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| 1 | AN ACT concerning disaster service volunteers.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing
Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 335/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 4053)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. Disaster Service Volunteer Leave. An employee of a | ||||||
| 8 | State
agency who is a certified disaster service volunteer of | ||||||
| 9 | the American Red
Cross or assigned to the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 10 | Management Agency in accordance
with the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 11 | Management Act, the Emergency Management Assistance
Compact | ||||||
| 12 | Act, or other applicable administrative rules may be granted
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| 13 | leave from his work with pay for not more than 20 working
days | ||||||
| 14 | in any 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster | ||||||
| 15 | relief
services for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Emergency Management
Agency, as the case may
be, upon the | ||||||
| 17 | request of the American Red
Cross or the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 18 | Management Agency for the services of that
employee and upon
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| 19 | the approval of that
employee's agency, without loss of | ||||||
| 20 | seniority, pay, vacation time,
compensatory time, personal | ||||||
| 21 | days, sick time or earned overtime
accumulation. The agency | ||||||
| 22 | shall compensate an employee granted leave under
this Section | ||||||
| 23 | at his regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during
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| 24 | which the employee is absent from his work.
For purposes of | ||||||
| 25 | assessing State disaster response needs, requests made
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| 26 | pursuant to this Act for services out-of-state shall be | ||||||
| 27 | coordinated by the
American Red Cross and the Illinois | ||||||
| 28 | Emergency Management Agency through the
Illinois State | ||||||
| 29 | Emergency Operations Center. The Illinois Emergency Management
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| 30 | Agency may consult with the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 31 | Services on leave
issues that could impact the operations of | ||||||
| 32 | State agencies under the Governor's
jurisdiction. Leave under | ||||||
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| 1 | this Act shall not
be unreasonably denied for services related | ||||||
| 2 | to a disaster within the United
States or its territories
be
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| 3 | granted only for services related to a disaster occurring | ||||||
| 4 | within the State
of Illinois.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 87-638.)
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| 6 | Section 10. The Local Government Disaster Service | ||||||
| 7 | Volunteer Act is amended
by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 8 | (50 ILCS 122/15)
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| 9 | Sec. 15. Local government disaster service volunteer | ||||||
| 10 | leave. An employee of
a local agency who is a certified | ||||||
| 11 | disaster service volunteer of the American
Red Cross or | ||||||
| 12 | assigned to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
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| 13 | accordance with the Illinois Emergency Management Act, the | ||||||
| 14 | Emergency Management
Assistance Compact Act, or other | ||||||
| 15 | applicable administrative rules may be
granted leave from his | ||||||
| 16 | or her work with pay for not more than
20 working days in any | ||||||
| 17 | 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster
relief | ||||||
| 18 | services for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Emergency
Management Agency, as
the case may be, upon
the | ||||||
| 20 | request of the American
Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 21 | Management Agency for the services of
that employee and upon
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| 22 | the approval of that
employee's agency, without loss of | ||||||
| 23 | seniority, pay, vacation time, compensatory
time, personal | ||||||
| 24 | days, sick time, or earned overtime accumulation. The agency
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| 25 | must compensate an employee granted leave under this Section at | ||||||
| 26 | his or her
regular rate of pay for those regular work hours | ||||||
| 27 | during which the employee is
absent from work. Leave under this | ||||||
| 28 | Act shall not be unreasonably denied for
services related to a | ||||||
| 29 | disaster within the United States or its territories
may be | ||||||
| 30 | granted only for services related
to a disaster occurring | ||||||
| 31 | within the State of Illinois.
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| 32 | (Source: P.A. 92-95, eff. 7-18-01.)
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| 33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
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| 1 | 2004. | ||||||