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| | HB3459 Engrossed | | LRB097 10941 HLH 51511 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Sections 13-2.5 and 14-4.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-2.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 13-2.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.
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| 8 | | Any person
who
is
appointed as an election judge under Section |
| 9 | | 13-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his
or her
employer at least 20 |
| 10 | | days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of
work |
| 11 | | for the
purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer |
| 12 | | may not penalize an
employee for
that absence other than a |
| 13 | | deduction in salary for the time the employee was
absent from
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| 14 | | his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an |
| 15 | | employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave |
| 16 | | time to serve as an election judge.
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| 17 | | This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than |
| 18 | | 25 employees.
An employer with more than 25 employees
shall not |
| 19 | | be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be |
| 20 | | absent
under this Section on the same election day.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/14-4.5)
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