94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2154

 

Introduced 11/2/2005, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 335/3   from Ch. 127, par. 4053
50 ILCS 122/15

    Amends the Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act and the Local Government Disaster Service Volunteer Act. Provides that an employee of a State or local agency who is a member of a Community Emergency Response Team created under the direction of a unit of local government, or any agency thereof, may be granted leave from his or her work with pay for not more than 20 working days in any 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief services upon the request of Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the services of that employee and upon the approval of that employee's agency, without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory time, personal days, sick time or earned overtime accumulation. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public employees.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 335/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4053)
7     Sec. 3. Disaster Service Volunteer Leave.
8     (a) An employee of a State agency who is a certified
9 disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross or
10 assigned to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
11 accordance with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
12 the Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act, or other
13 applicable administrative rules may be granted leave from his
14 work with pay for not more than 20 working days in any 12-month
15 period to participate in specialized disaster relief services
16 for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois Emergency
17 Management Agency, as the case may be, upon the request of the
18 American Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
19 for the services of that employee and upon the approval of that
20 employee's agency, without loss of seniority, pay, vacation
21 time, compensatory time, personal days, sick time or earned
22 overtime accumulation.
23     (b) An employee of a State agency who is a member of a
24 Community Emergency Response Team created under the direction
25 of a unit of local government, or any agency thereof, may be
26 granted leave from his or her work with pay for not more than
27 20 working days in any 12-month period to participate in
28 specialized disaster relief services upon the request of
29 Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the services of that
30 employee and upon the approval of that employee's agency,
31 without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory
32 time, personal days, sick time or earned overtime accumulation.

 

 

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1     (c) The agency shall compensate an employee granted leave
2 under this Section at his regular rate of pay for those regular
3 work hours during which the employee is absent from his work.
4 For purposes of assessing State disaster response needs,
5 requests made pursuant to this Act for services out-of-state
6 shall be coordinated by the American Red Cross and the Illinois
7 Emergency Management Agency through the Illinois State
8 Emergency Operations Center. The Illinois Emergency Management
9 Agency may consult with the Department of Central Management
10 Services on leave issues that could impact the operations of
11 State agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction. Leave under
12 this Act shall not be unreasonably denied for services related
13 to a disaster within the United States or its territories.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-893, eff. 8-10-04.)
 
15     Section 10. The Local Government Disaster Service
16 Volunteer Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
17     (50 ILCS 122/15)
18     Sec. 15. Local government disaster service volunteer
19 leave.
20     (a) An employee of a local agency who is a certified
21 disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross or
22 assigned to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
23 accordance with the Illinois Emergency Management Act, the
24 Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act, or other
25 applicable administrative rules may be granted leave from his
26 or her work with pay for not more than 20 working days in any
27 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief
28 services for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois
29 Emergency Management Agency, as the case may be, upon the
30 request of the American Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency
31 Management Agency for the services of that employee and upon
32 the approval of that employee's agency, without loss of
33 seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory time, personal
34 days, sick time, or earned overtime accumulation.

 

 

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1     (b) An employee of a local agency who is a member of a
2 Community Emergency Response Team created under the direction
3 of a unit of local government, or any agency thereof, may be
4 granted leave from his or her work with pay for not more than
5 20 working days in any 12-month period to participate in
6 specialized disaster relief services upon the request of
7 Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the services of that
8 employee and upon the approval of that employee's agency,
9 without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory
10 time, personal days, sick time or earned overtime accumulation.
11     (c) The agency must compensate an employee granted leave
12 under this Section at his or her regular rate of pay for those
13 regular work hours during which the employee is absent from
14 work. Leave under this Act shall not be unreasonably denied for
15 services related to a disaster within the United States or its
16 territories.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-95, eff. 7-18-01; 93-893, eff. 8-10-04.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.