facility shall be | ||||||
7 | transferred to and appointed as employees
of the district, | ||||||
8 | subject to all rights and benefits of this Act, and these
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9 | employees shall be given seniority credit in accordance with | ||||||
10 | the records
and labor agreements of the mass transit facility. | ||||||
11 | Employees who left the
employ of such a mass transit facility | ||||||
12 | to enter the military service of the
United States shall have | ||||||
13 | the same rights as to the district, under the
provisions of the | ||||||
14 | " Service Member's
Men's Employment Tenure Act ", approved July | ||||||
15 | 17,
1941, as they would have had thereunder as to such mass | ||||||
16 | transit facility.
After such acquisition the district shall be | ||||||
17 | required to extend to such
former employees of such mass | ||||||
18 | transit facility only the rights and benefits
as to pensions | ||||||
19 | and retirement as are accorded other employees of the
district.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04.)
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21 | Section 15. The Service Men's Employment Tenure Act is | ||||||
22 | amended by changing Sections 1 and 6 as follows:
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23 | (330 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 29)
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24 | Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act shall be known and may be | ||||||
25 | cited as the Service Member's
Men's Employment Tenure Act.
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26 | (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1202 .)
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27 | (330 ILCS 60/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)
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28 | Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's | ||||||
29 | remedies.
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1 | (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a | ||||||
2 | business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 | ||||||
3 | and not more than $10,000.
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4 | (b) In case any employer fails or refuses to comply with
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5 | this Act, the circuit court of the county in which such private | ||||||
6 | employer
maintains a place of business, or of the county where | ||||||
7 | such State employee
performs most of his duties, has power, | ||||||
8 | upon the filing of a complaint
by the person entitled to
the | ||||||
9 | benefits of this Act, to specifically require such employer to | ||||||
10 | comply
with this Act and to compensate such person for any loss | ||||||
11 | of wages or
benefits suffered by reason of such employer's | ||||||
12 | unlawful action, together
with a reasonable attorney's fees and | ||||||
13 | costs
fee . No fees or court costs shall be taxed
against any | ||||||
14 | person applying for the benefits of this Act.
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15 | The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference | ||||||
16 | to the hearing
and disposition of such cases over other matters | ||||||
17 | then pending before it.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 79-1359; 79-1365.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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