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Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
Filed: 5/7/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 206
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 206 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Secretary of State Merit Employment Code is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (15 ILCS 310/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 112)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12.
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| 8 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), employees |
| 9 | | Employees of the Office of the Secretary of State - election
to |
| 10 | | public office - leave of absence - re-entry of service. Any |
| 11 | | person holding
a position in the Office of the Secretary of |
| 12 | | State, who is elected to public
office, shall, upon request, be |
| 13 | | granted a leave of absence, without pay,
from such position. |
| 14 | | The leave of absence shall continue so long as he or she |
| 15 | | remains
an elected officer or for a period of 5 years, |
| 16 | | whichever is shorter. and for a period of 30 calendar days |
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| 1 | | thereafter.
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| 2 | | If such person files a written request with the Director of |
| 3 | | Personnel to
re-enter active service with the Office of the |
| 4 | | Secretary of State within
the such 30 day period following the |
| 5 | | termination of his or her leave of absence he or she may shall |
| 6 | | be reinstated to his or her former position or a position
of |
| 7 | | comparable duties, responsibilities, and pay. The Office of the |
| 8 | | Secretary of State shall, by mail, notify an employee on leave |
| 9 | | of absence under this Section on the effective date of this |
| 10 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly of the leave of |
| 11 | | absence change.
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| 12 | | (b) Employees on leave of absence under this Section on the |
| 13 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General |
| 14 | | Assembly are subject to the following conditions: |
| 15 | | (1) An employee whose leave of absence has not exceeded |
| 16 | | 5 years shall be subject to the requirements of subsection |
| 17 | | (a) of this Section. |
| 18 | | (2) An employee whose leave of absence has exceeded 5 |
| 19 | | years shall not be barred from re-entering active service |
| 20 | | by the 5 year limit under subsection (a) of this Section if |
| 21 | | the employee files a written request to re-enter active |
| 22 | | service as required under subsection (a) of this Section |
| 23 | | within 30 days of the date that the Secretary of State |
| 24 | | mailed the notice to the employee as required under |
| 25 | | subsection (a) of this Section. The Secretary of State may |
| 26 | | reinstate the employee as provided in subsection (a) of |