95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0923


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. James T. Meeks - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













330 ILCS 50/1
  from Ch. 48, par. 186a







    Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change
in
a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment
Representative.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning 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
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

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such a position shall be administratively responsible to
the 
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local office manager, and his or her first line responsibility 
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is
functional
supervision of all local office services to 
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veterans.  He or she may also
be delegated
line supervision of 
 


 






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veteran units, assistant local veterans' employment

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representative, or veteran aid.  Individualized veterans'

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services such as application taking, counseling, job referral, 
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or training
will continue to be provided to veterans on a 
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priority basis by all local
office staff.
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(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)