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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6118
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 325/1 |
from Ch. 129, par. 501 |
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Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning a State employee's leave of absence for active military service.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6118 |
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LRB093 15530 BDD 41136 b |
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| AN ACT concerning military leave of absence.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by |
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| changing Section
1 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 129, par. 501)
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| Sec. 1. Leave of absence for military service.
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| (a) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit |
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| of local
government, or a school district, other than an |
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| independent
contractor, who is a member of any reserve
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| component of the United States Armed Forces or of any reserve |
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| component
of the Illinois State Militia, shall be granted leave |
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| from his or her
public employment
for any period actively spent |
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| in military
service, including:
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| (1) basic training;
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| (2) special or advanced training, whether or not within the |
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| State, and
whether or not voluntary; and
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| (3) annual training.
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| During these leaves, the employee's seniority
and other |
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| benefits shall continue
to accrue.
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| During leaves for annual training, the employee shall |
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| continue to receive
his or her regular compensation as a public |
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| employee.
During leaves for basic training and up to 60 days of |
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| special or advanced
training, if the employee's compensation |
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| for military activities
is less
than his or her compensation as |
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| a public employee, he or
she shall receive his or her regular
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| compensation as a public employee minus the amount of his or
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| her base pay for military
activities.
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| (b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, other |
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| than an
independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois |
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| National Guard or a
reserve component of the United States |
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| Armed Forces or the Illinois State
Militia and who is mobilized |