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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5201 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/13-2.5 |
| 10 ILCS 5/14-4.5 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that an employer may not require an employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave time to serve as an election judge. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5201 | | LRB097 14488 HLH 59343 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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