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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5843
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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330 ILCS 50/1 |
from Ch. 48, par. 186a |
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Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change
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a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment
Representative.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5843 |
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LRB093 17465 RXD 43131 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to veterans.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Representative Act is |
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| amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 186a)
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| Sec. 1. Veteran services; representative. Each full |
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| service office of
the Job Service
shall assign at least one |
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| full time Veterans' Employment Representative,
defined by |
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| title and classification under the Personnel Code of Illinois,
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| to work exclusively in job counseling, training, and placement |
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| of veterans.
Preference for these positions shall be given to |
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| qualified persons who
have been members of the armed forces of |
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| the United States in times of
hostilities with a foreign |
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| country. Any candidate for these positions
shall be deemed to |
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| have met and satisfied examination admission
requirements if |
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| the candidate served in the armed forces
during times
of |
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| hostilities with a foreign country and was honorably discharged
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| therefrom due to a combat-related disability. The holder of
one |
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| of these positions
such a position shall be administratively
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| responsible to
the local office manager, and his or her first |
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| line responsibility is
functional
supervision of all local |
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| office services to veterans. He or she may also
be delegated
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| line supervision of veteran units, assistant local veterans' |
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| employment
representative, or veteran aid. Individualized |
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| veterans'
services such as application taking, counseling, job |
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| referral, or training
will continue to be provided to veterans |
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| on a priority basis by all local
office staff.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
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