Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 4/18/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5201 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5201 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
5Sections 13-2.5 and 14-4.5 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/13-2.5)

7    Sec. 13-2.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.

8Any person
who
is
appointed as an election judge under Section 
913-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his
or her
employer at least 20 
10days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of
work 
11for the
purpose of serving as an election judge.  An employer 
12may not penalize an
employee for
that absence other than a 
13deduction in salary for the time the employee was
absent from

14his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an 
15employee to use earned vacation time  or any form of paid leave 
16time to serve as an election judge. 

 
 
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1    This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than 
225 employees.
An employer with more than 25 employees
shall not 
3be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be 
4absent
under this Section on the same election day.



5(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/14-4.5)

7    Sec. 14-4.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.

8Any person
who
is
appointed as an election judge under Section 
913-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his
or her
employer at least 20 
10days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of
work 
11for the
purpose of serving as an election judge.  An employer 
12may not penalize an
employee for
that absence other than a 
13deduction in salary for the time the employee was
absent from

14his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an 
15employee to use earned vacation time  or any form of paid leave 
16time to serve as an election judge. 

17    This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than 
1825 employees.
An employer with more than 25 employees
shall not 
19be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be 
20absent
under this Section on the same election day.


21(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.".