Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 4/20/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2465

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2465 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Local Governmental Employees Political
5 Rights Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 135/12)
7     Sec. 12. Elective and appointed office.
8     (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a A
9 member of any fire department, or fire protection district,
10 police department, or sheriff's department may:
11         (1) be a candidate for elective public office and serve
12     in that public office if elected;
13         (2) be appointed to any public office and serve in that
14     public office if appointed; and
15         (3) as long as the member is not in uniform and not on
16     duty, solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters

 

 

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1     for the public office for which the member is a candidate.
2     (b) A firefighter, police officer, or sheriff's deputy who
3 is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, upon written
4 application to the employer, be granted a leave of absence
5 without compensation during his or her term of office.
6     (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a
7 police officer or sheriff's deputy is elected or appointed to
8 elective public office in the political subdivision that
9 employs the police officer or sheriff's deputy, then he or she
10 may not vote on any collective bargaining agreement that covers
11 the official as an employee of the political subdivision. When
12 an elected official may take official action on a matter as to
13 which he or she has a conflict situation created by his or her
14 employment by the political subdivision, he or she should
15 consider the possibility of eliminating the interest creating
16 the conflict situation. If eliminating the interest is not
17 feasible, then he or she should consider the possibility of
18 abstaining from such official action. If he or she abstains or
19 takes official action on a matter, he or she should disclose
20 that conflict situation to his or her respective body; in such
21 decisions, the official should serve the public interest. No
22 police officer or sheriff's deputy may serve, in his or her
23 capacity as an public official, as a member of a civil service
24 or merit commission responsible for personnel decisions in the
25 police or sheriff's department that employs the police officer
26 or sheriff's deputy.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 94-316, eff. 7-25-05; 95-142, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".