Public Act 097-0580
 
HB2095 EnrolledLRB097 07727 KTG 47838 b



    AN ACT concerning veterans.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:








 
    Section 5. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act is 
amended  by changing Section 6 and by adding Section 8 as 
follows:
 



    (330 ILCS 60/6)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)



    Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's 
remedies.

    (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a Class 
A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum business offense 
punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 and a maximum fine 
of not more than $10,000.

    (b) In case any employer fails or refuses to comply with

this Act, the circuit court of the county in which such private 
employer
maintains a place of business, or of the county where 
such State employee
performs most of his duties, has power, 
upon the filing of a complaint
by the person entitled to
the 
benefits of this Act, to specifically require such employer to 
comply
with this Act and to compensate such person for any loss 
of wages or
benefits suffered by reason of such employer's 
unlawful action, together
with reasonable attorney's fees and 
costs.  No fees or court costs shall be taxed
against any person 
applying for the benefits of this Act.

    The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference 
to the hearing
and disposition of such cases over other matters 
then pending before it.

(Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)

 
    (330 ILCS 60/8  new)
    Sec. 8. Attorney General; employer list. The Attorney 
General shall establish and maintain a statewide list of 
employers who have been convicted of violating this Act. The 
Attorney General shall make the information in the list 
available to the public on its official web site and by any 
other means the Attorney General deems appropriate.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.