Sen. Thomas Cullerton

Filed: 4/20/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3547

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3547, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing the preamble with the following:
4    "WHEREAS, The persistent use of the reserve components as
5an operational force in continuous support of active duty has
6reinforced the need for robust service member employment
7protections; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Extreme weather events require State activations
9of the National Guard to save lives and protect property; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Terror threats require increased dependency on
11reserve components; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Uniformed Services Employment and
13Reemployment Rights Act (38 U.S.C. 4301-4335) establishes the
14minimal legal protections of service member employees; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, This Act is meant to consolidate and clarify
2existing State employment rights and protections; therefore";
3and
 
4by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
5following:
 
6
"Article 1. General Provisions.

 
7    Section 1-1. Short title; references to Act.
8    (a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Service
9Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
10    (b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as
11ISERRA.
 
12    Section 1-5. Legislative intent. As a guide to the
13interpretation and application of this Act, the public policy
14of the State is declared as follows:
15        (1) The General Assembly recognizes the common public
16    interest in safeguarding and promoting military service
17    by:
18            (A) minimizing disadvantages to military service
19        in civilian careers;
20            (B) providing for prompt reemployment and
21        protections of service members in a manner that
22        minimizes disruption to the lives of such employees,

 

 

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1        their employers, and co-workers;
2            (C) prohibiting discrimination against and
3        interference with military service; and
4            (D) ensuring that public entities are model
5        employers of reserve components by providing
6        additional benefits.
7        (2) This law should be interpreted as comprising a
8    foundation of protections guaranteed by this Act;
9    therefore, nothing in this Act shall supersede, nullify, or
10    diminish any federal or State law, including any local law
11    or ordinance, contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice,
12    or other matter that establishes a right or benefit that is
13    more beneficial to, or is in addition to, a right or
14    benefit provided for in this Act. The benefits and
15    protections under this Act cannot be diminished.
16        (3) This Act shall be liberally construed so as to
17    effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Act for the
18    benefit of the service member who has set aside civilian
19    pursuits to serve his or her country or this State in a
20    time of need. Such sacrifice benefits everyone but is made
21    by relatively few.
 
22    Section 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
23    "Accrue" means to accumulate in regular or increasing
24amounts over time subject to customary allocation of cost.
25    "Active duty" means any full-time military service

 

 

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1regardless of length or voluntariness including, but not
2limited to, annual training, full-time National Guard duty, and
3State active duty. "Active Duty" does not include any form of
4inactive duty service such as drill duty or muster duty.
5"Active duty", unless provided otherwise, includes active duty
6without pay.
7    "Active service" means all forms of active and inactive
8duty regardless of voluntariness including, but not limited to,
9annual training, active duty for training, initial active duty
10training, overseas training duty, full-time National Guard
11duty, active duty other than training, state active duty,
12mobilizations, and muster duty. "Active service", unless
13provided otherwise, includes active service without pay.
14"Active service" includes:
15        (1) Reserve component voluntary active service means
16    service under one of the following authorities;
17            (A) Any duty under 32 U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(B);
18            (B) active guard reserve duty, operational
19        support, or additional duty under 10 U.S.C. 12301(d) or
20        32 U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(B);
21            (C) funeral honors under 10 U.S.C. 12503 or 32
22        U.S.C. 115;
23            (D) duty at the National Guard Bureau under 10
24        U.S.C. 12402;
25            (E) unsatisfactory participation under 10 U.S.C.
26        10148 or 10 U.S.C. 12303;

 

 

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1            (F) disciplinary under 10 U.S.C. 802(d);
2            (G) extended active duty under 10 U.S.C. 12311; and
3            (H) reserve program administrator under 10 U.S.C.
4        10211.
5        (2) Reserve component involuntary active service
6    includes, but is not limited to, service under one of the
7    following authorities;
8            (A) annual training or drill requirements under 10
9        U.S.C. 10147, 10 U.S.C. 12301(b) or 32 U.S.C. 502(a).
10            (B) additional training duty or other duty under 32
11        U.S.C. 502(f)(1)(A);
12            (C) pre-planned or pre-programmed combatant
13        commander support under 10 U.S.C. 12304b;
14            (D) mobilization under 10 U.S.C. 12301(a) or 10
15        U.S.C. 12302;
16            (E) presidential reserve call-up under 10 U.S.C.
17        12304;
18            (F) emergencies and natural disasters under 10
19        U.S.C. 12304a or 14 U.S.C. 712;
20            (G) muster duty under 10 U.S.C. 12319;
21            (H) retiree recall under 10 U.S.C. 688;
22            (I) captive status under 10 U.S.C. 12301(g);
23            (J) insurrection under 10 U.S.C. 331, U.S.C. 332,
24        or 10 U.S.C. 12406;
25            (K) pending line of duty determination for
26        response to sexual assault under 10 U.S.C.12323; and

 

 

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1            (L) initial active duty for training under 10
2        U.S.C. 671.
3    Reserve component active service not listed in paragraph
4(1) or (2) shall be considered involuntary active service under
5paragraph (2).
6    "Active service without pay" means active service
7performed under any authority in which base pay is not received
8regardless of other allowances.
9    "Annual training" means any active duty performed under
10Section 10147 or 12301(b) of Title 10 of the United States Code
11or under Section 502(a) of Title 32 of the United States Code.
12    "Base pay" means the main component of military pay,
13whether active or inactive, based on rank and time in service.
14It does not include the addition of conditional funds for
15specific purposes such as allowances, incentive and special
16pay. Base pay, also known as basic pay, can be determined by
17referencing the appropriate military pay chart covering the
18time period in question located on the federal Defense Finance
19and Accounting Services website or as reflected on a federal
20Military Leave and Earnings Statement.
21    "Benefits" includes, but is not limited to, the terms,
22conditions, or privileges of employment, including any
23advantage, profit, privilege, gain, status, account, or
24interest, including wages or salary for work performed, that
25accrues by reason of an employment contract or agreement or an
26employer policy, plan, or practice and includes rights and

 

 

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1benefits under a pension plan, a health plan, an employee stock
2ownership plan, insurance coverage and awards, bonuses,
3severance pay, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacations,
4and the opportunity to select work hours or location of
5employment.
6    "Differential compensation" means pay due when the
7employee's daily rate of compensation for military service is
8less than his or her daily rate of compensation as a public
9employee.
10    "Employee" means anyone employed by an employer.
11"Employee" includes any person who is a citizen, national, or
12permanent resident alien of the United States employed in a
13workplace that the State has legal authority to regulate
14business and employment. "Employee" does not include an
15independent contractor.
16    "Employer" means any person, institution, organization, or
17other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or
18that has control over employment opportunities, including:
19        (1) a person, institution, organization, or other
20    entity to whom the employer has delegated the performance
21    of employment-related responsibilities;
22        (2) an employer of a public employee;
23        (3) any successor in interest to a person, institution,
24    organization, or other entity referred to under this
25    definition; and
26        (4) a person, institution, organization, or other

 

 

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1    entity that has been denied initial employment in violation
2    of Section 5-15.
3    "Inactive duty" means inactive duty training, including
4drills, consisting of regularly scheduled unit training
5assemblies, additional training assemblies, periods of
6appropriate duty or equivalent training, and any special
7additional duties authorized for reserve component personnel
8by appropriate military authority. "Inactive duty" does not
9include active duty.
10    "Military leave" means a furlough or leave of absence while
11performing active service. It cannot be substituted for accrued
12vacation, annual, or similar leave with pay except at the sole
13discretion of the service member employee. It is not a benefit
14of employment that is requested but a legal requirement upon
15receiving notice of pending military service.
16    "Military service" means:
17        (1) Service in the Armed Forces of the United States,
18    the National Guard of any State or Territory regardless of
19    status, and the State Guard as defined in the State Guard
20    Act. "Military service", whether active or reserve,
21    includes service under the authority of U.S.C. Titles 10,
22    14, or 32, or State active duty.
23        (2) Service in a federally recognized auxiliary of the
24    United States Armed Forces when performing official duties
25    in support of military or civilian authorities as a result
26    of an emergency.

 

 

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1        (3) A period for which an employee is absent from a
2    position of employment for the purpose of medical or dental
3    treatment for a condition, illness, or injury sustained or
4    aggravated during a period of active service in which
5    treatment is paid by the United States Department of
6    Defense Military Health System.
7    "Public employee" means any person classified as a
8full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit of local
9government, a public institution of higher education as defined
10in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or a school
11district, other than an independent contractor.
12    "Reserve component" means the reserve components of
13Illinois and the United States Armed Forces regardless of
14status.
15    "Service member" means any person who is a member of a
16military service.
17    "State active duty" means full-time State-funded military
18duty under the command and control of the Governor and subject
19to the Military Code of Illinois.
20    "Unit of local government" means any city, village, town,
21county, or special district.
 
22    Section 1-15. Differential compensation.
23    (a) As used in this Section, "work days" are the actual
24number of days the employee would have worked during the period
25of military leave but for the service member's military

 

 

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1obligation. "Work days" are tabulated without regard for the
2number of hours in a work day. Work hours that extend into the
3next calendar day count as 2 work days.
4    (b) Differential compensation under this Act is calculated
5on a daily basis and only applies to days in which the employee
6would have otherwise been scheduled or required to work as a
7public employee. Differential compensation shall be paid to all
8forms of active service except active service without pay.
9Differential compensation is calculated as follows:
10        (1) To calculate differential compensation, subtract
11    the daily rate of compensation for military service from
12    the daily rate of compensation as a public employee.
13        (2) To calculate the daily rate of compensation as a
14    public employee, divide the employee's regular
15    compensation as a public employee during the pay period by
16    the number of work days in the pay period.
17        (3) To calculate the rate of compensation for military
18    activities, divide the employee's base pay for the
19    applicable military service by the number of calendar days
20    in the month the service member was paid by the military.
 
21    Section 1-20. Independent contractors. Whether an
22individual is an employee or independent contractor under this
23Act is determined based on the following factors:
24        (1) the extent of the employer's right to control the
25    manner in which the individual's work is to be performed;

 

 

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1        (2) the opportunity for profit or loss that depends
2    upon the individual's managerial skill;
3        (3) any investment in equipment or materials required
4    for the individual's tasks, or his or her employment of
5    helpers;
6        (4) whether the service the individual performs
7    requires a special skill;
8        (5) the degree of permanence of the individual's
9    working relationship; and
10        (6) whether the service the individual performs is an
11    integral part of the employer's business.
12No single one of these factors is controlling, but all are
13relevant to determining whether an individual is an employee or
14an independent contractor.
 
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Article 5. Service Member Employment Protections.

 
16    Section 5-5. Basic Protections. This Section incorporates
17Sections 4304, 4312, 4313, 4316, 4317, and 4318 of the
18Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
19under Title 38 of the United States Code, as may be amended,
20including case law and regulations promulgated under that Act,
21subject to the following;
22        (1) For the purposes of this Section, all employment
23    rights shall be extended to all employees in military
24    service under this Act, unless otherwise stated.

 

 

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1        (2) Military leave. A service member employee is not
2    required to get permission from his or her employer for
3    military leave. The service member employee is only
4    required to give such employer advance notice of pending
5    service. This advance notice entitles a service member
6    employee to military leave.
7        An employer may not impose conditions for military
8    leave, such as work shift replacement, not otherwise
9    imposed by this Act or other applicable law.
10        A service member employee is not required to
11    accommodate his or her employer's needs as to the timing,
12    frequency, or duration of military leave; however,
13    employers are permitted to bring concerns over the timing,
14    frequency, or duration of military leave to the attention
15    of the appropriate military authority. The accommodation
16    of these requests are subject to military law and
17    discretion.
18        Military necessity as an exception to advance notice of
19    pending military leave for state active duty will be
20    determined by appropriate State military authority and is
21    not subject to judicial review.
22        For purposes of notice of pending military service
23    under paragraphs (2) or (3) of the definition of "military
24    service" under Section 1-10, an employer may require notice
25    by appropriate military authority on official letterhead.
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1    apply.
2        (3) Service, efficiency, and performance rating. A
3    service member employee who is absent on military leave
4    shall, minimally, for the period of military leave, be
5    credited with the average of the efficiency or performance
6    ratings or evaluations received for the 3 years immediately
7    before the absence for military leave. Additionally, the
8    rating shall not be less than the rating that he or she
9    received for the rated period immediately prior to his or
10    her absence on military leave. In computing seniority and
11    service requirements for promotion eligibility or any
12    other benefit of employment, the period of military duty
13    shall be counted as civilian service.
14        (4) State active duty ineligible discharge. For
15    purposes of State active duty, a disqualifying discharge or
16    separation will be the State equivalent under the Military
17    Code of Illinois for purposes of ineligibility of
18    reemployment under the Uniformed Services Employment and
19    Reemployment Rights Act as determined by appropriate State
20    military authority.
21        (5) A retroactive upgrade of a disqualifying discharge
22    or release will restore reemployment rights providing the
23    service member employee otherwise meets this Acts
24    eligibility criteria.
 
25    Section 5-10. Additional benefits for public employee

 

 

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1members of a reserve component.
2    (a) Concurrent compensation. During periods of military
3leave for annual training, public employees shall continue to
4receive full compensation as a public employee for up to 30
5days per calendar year and military leave for purposes of
6receiving concurrent compensation may be performed
7nonsynchronously.
8    (b) Differential Compensation. During periods of military
9leave for active service, public employees shall receive
10differential compensation subject to the following:
11        (1) Public employees may elect the use of accrued
12    vacation, annual, or similar leave with pay in lieu of
13    differential compensation during any period of military
14    leave.
15        (2) Differential compensation for voluntary active
16    service under Section 1-10 is limited to 60 work days in a
17    calendar year.
18        (3) Differential compensation shall not be paid for
19    active service without pay.
20        (4) Public employees who have exhausted concurrent
21    compensation under subsection (a) of Section 5-10 in a
22    calendar year shall receive differential compensation when
23    authorized under subsection (b) of Section 5-10 in the same
24    calendar year.
25    (c) Employer-based health plan benefits shall continue in
26accordance with Section 5-5 of this Act, except the employer's

 

 

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1share of the full premium and administrative costs shall
2continue to be paid by the employer for active duty beyond 30
3days.
4    (d) In the event that 20% or more employees of a unit of
5local government are mobilized under 10 U.S.C. 12301(a), 10
6U.S.C. 12302, 10 U.S.C. 12304, or 10 U.S.C. 12304a, or 14
7U.S.C. 712 concurrently, additional benefits under this
8Section are not required without funding for that purpose.
 
9    Section 5-15. Prohibitions on Discrimination. For the
10purposes of this Section, Section 4311 of the federal Uniformed
11Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act entitled
12Discrimination Against Persons Who Serve in the Uniformed
13Services and Acts of Reprisal Prohibited and the regulations
14promulgated under that Act are incorporated.
 
15    Section 5-20. Notice of rights and duties
16    (a) Each employer shall provide to employees entitled to
17rights and benefits under this Act a notice of the rights,
18benefits, and obligations of service member employees under
19this Act.
20    (b) The requirement for the provision of notice under this
21Act may be met by the posting of the notice where the
22employer's customarily place notices for employees.
 
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Article 10. Violations.

 

 

 

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1    Section 10-5. Violations. Any violation of Article 5 is a
2violation of this Act.
 
3
Article 15. Compliance.

 
4    Section 15-5. Private right enforcement. A service member
5may bring a private civil action for enforcement of a violation
6of this Act. A violation of Section 5-20 may not be a sole
7basis for a civil action under this Act
 
8    Section 15-10. Circuit court actions by the Attorney
9General.
10    (a) If the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe
11that any employer is engaged in a violation of this Act, then
12the Attorney General may commence a civil action in the name of
13the People of the State, as parens patriae on behalf of persons
14within the State to enforce the provisions of this Act in any
15appropriate circuit court.
16    (b) Prior to initiating a civil action, the Attorney
17General shall conduct a preliminary investigation to determine
18whether there is reasonable cause to believe that any employer
19is engaged in a violation of this Act and whether the dispute
20can be resolved without litigation. In conducting this
21investigation, the Attorney General may:
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1    statement or report in writing under oath or otherwise, as
2    to all information the Attorney General may consider
3    necessary;
4        (2) examine under oath any person alleged to have
5    participated in or with knowledge of the alleged violation;
6    or
7        (3) issue subpoenas or conduct hearings in aid of any
8    investigation.
9    (c) Service by the Attorney General of any notice requiring
10a person to file a statement or report, or of a subpoena upon
11any person, shall be made:
12        (1) personally by delivery of a duly executed copy
13    thereof to the person to be served or, if a person is not a
14    natural person, in the manner provided by the Civil
15    Procedure law when a complaint is filed; or
16        (2) by mailing by certified mail a duly executed copy
17    thereof to the person to be served at his last known abode
18    or principal place of business within this State.
19    (d) In lieu of a civil action, the individual or entity
20alleged to have violated this Act may enter into an Assurance
21of Voluntary Compliance with respect to the alleged violation.
22    (e) Whenever any person fails to comply with any subpoena
23issued under this Section or whenever satisfactory copying or
24reproduction of any material requested in an investigation
25cannot be done and the person refuses to surrender the
26material, the Attorney General may file in any appropriate

 

 

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1circuit court, and serve upon the person, a petition for a
2court order for the enforcement of the subpoena or other
3request.
4    Any person who has received a subpoena issued under
5subsection (b) may file in the appropriate circuit court, and
6serve upon the Attorney General, a petition for a court order
7to modify or set aside the subpoena or other request. The
8petition must be filed either: (1) within 20 days after the
9date of service of the subpoena or at any time before the
10return date specified in the subpoena, whichever date is
11earlier, or (2) within a longer period as may be prescribed in
12writing by the Attorney General.
13    The petition shall specify each ground upon which the
14petitioner relies in seeking relief under this subsection and
15may be based upon any failure of the subpoena to comply with
16the provisions of this Section or upon any constitutional or
17other legal right or privilege of the petitioner. During the
18pendency of the petition in the court, the court may stay, as
19it deems proper, the running of the time allowed for compliance
20with the subpoena or other request, in whole or in part, except
21that the petitioner shall comply with any portion of the
22subpoena or other request not sought to be modified or set
23aside.
 
24    Section 15-20. Remedies.
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1any other relief that the court deems proper.
2    Punitive damages are not authorized except in cases
3involving violations under Section 5-15 and may not exceed
4$50,000 per violation.
5    Reasonable attorney's fees may be awarded to the prevailing
6party, however, prevailing defendants may only receive
7attorney's fees if the court makes a finding that the plaintiff
8acted in bad faith.
9    (b) The Attorney General may bring an action in the name of
10the People of the State against any employer to restrain by
11preliminary or permanent injunction the use of any practice
12that violates this Act. In such an action, the court may award
13restitution to a service member. In addition, the court may
14assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per violation of
15this Act.
16    If a court orders a party to make payments to the Attorney
17General and the payments are to be used for the operations of
18the Office of the Attorney General or a party agrees, in an
19Assurance of Voluntary Compliance under this Act, to make
20payment to the Attorney General for the operations of the
21Office of the Attorney General, then moneys shall be deposited
22into the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary
23Compliance Payment Projects Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be
24used, subject to appropriation, for the performance of any
25function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the
26Attorney General including, but not limited to, enforcement of

 

 

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1any law of this State and conducting public education programs;
2however, any moneys in the Fund that are required by the court
3or by an agreement to be used for a particular purpose shall be
4used for that purpose.
5    In any action brought under the provisions of this Act, the
6Attorney General is entitled to recover costs.
 
7
Article 20. Home Rule.

 
8    Section 20-5. Home Rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
9its employees in a manner that is inconsistent with the
10regulation of employees by the State under this Act. This
11Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
12Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
13exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
14by the State.
 
15
Article 25. Statute of Limitations.

 
16    Section 25-5. Inapplicability of Statute of Limitations.
17No statute of limitations applies to any private right or
18Attorney General action under this Act.
 
19
Article 30. Illinois Service Member Employment and
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Reemployment Rights Act Advocate.

 

 

 

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1    Section 30-5. ISERRA Advocate.
2    (a) The Attorney General shall appoint an Illinois Service
3Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Advocate and
4provide staff as are deemed necessary by the Attorney General
5for the Advocate. The ISERRA Advocate shall be an attorney
6licensed to practice in Illinois.
7    (b) Through the ISERRA Advocate, the Attorney General shall
8have the power:
9        (1) to establish and make available a program to
10    provide training to employers and service members;
11        (2) to prepare and make available interpretative and
12    educational materials and programs;
13        (3) to respond to informal inquiries made by members of
14    the public and public bodies;
15        (4) to prepare and make available required Service
16    Member Employment & Reemployment Rights Act notice to
17    employers;
18        (5) to investigate allegations of violations of this
19    Act on behalf of the Attorney General; and
20        (6) to prepare an annual report on this Act for the
21    Attorney General.
 
22
Article 35. Rulemaking.

 
23    Section 35-5. Rules. To accomplish the objectives and to
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1General may adopt the rules necessary to implement this Act.
 
2
Article 40. Coverage Under Special Circumstances.

 
3    Section 40-5. Governor's election. In a time of national or
4State emergency, the Governor has the authority to designate
5any category of persons as entitled to protections under this
6Act.
 
7
Article 90. Amendatory Provisions.

 
8    (5 ILCS 325/Act rep.)
9    Section 90-5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is
10repealed.
 
11    (5 ILCS 330/Act rep.)
12    Section 90-10. The Public Employee Armed Services Rights
13Act is repealed.
 
14    Section 90-15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
15changing the heading of Article V-A as follows:
 
16    (20 ILCS 1805/Art. V-A heading)
17
ARTICLE V-A. NATIONAL GUARD SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

 
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1    (20 ILCS 1805/30.1 rep.)
2    (20 ILCS 1805/30.5 rep.)
3    (20 ILCS 1805/30.10 rep.)
4    (20 ILCS 1805/30.20 rep.)
5    (20 ILCS 1805/30.15 rep.)
6    Section 90-20. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
7repealing Sections 22-10, 30.1, 30.5, 30.10, 30.20, and 30.15.
 
8    (20 ILCS 1815/79 rep.)
9    Section 90-25. The State Guard Act is amended by repealing
10Section 79.
 
11    (50 ILCS 120/Act rep.)
12    Section 90-30. The Municipal Employees Military Active
13Duty Act is repealed.
 
14    (50 ILCS 140/Act rep.)
15    Section 90-35. The Local Government Employees Benefits
16Continuation Act is repealed.
 
17    Section 90-40. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
18amended by changing Section 29 as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 3605/29)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 329)
20    Sec. 29. If the Authority acquires a transportation system
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1operating and maintenance divisions of such public utility and
2all other employees except executive and administrative
3officers and employees, shall be transferred to and appointed
4as employees of the Authority, subject to all rights and
5benefits of this Act, and these employees shall be given
6seniority credit in accordance with the records and labor
7agreements of the public utility. Employees who left the employ
8of such a public utility to enter the military service of the
9United States shall have the same rights as to the Authority,
10under the provisions of the Service Member Employment and
11Reemployment Rights Act Service Member's Employment Tenure Act
12as they would have had thereunder as to such public utility.
13After such acquisition the authority shall be required to
14extend to such former employees of such public utility only the
15rights and benefits as to pensions and retirement as are
16accorded other employees of the Authority.
17(Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)
 
18    Section 90-45. The Local Mass Transit District Act is
19amended by changing Section 3.5 as follows:
 
20    (70 ILCS 3610/3.5)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353.5)
21    Sec. 3.5. If the district acquires a mass transit facility,
22all of the employees in such mass transit facility shall be
23transferred to and appointed as employees of the district,
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1employees shall be given seniority credit in accordance with
2the records and labor agreements of the mass transit facility.
3Employees who left the employ of such a mass transit facility
4to enter the military service of the United States shall have
5the same rights as to the district, under the provisions of the
6Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights, Act Service
7Member's Employment Tenure Act as they would have had
8thereunder as to such mass transit facility. After such
9acquisition the district shall be required to extend to such
10former employees of such mass transit facility only the rights
11and benefits as to pensions and retirement as are accorded
12other employees of the district.
13(Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04; 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)
 
14    Section 90-50. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act
15is amended by changing Sections 1, 2, and 3 as follows:
 
16    (330 ILCS 60/1)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 29)
17    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Service
18Member's Employment Tenure Act.
19(Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)
 
20    (330 ILCS 60/2)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 30)
21    Sec. 2. As a guide to the interpretation and application of
22this Act, the public policy of the State is declared as
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1    As a constituent commonwealth of the United States of
2America, the State of Illinois is dedicated to the urgent task
3of strengthening and expediting the national defense under the
4emergent conditions which are threatening the peace and
5security of this nation. It is the considered judgment of the
6General Assembly that the service members wage earners of
7Illinois who respond to their country's call to service in this
8time of crisis, are deserving of every protection of their
9employment status which the law may afford, and that repetition
10of the regrettable experience existing after the great war of
111917-1918, wherein returning service men were subjected to
12serious discrimination with regard to tenure and other rights
13of employment, must be avoided, since any form of economic
14discrimination against returning service men is a serious
15menace to the entire social fabric of the United States of
16America and the State of Illinois.
17    By safeguarding the employment and the rights and
18privileges inhering in the employment contract, of service men,
19the State of Illinois encourages its workers to participate to
20the fullest extent in the national defense program and thereby
21heightens the contribution of our State to the protection of
22our heritage of liberty and democracy.
23(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1202.)
 
24    (330 ILCS 60/3)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 31)
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1service", as used in this Act, shall include the following
2persons and no others: All members of the Army of the United
3States, the United States Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air
4Force, the Coast Guard and all members of the State Militia
5called into the service or training of the United States of
6America or of this State. The term "military service", as used
7in this Act, shall signify Federal service or active duty with
8any branch of service heretofore referred to as well as
9training or education under the supervision of the United
10States preliminary to induction into the military service. The
11term "military service" also includes any period of active duty
12with the State of Illinois pursuant to the orders of the
13President of the United States or the Governor. The term
14"military service" also includes any period of active duty by
15members of the National Guard who are called to active duty
16pursuant to an order of the Governor of this State or an order
17of a governor of any other state as provided by law. The term
18"military service" also includes the full-time duties of the
19Adjutant General and Assistant Adjutants General under Section
2017 of the Military Code of Illinois.
21    The foregoing definitions shall apply both to voluntary
22enlistment and to induction into service by draft or
23conscription.
24    The term "political subdivision", as used in this Act,
25means any unit of local government or school district.
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1    (330 ILCS 60/4 rep.)
2    (330 ILCS 60/4.5 rep.)
3    (330 ILCS 60/5 rep.)
4    (330 ILCS 60/6 rep.)
5    (330 ILCS 60/7 rep.)
6    (330 ILCS 60/8 rep.)
7    Section 90-55. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act
8is amended by repealing Sections 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
 
9    Section 90-60. The Illinois Service Member Civil Relief Act
10is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
11    (330 ILCS 63/10)
12    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
13    "Military service" means any full-time training or duty, no
14matter how described under federal or State law, for which a
15service member is ordered to report by the President, Governor
16of a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States, or
17other appropriate military authority.
18    "Primary occupant" means the current residential customer
19of record in whose name the utility company or electric
20cooperative account is registered.
21    "Service member" means a resident of Illinois who is a
22member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the
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1commonwealth, or a territory of the United States.
2    "State Active Duty" has the same meaning ascribed to that
3term in Section 1-10 of the Service Member Employment and
4Reemployment Rights Act 30.10 of the Military Code of Illinois.
5    "Training or duty under Title 32 of the United States Code"
6has the same meaning ascribed to that term in Section 30.10 of
7the Military Code of Illinois.
8(Source: P.A. 97-913, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
9    Section 90-65. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
10changing Section 17-6 as follows:
 
11    (720 ILCS 5/17-6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 17-6)
12    Sec. 17-6. State benefits fraud.
13    (a) A person commits State benefits fraud when he or she
14obtains or attempts to obtain money or benefits from the State
15of Illinois, from any political subdivision thereof, or from
16any program funded or administered in whole or in part by the
17State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof through
18the knowing use of false identification documents or through
19the knowing misrepresentation of his or her age, place of
20residence, number of dependents, marital or family status,
21employment status, financial status, or any other material fact
22upon which his eligibility for or degree of participation in
23any benefit program might be based.
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1contrary, every application or other document submitted to an
2agency or department of the State of Illinois or any political
3subdivision thereof to establish or determine eligibility for
4money or benefits from the State of Illinois or from any
5political subdivision thereof, or from any program funded or
6administered in whole or in part by the State of Illinois or
7any political subdivision thereof, shall be made available upon
8request to any law enforcement agency for use in the
9investigation or prosecution of State benefits fraud or for use
10in the investigation or prosecution of any other crime arising
11out of the same transaction or occurrence. Except as otherwise
12permitted by law, information disclosed pursuant to this
13subsection shall be used and disclosed only for the purposes
14provided herein. The provisions of this Section shall be
15operative only to the extent that they do not conflict with any
16federal law or regulation governing federal grants to this
17State.
18    (c) Any employee of the State of Illinois or any agency or
19political subdivision thereof may seize as evidence any false
20or fraudulent document presented to him or her in connection
21with an application for or receipt of money or benefits from
22the State of Illinois, from any political subdivision thereof,
23or from any program funded or administered in whole or in part
24by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof.
25    (d) Sentence.
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1more than $300 is obtained, in which case State benefits fraud
2is a Class 3 felony.
3    (2) If a person knowingly misrepresents oneself as a
4veteran or as a dependent of a veteran with the intent of
5obtaining benefits or privileges provided by the State or its
6political subdivisions to veterans or their dependents, then
7State benefits fraud is a Class 3 felony when $300 or less is
8obtained and a Class 2 felony when more than $300 is obtained.
9For the purposes of this paragraph (2), benefits and privileges
10include, but are not limited to, those benefits and privileges
11available under the Veterans' Employment Act, the Viet Nam
12Veterans Compensation Act, the Prisoner of War Bonus Act, the
13War Bonus Extension Act, the Military Veterans Assistance Act,
14the Veterans' Employment Representative Act, the Veterans
15Preference Act, Service Member Employment and Reemployment
16Rights Act, the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act, the
17Housing for Veterans with Disabilities Act, the Under Age
18Veterans Benefits Act, the Survivors Compensation Act, the
19Children of Deceased Veterans Act, the Veterans Burial Places
20Act, the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, or any other
21loans, assistance in employment, monetary payments, or tax
22exemptions offered by the State or its political subdivisions
23for veterans or their dependents.
24(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
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1changing Section 6-102 as follows:
 
2    (775 ILCS 5/6-102)
3    Sec. 6-102. Violations of other Acts. A person who violates
4the Military Leave of Absence Act, the Public Employee Armed
5Services Rights Act, Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois
6Municipal Code, Section 224.05 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
7Section 8-201.5 of the Public Utilities Act, Sections 2-1401.1,
89-107.10, 9-107.11, and 15-1501.6 of the Code of Civil
9Procedure, Section 4.05 of the Interest Act, the Military
10Personnel Cellular Phone Contract Termination Act, Section
11405-272 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, Section
1210-63 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, Sections
1330.25 and 30.30 of the Military Code of Illinois, Section 16 of
14the Landlord and Tenant Act, Section 26.5 of the Retail
15Installment Sales Act, or Section 37 of the Motor Vehicle
16Leasing Act commits a civil rights violation within the meaning
17of this Act.
18(Source: P.A. 97-913, eff. 1-1-13.)".