Full Text of SB0275 97th General Assembly
SB0275sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 3/26/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 275
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 275 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-715 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-715 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-715. Expedited licensure for service members and | 8 | | spouses. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "service member" means any person who, | 10 | | at the time of application under this Section, is an active | 11 | | duty member of the United States Armed Forces or any reserve | 12 | | component of the United States Armed Forces or the National | 13 | | Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United | 14 | | States or the District of Columbia or whose active duty service | 15 | | concluded within the preceding 2 years before application. | 16 | | In this Section, "spouse" includes any party to a civil |
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| 1 | | union under the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil | 2 | | Union Act. | 3 | | (b) Each director of a department that issues an | 4 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 5 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 6 | | license to a service member who meets the requirements under | 7 | | this Section. The temporary occupational or professional | 8 | | license shall be valid for 6 months after the date of issuance | 9 | | or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a license is | 10 | | issued in accordance with rules adopted by the department | 11 | | issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No temporary | 12 | | occupational or professional license shall be renewed. The | 13 | | service member shall apply to the department on forms provided | 14 | | by the department. An application must include proof that: | 15 | | (1) the applicant is a service member; | 16 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 17 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 18 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 19 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 20 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 21 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 22 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 23 | | this State; | 24 | | (3) the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this | 25 | | State or has established legal residence in this State; | 26 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has |
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| 1 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 2 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 3 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 4 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 5 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 6 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 7 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 8 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 9 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 10 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 11 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 12 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 13 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 14 | | Code of Illinois; | 15 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 16 | | licensure; and | 17 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 18 | | not be refundable. | 19 | | (c) Each director of a department that issues an | 20 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 21 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 22 | | license to the spouse of a service member who meets the | 23 | | requirements under this Section. The temporary occupational or | 24 | | professional license shall be valid for 6 months after the date | 25 | | of issuance or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a | 26 | | license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by the |
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| 1 | | department issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No | 2 | | temporary occupational or professional license shall be | 3 | | renewed. The spouse of a service member shall apply to the | 4 | | department on forms provided by the department. An application | 5 | | must include proof that: | 6 | | (1) the applicant is the spouse of a service member; | 7 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 8 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 9 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 10 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 11 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 12 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 13 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 14 | | this State; | 15 | | (3) the applicant's spouse is assigned to a duty | 16 | | station in this State or has established legal residence in | 17 | | this State; | 18 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 19 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 20 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 21 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 22 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 23 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 24 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 25 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 26 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history |
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| 1 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 2 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 3 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 4 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 5 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 6 | | Code of Illinois; | 7 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 8 | | licensure; and | 9 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 10 | | not be refundable. | 11 | | (d) All relevant experience of a service member in the | 12 | | discharge of official duties, including full-time and | 13 | | part-time experience, shall be credited in the calculation of | 14 | | any years of practice in an occupation or profession as may be | 15 | | required under any applicable occupational or professional | 16 | | licensing Act. All relevant training provided by the military | 17 | | and completed by a service member shall be credited to that | 18 | | service member as meeting any training or education requirement | 19 | | under any applicable occupational or professional licensing | 20 | | Act, provided that the training or education is determined by | 21 | | the department to be substantially equivalent to that required | 22 | | under any applicable Act and is not otherwise contrary to any | 23 | | other licensure requirement. | 24 | | (e) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 25 | | implementation and administration of this Section and shall by | 26 | | rule provide for fees for the administration of this Section. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by adding | 2 | | Section 5 as follows: | 3 | | (20 ILCS 2905/5 new) | 4 | | Sec. 5. Expedited temporary licensure for service members | 5 | | and spouses. | 6 | | (a) In this Section, "service member" means any person who | 7 | | serves or has served in the United States Armed Forces or any | 8 | | reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the | 9 | | National Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory of the | 10 | | United States or the District of Columbia. | 11 | | (b) The State Fire Marshal is authorized to and shall issue | 12 | | an expedited temporary occupational or professional license to | 13 | | a service member who meets the application requirements under | 14 | | this Section. The temporary occupational or professional | 15 | | license shall be valid until a license is granted or until a | 16 | | notice to deny a license is issued in accordance with rules | 17 | | adopted by the department issuing the license. The service | 18 | | member shall apply to the Office in the format prescribed by | 19 | | the Office. An application must include proof that: | 20 | | (1) the applicant is a service member; | 21 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license for the | 22 | | occupation or profession issued by another state, | 23 | | commonwealth, possession, or territory of the United | 24 | | States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 2 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 3 | | substantially equivalent to the
standards for licensure of | 4 | | this State; | 5 | | (3) the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this | 6 | | State or has established legal residence in this State; and | 7 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 8 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 9 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 10 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 11 | | the license. | 12 | | (c) The State Fire Marshal is authorized to and shall issue | 13 | | an expedited temporary occupational or professional license to | 14 | | the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the | 15 | | United States who meets the application requirements under this | 16 | | Section. The temporary occupational or professional license | 17 | | shall be valid until a license is granted or until a notice to | 18 | | deny a license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by | 19 | | the department issuing the license. The active duty member | 20 | | spouse shall apply to the Office in the format prescribed by | 21 | | the Office. An application must include proof that: | 22 | | (1) the applicant is married to a service member; | 23 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license for the | 24 | | occupation or profession issued by another state, | 25 | | commonwealth, possession, or territory of the United | 26 | | States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 2 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 3 | | substantially equivalent to the
standards for licensure of | 4 | | this State; | 5 | | (3) the applicant's spouse is assigned to a duty | 6 | | station in this State or has established legal residence in | 7 | | this State; and | 8 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 9 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 10 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 11 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 12 | | the license. | 13 | | (d) The Office may adopt any rules necessary for the | 14 | | implementation and administration of this Section. | 15 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 16 | | 21-11.1 as follows:
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
| 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2013)
| 19 | | Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent qualifications. | 20 | | An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold a teacher's | 21 | | certificate
or license under the laws of another state or | 22 | | territory of the United
States may be granted a corresponding | 23 | | teacher's certificate in Illinois
on the written authorization | 24 | | of the State Board of Education
and the State Teacher |
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| 1 | | Certification Board upon the following conditions:
| 2 | | (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age, is | 3 | | of good
character, of good health, and a citizen of the | 4 | | United States or
legally present and authorized for | 5 | | employment;
and
| 6 | | (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's | 7 | | certificate in the
particular state or territory were, at | 8 | | the date of issuance of the
certificate, substantially | 9 | | equal to the requirements in force at the time
the | 10 | | application is made for the certificate in this State.
| 11 | | After January 1, 1988, unless the applicant is a service | 12 | | member or the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed | 13 | | Forces of the United States, in addition to satisfying the | 14 | | foregoing
conditions and requirements, an applicant for a | 15 | | corresponding teaching
certificate in Illinois also shall be | 16 | | required to pass the examinations
required under the provisions | 17 | | of
Section 21-1a as directed by the State Board of Education. | 18 | | For the purposes of this Section, "service member" means any | 19 | | person who serves or has served in the United States Armed | 20 | | Forces or any reserve component of the United States Armed | 21 | | Forces or the National Guard of any state, commonwealth, or | 22 | | territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.
| 23 | | In determining good character under this Section, any | 24 | | felony
conviction of the applicant may be taken into | 25 | | consideration, but the
conviction shall not operate as a bar to | 26 | | registration.
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| 1 | | The State Board of Education in consultation with the State | 2 | | Teacher
Certification Board shall prescribe rules and | 3 | | regulations establishing the
similarity of certificates in | 4 | | other states and the standards for
determining the equivalence | 5 | | of requirements.
| 6 | | This Section is repealed on June 30, 2013. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)".
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