HB3135ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 3/24/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3135

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3135, on page 1, line 5, after "5-44020", by inserting "and by adding Section 5-44043"; and

on page 2, immediately below line 13, by inserting the following:

"(55 ILCS 5/5-44043 new)

Sec. 5-44043. Rights and obligations of employees.

(a) The status and rights of employees represented by an exclusive bargaining representative shall not be affected by the dissolution of a unit of local government under this Division, except that this subsection does not apply in DuPage, Lake, and McHenry Counties for actions taken before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.

(b) Obligations of the dissolving unit of local government assumed by the trustee-in-dissolution, county, or governing body of a special service area include the obligation to honor representation rights under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and any collective bargaining agreements existing on the date of dissolution of the unit of local government.

(c) The rights of employees under any pensions, retirement plans, or annuity plans existing on the date of dissolution of the unit of local government are not affected by the dissolution of a unit of local government under this Division.".