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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1814
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1814 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 3. The Local Government Disaster Service
5 Volunteer Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 122/15)
7 Sec. 15. Local government disaster service volunteer
8 leave. An employee of a local 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 Act, the
12 Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act, or other
13 applicable administrative rules may be granted leave from his
14 or her work with pay for not more than 20 working days in any
15 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief
16 services for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois
17 Emergency Management Agency, as the case may be, upon the
18 request of the American Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency
19 Management Agency for the services of that employee and upon
20 the approval of that employee's agency, without loss of
21 seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory time, personal
22 days, sick time, or earned overtime accumulation. The agency
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1 must compensate an employee granted leave under this Section
2 at his or her regular rate of pay for those regular work
3 hours during which the employee is absent from work. Leave
4 under this Act shall not be unreasonably denied for services
5 related to a disaster within the United States or its
6 territories may be granted only for services related to a
7 disaster occurring within the State of Illinois.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-95, eff. 7-18-01.)
9 (50 ILCS 122/5 rep.)
10 Section 4. The Local Government Disaster Service
11 Volunteer Act is amended by repealing Section 5.".