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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1337
Introduced 02/09/05, by Rep. Larry McKeon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/17-15 |
from Ch. 46, par. 17-15 |
30 ILCS 805/8.29 new |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires that an employer pay an employee during the leave the employer must give the employee to vote. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB1337 |
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LRB094 04973 JAM 35003 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 17-15 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/17-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-15)
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| Sec. 17-15. Any person entitled to vote at a general or |
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| special election or
at any election at which propositions are |
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| submitted to a popular vote in
this State, shall, on the day of |
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| such election, be entitled to absent
himself from any services |
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| or employment in which he is then engaged or
employed, for a |
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| period of 2 hours between the time of opening and closing
the |
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| polls; and such voter shall not because of so absenting himself |
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| be
liable to any penalty; Provided, however, that application |
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| for such leave
of absence shall be made prior to the day of |
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| election. The employer may
specify the hours during which said |
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| employee may absent himself as
aforesaid. No person or |
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| corporation shall refuse to an employee the
privilege hereby |
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| conferred, nor shall subject an employee to a penalty
because |
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| of the exercise of such privilege, nor shall directly or |
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| indirectly
violate the provisions of this section.
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| An employer shall pay an employee who absences himself or |
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| herself under this Section in the same amount and manner as if |
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| the employee were not absent. The regulation of an employee's |
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| paid leave in order to vote is an exclusive power and function |
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| of the State in accordance with subsection (h) of Section 6 of |
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| Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule unit may |
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| not regulate an employee's paid leave in order to vote.
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| (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.29 as
follows:
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