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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 229
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 229, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5-44010 and by adding Section 5-44060 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (55 ILCS 5/5-44010) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 5-44010. Applicability. The powers and authorities | ||||||
| 9 | provided by this Division 5-44 apply to McHenry County, Lake | ||||||
| 10 | County, and DuPage County only to counties with a population of | ||||||
| 11 | more than 900,000 and less than 3,000,000 that are contiguous | ||||||
| 12 | to a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 and units | ||||||
| 13 | of local government within such counties.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 98-126, eff. 8-2-13.) | ||||||
| 15 | (55 ILCS 5/5-44060 new) | ||||||
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| 1 | Sec. 5-44060. Rights of former employees. On the effective | ||||||
| 2 | date of dissolution, the employees of the former unit of local | ||||||
| 3 | government shall be transferred to the governmental unit | ||||||
| 4 | assuming the functions of the former unit of local government. | ||||||
| 5 | The status and rights of employees represented by an exclusive | ||||||
| 6 | bargaining representative shall not be affected by the | ||||||
| 7 | consolidation or this amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||||
| 8 | Assembly. Obligations assumed by the government unit assuming | ||||||
| 9 | the functions of the former governmental unit shall include the | ||||||
| 10 | obligation to honor existing representation rights under the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and any existing collective | ||||||
| 12 | bargaining agreements. The rights of employees under any | ||||||
| 13 | existing pension, retirement, or annuity plan shall not be | ||||||
| 14 | affected by the consolidation or this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 15 | 99th General Assembly.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.".
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