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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Employee Disability Act is amended by
5changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 345/1)  (from Ch. 70, par. 91)
7    Sec. 1. Disability benefit.
8    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "eligible employee"
9means any part-time or full-time State correctional officer or
10any other full or part-time employee of the Department of
11Corrections, any full or part-time employee of the Prisoner
12Review Board, any full or part-time employee of the Department
13of Human Services working within a penal institution or a State
14mental health or developmental disabilities facility operated
15by the Department of Human Services, and any full-time law
16enforcement officer or full-time firefighter, including a
17full-time paramedic or a firefighter who performs paramedic
18duties, who is employed by the State of Illinois, any unit of
19local government (including any home rule unit), any State
20supported college or university, or any other public entity
21granted the power to employ persons for such purposes by law.
22    (b) Whenever an eligible employee suffers any injury in the
23line of duty which causes him to be unable to perform his

 

 

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1duties, he shall continue to be paid by the employing public
2entity on the same basis as he was paid before the injury, with
3no deduction from his sick leave credits, compensatory time for
4overtime accumulations or vacation, or service credits in a
5public employee pension fund during the time he is unable to
6perform his duties due to the result of the injury, but not
7longer than one year in relation to the same injury, except as
8otherwise provided under subsection (b-5). However, no injury
9to an employee of the Department of Corrections or the Prisoner
10Review Board working within a penal institution or an employee
11of the Department of Human Services working within a
12departmental mental health or developmental disabilities
13facility shall qualify the employee for benefits under this
14Section unless the injury is the direct or indirect result of
15violence by inmates of the penal institution or residents of
16the mental health or developmental disabilities facility.
17    (b-5) Upon the occurrence of circumstances, directly or
18indirectly attributable to COVID-19, occurring on or after
19March 9, 2020 and on or before December 31, 2020 which would
20hinder the physical recovery from an injury of an eligible
21employee within the one-year period as required under
22subsection (b), the eligible employee shall be entitled to an
23extension of no longer than 60 days by which he or she shall
24continue to be paid by the employing public entity on the same
25basis as he or she was paid before the injury. The employing
26public entity may require proof of the circumstances hindering

 

 

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1an eligible employee's physical recovery before granting the
2extension provided under this subsection (b-5).
3    (c) At any time during the period for which continuing
4compensation is required by this Act, the employing public
5entity may order at the expense of that entity physical or
6medical examinations of the injured person to determine the
7degree of disability.
8    (d) During this period of disability, the injured person
9shall not be employed in any other manner, with or without
10monetary compensation. Any person who is employed in violation
11of this paragraph forfeits the continuing compensation
12provided by this Act from the time such employment begins. Any
13salary compensation due the injured person from workers'
14compensation or any salary due him from any type of insurance
15which may be carried by the employing public entity shall
16revert to that entity during the time for which continuing
17compensation is paid to him under this Act. Any person with a
18disability receiving compensation under the provisions of this
19Act shall not be entitled to any benefits for which he would
20qualify because of his disability under the provisions of the
21Illinois Pension Code.
22    (e) Any employee of the State of Illinois, as defined in
23Section 14-103.05 of the Illinois Pension Code, who becomes
24permanently unable to perform the duties of such employment due
25to an injury received in the active performance of his duties
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1another employee of the State of Illinois, as so defined,
2committed during such other employee's course of employment and
3after January 1, 1988, shall be eligible for benefits pursuant
4to the provisions of this Section. For purposes of this
5Section, permanent disability is defined as a diagnosis or
6prognosis of an inability to return to current job duties by a
7physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches.
8    (f) The compensation and other benefits provided to
9part-time employees covered by this Section shall be calculated
10based on the percentage of time the part-time employee was
11scheduled to work pursuant to his or her status as a part-time
12employee.
13    (g) Pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
14Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, this Act specifically
15denies and limits the exercise by home rule units of any power
16which is inconsistent herewith, and all existing laws and
17ordinances which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
18superseded. This Act does not preempt the concurrent exercise
19by home rule units of powers consistent herewith.
20    This Act does not apply to any home rule unit with a
21population of over 1,000,000.
22    (h) In those cases where the injury to a State employee for
23which a benefit is payable under this Act was caused under
24circumstances creating a legal liability for damages on the
25part of some person other than the State employer, all of the
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1brought against such other person and the right to commence or
2join in such suit, as given the employer, together with the
3conditions or obligations imposed under paragraph (b) of
4Section 5 of the Workers' Compensation Act, are also given and
5granted to the State, to the end that, with respect to State
6employees only, the State may be paid or reimbursed for the
7amount of benefit paid or to be paid by the State to the
8injured employee or his or her personal representative out of
9any judgment, settlement, or payment for such injury obtained
10by such injured employee or his or her personal representative
11from such other person by virtue of the injury.
12(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-1143, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
13    Section 10. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is
14amended by adding Section 15.5 as follows:
 
15    (230 ILCS 5/15.5 new)
16    Sec. 15.5. Labor agreements.
17    (a) This Section applies to each entity subject to this Act
18that has at least 10 employees on average over the 12 months
19preceding application for an organization gaming license.
20    (b) Before an organization gaming license may be granted or
21renewed, the applicant or licensee seeking an organization
22gaming license or renewal shall:
23        (1) Enter into, and observe, the terms of a collective
24    bargaining agreement with any labor organization seeking

 

 

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1    to represent a majority of the licensee's employees in a
2    bargaining unit consisting of all non-supervisory and
3    non-management employees in the classifications identified
4    by the labor organization. Any new employees hired by the
5    licensee who perform work substantially similar to current
6    employees in an existing bargaining unit already
7    represented by a labor organization at the facility shall
8    be incorporated into that existing bargaining unit.
9        (2) Upon written notice by a labor organization of its
10    desire to represent employees in a designated bargaining
11    unit, the licensee shall:
12            (A) provide the names, classifications, and home
13        addresses of each and every employee in the identified
14        bargaining unit;
15            (B) refrain from expressing any views on the
16        question whether its employees should be represented
17        by a labor organization;
18            (C) refrain from restraining or coercing its
19        employees in choosing to be represented or not
20        represented by a labor organization; and
21            (D) allow designated representatives of the labor
22        organization access to its non-work areas for the
23        purpose of meeting privately with its employees during
24        non-working times.
25        (3) Upon a showing of majority interest, to be
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1    Conciliation Service or from a designated arbitrator from a
2    permanent panel of arbitrators appointed by the Illinois
3    Racing Board, the licensee and the labor organization shall
4    immediately enter into negotiations for a collective
5    bargaining agreement.
6        (4) If the parties are unable to conclude a labor
7    agreement within 60 days following the date of
8    certification, the terms of the agreement shall be set by
9    an arbitrator jointly selected by the parties from a panel
10    of arbitrators designated by the Illinois Racing Board, who
11    shall issue a final and binding award within 120 days after
12    the date of certification, if the parties fail to conclude
13    an agreement by that date. Except with regard to the
14    minimum requirements in paragraph (5), the arbitrator
15    shall be guided by the terms of labor agreements covering
16    the same or similar classifications of employees within 100
17    miles of the facility or facilities for which the agreement
18    is negotiated. The arbitrator shall also resolve all
19    disputes regarding the scope and composition of the
20    bargaining unit covered under the labor agreement. The
21    licensee and the labor organization shall share equally the
22    expenses of the arbitrator. No labor agreement shall cover
23    employees in a bargaining unit for which another labor
24    organization has been certified as a bargaining
25    representative under this Act and that continues to
26    actively represent such employees.

 

 

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1        (5) All labor agreements required under this Section
2    shall, at a minimum, include a:
3            (A) term of at least 3 years;
4            (B) prohibition on strikes or other work stoppages
5        by the labor organization and the represented
6        employees during the term of the labor agreement; and
7            (C) restriction on subcontracting any work
8        performed on or about the licensee's premises as part
9        of its normal operations except by mutual agreement
10        with the labor organization, and then only to a person
11        or firm that is signatory to a labor agreement with a
12        labor organization that has indicated its interest in
13        representing the employees of the subcontractor,
14        provided, the subcontractor's employees are not
15        lawfully represented by another labor organization.
16        (6) A copy of the fully executed labor agreement shall
17    be submitted to the Illinois Racing Board prior to the
18    issuance or renewal of any organization gaming license
19    required under this Act.
20    (c) Upon the expiration of a labor agreement required under
21this Section, the parties shall negotiate a successor agreement
22under the procedures set forth in paragraphs (4) and (5) of
23subsection (b), except that the negotiation and arbitration
24procedures shall commence upon the last effective day of the
25expiring labor agreement.
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1(2) of subsection (b), do not apply to any entity that is
2covered, or subsequently becomes covered, under the National
3Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq. However, nothing in
4this Act shall affect or diminish the validity and
5enforceability of any collective bargaining agreement entered
6into during the period that this Act applies.
 
7    Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
8changing Section 12-3.05 as follows:
 
9    (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05)  (was 720 ILCS 5/12-4)
10    Sec. 12-3.05. Aggravated battery.
11    (a) Offense based on injury. A person commits aggravated
12battery when, in committing a battery, other than by the
13discharge of a firearm, he or she knowingly does any of the
14following:
15        (1) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
16    disfigurement.
17        (2) Causes severe and permanent disability, great
18    bodily harm, or disfigurement by means of a caustic or
19    flammable substance, a poisonous gas, a deadly biological
20    or chemical contaminant or agent, a radioactive substance,
21    or a bomb or explosive compound.
22        (3) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
23    disfigurement to an individual whom the person knows to be
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1    private security officer, correctional institution
2    employee, or Department of Human Services employee
3    supervising or controlling sexually dangerous persons or
4    sexually violent persons:
5            (i) performing his or her official duties;
6            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
7        official duties; or
8            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
9        or her official duties.
10        (4) Causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
11    disfigurement to an individual 60 years of age or older.
12        (5) Strangles another individual.
13    (b) Offense based on injury to a child or person with an
14intellectual disability. A person who is at least 18 years of
15age commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery,
16he or she knowingly and without legal justification by any
17means:
18        (1) causes great bodily harm or permanent disability or
19    disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years, or to
20    any person with a severe or profound intellectual
21    disability; or
22        (2) causes bodily harm or disability or disfigurement
23    to any child under the age of 13 years or to any person
24    with a severe or profound intellectual disability.
25    (c) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
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1the discharge of a firearm, he or she is or the person battered
2is on or about a public way, public property, a public place of
3accommodation or amusement, a sports venue, or a domestic
4violence shelter, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
5building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
6    (d) Offense based on status of victim. A person commits
7aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by
8discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered
9to be any of the following:
10        (1) A person 60 years of age or older.
11        (2) A person who is pregnant or has a physical
12    disability.
13        (3) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds or
14    grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building
15    used for school purposes.
16        (4) A peace officer, community policing volunteer,
17    fireman, private security officer, correctional
18    institution employee, or Department of Human Services
19    employee supervising or controlling sexually dangerous
20    persons or sexually violent persons:
21            (i) performing his or her official duties;
22            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
23        official duties; or
24            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
25        or her official duties.
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1    medical services personnel, or utility worker:
2            (i) performing his or her official duties;
3            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
4        official duties; or
5            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
6        or her official duties.
7        (6) An officer or employee of the State of Illinois, a
8    unit of local government, or a school district, while
9    performing his or her official duties.
10        (7) A transit employee performing his or her official
11    duties, or a transit passenger.
12        (8) A taxi driver on duty.
13        (9) A merchant who detains the person for an alleged
14    commission of retail theft under Section 16-26 of this Code
15    and the person without legal justification by any means
16    causes bodily harm to the merchant.
17        (10) A person authorized to serve process under Section
18    2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special process
19    server appointed by the circuit court while that individual
20    is in the performance of his or her duties as a process
21    server.
22        (11) A nurse while in the performance of his or her
23    duties as a nurse.
24        (12) A merchant: (i) while performing his or her
25    duties, including, but not limited to, relaying directions
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1    employer or relaying health or safety guidelines,
2    recommendations, regulations, or rules from a federal,
3    State, or local public health agency; and (ii) during a
4    disaster declared by the Governor, or a state of emergency
5    declared by the mayor of the municipality in which the
6    merchant is located, due to a public health emergency and
7    for a period of 6 months after such declaration.
8    (e) Offense based on use of a firearm. A person commits
9aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or she
10knowingly does any of the following:
11        (1) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
12    firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
13    another person.
14        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
15    firearm equipped with a silencer, and causes any injury to
16    a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, community
17    policing volunteer, person summoned by a police officer,
18    fireman, private security officer, correctional
19    institution employee, or emergency management worker:
20            (i) performing his or her official duties;
21            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
22        official duties; or
23            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
24        or her official duties.
25        (3) Discharges a firearm, other than a machine gun or a
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1    a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services
2    personnel:
3            (i) performing his or her official duties;
4            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
5        official duties; or
6            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
7        or her official duties.
8        (4) Discharges a firearm and causes any injury to a
9    person he or she knows to be a teacher, a student in a
10    school, or a school employee, and the teacher, student, or
11    employee is upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a
12    school or in any part of a building used for school
13    purposes.
14        (5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
15    a silencer, and causes any injury to another person.
16        (6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
17    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
18    knows to be a peace officer, community policing volunteer,
19    person summoned by a police officer, fireman, private
20    security officer, correctional institution employee or
21    emergency management worker:
22            (i) performing his or her official duties;
23            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
24        official duties; or
25            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
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1        (7) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
2    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
3    knows to be emergency medical services personnel:
4            (i) performing his or her official duties;
5            (ii) battered to prevent performance of his or her
6        official duties; or
7            (iii) battered in retaliation for performing his
8        or her official duties.
9        (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with
10    a silencer, and causes any injury to a person he or she
11    knows to be a teacher, or a student in a school, or a
12    school employee, and the teacher, student, or employee is
13    upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in
14    any part of a building used for school purposes.
15    (f) Offense based on use of a weapon or device. A person
16commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, he or
17she does any of the following:
18        (1) Uses a deadly weapon other than by discharge of a
19    firearm, or uses an air rifle as defined in Section
20    24.8-0.1 of this Code.
21        (2) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
22    identity.
23        (3) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
24    or flashes a laser gunsight or other laser device attached
25    to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm, so that
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1    another.
2        (4) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
3    the intent to disseminate the recording.
4    (g) Offense based on certain conduct. A person commits
5aggravated battery when, other than by discharge of a firearm,
6he or she does any of the following:
7        (1) Violates Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled
8    Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a controlled
9    substance to another and any user experiences great bodily
10    harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection,
11    inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled
12    substance.
13        (2) Knowingly administers to an individual or causes
14    him or her to take, without his or her consent or by threat
15    or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any
16    intoxicating, poisonous, stupefying, narcotic, anesthetic,
17    or controlled substance, or gives to another person any
18    food containing any substance or object intended to cause
19    physical injury if eaten.
20        (3) Knowingly causes or attempts to cause a
21    correctional institution employee or Department of Human
22    Services employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
23    fluid, urine, or feces by throwing, tossing, or expelling
24    the fluid or material, and the person is an inmate of a
25    penal institution or is a sexually dangerous person or
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1    Human Services.
2    (h) Sentence. Unless otherwise provided, aggravated
3battery is a Class 3 felony.
4    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(4),
5(d)(4), or (g)(3) is a Class 2 felony.
6    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(3) or
7(g)(1) is a Class 1 felony.
8    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
9Class 1 felony when the aggravated battery was intentional and
10involved the infliction of torture, as defined in paragraph
11(14) of subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of this Code, as the
12infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated
13by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or
14agony of the victim.
15    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(1) is a
16Class 2 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or
17permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to
18be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other
19religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other
20building, structure, or place used for religious worship.
21    Aggravated battery under subdivision (a)(5) is a Class 1
22felony if:
23        (A) the person used or attempted to use a dangerous
24    instrument while committing the offense; or
25        (B) the person caused great bodily harm or permanent
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1    committing the offense; or
2        (C) the person has been previously convicted of a
3    violation of subdivision (a)(5) under the laws of this
4    State or laws similar to subdivision (a)(5) of any other
5    state.
6    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(1) is a
7Class X felony.
8    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (a)(2) is a
9Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
10of imprisonment of a minimum of 6 years and a maximum of 45
11years.
12    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(5) is a
13Class X felony for which a person shall be sentenced to a term
14of imprisonment of a minimum of 12 years and a maximum of 45
15years.
16    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(2),
17(e)(3), or (e)(4) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
18be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 15 years
19and a maximum of 60 years.
20    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (e)(6),
21(e)(7), or (e)(8) is a Class X felony for which a person shall
22be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 20 years
23and a maximum of 60 years.
24    Aggravated battery as defined in subdivision (b)(1) is a
25Class X felony, except that:
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1    with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
2    imprisonment imposed by the court;
3        (2) if, during the commission of the offense, the
4    person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
5    added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
6        (3) if, during the commission of the offense, the
7    person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
8    caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
9    disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
10    to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
11    imprisonment imposed by the court.
12    (i) Definitions. In this Section:
13    "Building or other structure used to provide shelter" has
14the meaning ascribed to "shelter" in Section 1 of the Domestic
15Violence Shelters Act.
16    "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in
17Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
18    "Domestic violence shelter" means any building or other
19structure used to provide shelter or other services to victims
20or to the dependent children of victims of domestic violence
21pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or the
22Domestic Violence Shelters Act, or any place within 500 feet of
23such a building or other structure in the case of a person who
24is going to or from such a building or other structure.
25    "Firearm" has the meaning provided under Section 1.1 of the
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1air rifle as defined by Section 24.8-0.1 of this Code.
2    "Machine gun" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
324-1 of this Code.
4    "Merchant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16-0.1
5of this Code.
6    "Strangle" means intentionally impeding the normal
7breathing or circulation of the blood of an individual by
8applying pressure on the throat or neck of that individual or
9by blocking the nose or mouth of that individual.
10(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-24-19.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.