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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/20/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2465
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2465 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Local Governmental Employees Political |
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| Rights Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 135/12) |
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| Sec. 12. Elective and appointed office. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a A |
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| member of any fire department, or fire protection district, |
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| police department, or sheriff's department may: |
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| (1) be a candidate for elective public office and serve |
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| in that public office if elected; |
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| (2) be appointed to any public office and serve in that |
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| public office if appointed; and |
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| (3) as long as the member is not in uniform and not on |
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| duty, solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters |
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| for the public office for which the member is a candidate.
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| (b) A firefighter, police officer, or sheriff's deputy who |
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| is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, upon written |
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| application to the employer, be granted a leave of absence |
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| without compensation during his or her term of office. |
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| (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a |
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| police officer or sheriff's deputy is elected or appointed to |
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| elective public office in the political subdivision that |
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| employs the police officer or sheriff's deputy, then he or she |
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| may not vote on any collective bargaining agreement that covers |
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| the official as an employee of the political subdivision. When |
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| an elected official may take official action on a matter as to |
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| which he or she has a conflict situation created by his or her |
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| employment by the political subdivision, he or she should |
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| consider the possibility of eliminating the interest creating |
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| the conflict situation. If eliminating the interest is not |
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| feasible, then he or she should consider the possibility of |
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| abstaining from such official action. If he or she abstains or |
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| takes official action on a matter, he or she should disclose |
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| that conflict situation to his or her respective body; in such |
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| decisions, the official should serve the public interest. No |
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| police officer or sheriff's deputy may serve, in his or her |
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| capacity as an public official, as a member of a civil service |
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| or merit commission responsible for personnel decisions in the |
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| police or sheriff's department that employs the police officer |
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| or sheriff's deputy.
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