Full Text of SB1333 96th General Assembly
SB1333 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1333
Introduced 2/10/2009, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 325/1 |
from Ch. 129, par. 501 |
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Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Requires that a full-time employee of the State, a unit of local government, or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Illinois State Militia must be given a leave of absence for any training or duty required by the U.S. Armed Forces not otherwise covered by the Act. If the employee's military pay for that training or duty is less than his or her compensation from the public employer, requires that during the leave the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay.
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 129, par. 501)
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| Sec. 1. Leave of absence.
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| (a) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit | 9 |
| of local
government, or a school district, other than an | 10 |
| independent
contractor, who is a member of any reserve
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| component of the United States Armed Forces or of any reserve | 12 |
| component
of the Illinois State Militia, shall be granted leave | 13 |
| from his or her
public employment
for any period actively spent | 14 |
| in military
service, including:
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| (1) basic training;
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| (2) special or advanced training, whether or not within | 17 |
| the State, and
whether or not voluntary; and
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| (3) annual training ; and .
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| (4) any other training or duty required by the United | 20 |
| States Armed Forces. | 21 |
| During these leaves, the employee's seniority
and other | 22 |
| benefits shall continue
to accrue.
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| During leaves for annual training, the employee shall |
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| continue to receive
his or her regular compensation as a public | 2 |
| employee.
During leaves for basic training , for and up to 60 | 3 |
| days of special or advanced
training, and for any other | 4 |
| training or duty required by the United States Armed Forces, if | 5 |
| the employee's compensation for military activities
is less
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| than his or her compensation as a public employee, he or
she | 7 |
| shall receive his or her regular
compensation as a public | 8 |
| employee minus the amount of his or
her base pay for military
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| activities.
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| (b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, other | 11 |
| than an
independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois | 12 |
| National Guard or a
reserve component of the United States | 13 |
| Armed Forces or the Illinois State
Militia and who is mobilized | 14 |
| to active duty shall continue during the period of
active duty | 15 |
| to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a | 16 |
| State
employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military | 17 |
| active duty base pay.
The
Department of Central Management | 18 |
| Services and the State
Comptroller shall coordinate in the | 19 |
| development of procedures for the
implementation of this | 20 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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