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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | (15 ILCS 310/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 112)
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| 7 | Sec. 12.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), employees | ||||||
| 9 | Employees of the Office of the Secretary of State - election
to | ||||||
| 10 | public office - leave of absence - re-entry of service. Any | ||||||
| 11 | person holding
a position in the Office of the Secretary of | ||||||
| 12 | State, who is elected to public
office, shall, upon request, be | ||||||
| 13 | granted a leave of absence, without pay,
from such position. | ||||||
| 14 | The leave of absence shall continue so long as he or she | ||||||
| 15 | remains
an elected officer or for a period of 5 years, | ||||||
| 16 | whichever is shorter. and for a period of 30 calendar days | ||||||
| 17 | thereafter.
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| 18 | If such person files a written request with the Director of | ||||||
| 19 | Personnel to
re-enter active service with the Office of the | ||||||
| 20 | Secretary of State within
the such 30 day period following the | ||||||
| 21 | termination of his or her leave of absence he or she may shall | ||||||
| 22 | be reinstated to his or her former position or a position
of | ||||||
| 23 | comparable duties, responsibilities, and pay. The Office of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Secretary of State shall, by mail, notify an employee on leave | ||||||
| 2 | of absence under this Section on the effective date of this | ||||||
| 3 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly of the leave of | ||||||
| 4 | absence change.
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| 5 | (b) Employees on leave of absence under this Section on the | ||||||
| 6 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | ||||||
| 7 | Assembly are subject to the following conditions: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) An employee whose leave of absence has not exceeded | ||||||
| 9 | 5 years shall be subject to the requirements of subsection | ||||||
| 10 | (a) of this Section. | ||||||
| 11 | (2) An employee whose leave of absence has exceeded 5 | ||||||
| 12 | years shall not be barred from re-entering active service | ||||||
| 13 | by the 5 year limit under subsection (a) of this Section if | ||||||
| 14 | the employee files a written request to re-enter active | ||||||
| 15 | service as required under subsection (a) of this Section | ||||||
| 16 | within 30 days of the date that the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 17 | mailed the notice to the employee as required under | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (a) of this Section. The Secretary of State may | ||||||
| 19 | reinstate the employee as provided in subsection (a) of | ||||||
| 20 | this Section. | ||||||
| 21 | (Source: P.A. 80-13.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law. | ||||||