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Counties & Townships Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on May 21, 2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 337
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 337 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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.
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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 |
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| the State, and
whether or not voluntary; and
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| (3) annual training; and .
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| (4) any other training or duty required by the United |
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| States Armed Forces. |
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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, for and up to 60 |
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| days of special or advanced
training, and for any other |
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| training or duty required by the United States Armed Forces, if |
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| the employee's compensation for military activities
is less
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| than his or her compensation as a public employee, he or
she |
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| shall receive his or her regular
compensation as a public |
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| employee minus the amount of his or
her base pay for military
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| 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 |
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| to active duty shall continue during the period of
active duty |
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| to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a |
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| State
employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military |
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| active duty base pay.
The
Department of Central Management |
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| Services and the State
Comptroller shall coordinate in the |
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| development of procedures for the
implementation of this |