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 1        AN ACT concerning disaster service volunteers.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Disaster Service Volunteer Leave  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 335/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 4053)
 7        Sec.  3.   Disaster Service Volunteer Leave.  An employee
 8    of a  State  agency  who  is  a  certified  disaster  service
 9    volunteer  of  the  American  Red  Cross  or  assigned to the
10    Illinois Emergency Management Agency in accordance  with  the
11    Illinois  Emergency  Management Act, the Emergency Management
12    Assistance Compact Act, or  other  applicable  administrative
13    rules  may  be  granted  leave from his work with pay for not
14    more  than  20  working  days  in  any  12-month  period   to
15    participate  in  specialized disaster relief services for the
16    American Red Cross or for the Illinois  Emergency  Management
17    Agency,  as the case may be, upon the request of the American
18    Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the
19    services of that employee  and  upon  the  approval  of  that
20    employee's  agency,  without loss of seniority, pay, vacation
21    time, compensatory time, personal days, sick time  or  earned
22    overtime   accumulation.   The  agency  shall  compensate  an
23    employee granted leave under this Section at his regular rate
24    of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee
25    is absent from his work.  For  purposes  of  assessing  State
26    disaster  response  needs, requests made pursuant to this Act
27    for  services  out-of-state  shall  be  coordinated  by   the
28    American  Red  Cross  and  the  Illinois Emergency Management
29    Agency  through  the  Illinois  State  Emergency   Operations
30    Center.  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may consult
31    with  the  Department of Central Management Services on leave
 
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 1    issues that could impact the  operations  of  State  agencies
 2    under the Governor's jurisdiction. Leave under this Act shall
 3    not be unreasonably denied for services related to a disaster
 4    within  the  United States or its territories be granted only
 5    for services related to a disaster occurring within the State
 6    of Illinois.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-638.)

 8        Section  10.   The  Local  Government  Disaster   Service
 9    Volunteer Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

10        (50 ILCS 122/15)
11        Sec.  15.  Local  government  disaster  service volunteer
12    leave. An employee of a  local  agency  who  is  a  certified
13    disaster  service  volunteer  of  the  American  Red Cross or
14    assigned to  the  Illinois  Emergency  Management  Agency  in
15    accordance  with  the  Illinois Emergency Management Act, the
16    Emergency  Management  Assistance  Compact  Act,   or   other
17    applicable administrative rules may be granted leave from his
18    or her work with pay for not more than 20 working days in any
19    12-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief
20    services  for  the  American  Red  Cross  or for the Illinois
21    Emergency Management Agency, as the case  may  be,  upon  the
22    request  of  the American Red Cross or the Illinois Emergency
23    Management Agency for the services of that employee and  upon
24    the  approval  of  that  employee's  agency,  without loss of
25    seniority, pay, vacation time,  compensatory  time,  personal
26    days,  sick time, or earned overtime accumulation. The agency
27    must compensate an employee granted leave under this  Section
28    at  his  or  her  regular  rate of pay for those regular work
29    hours during which the employee is absent  from  work.  Leave
30    under  this Act shall not be unreasonably denied for services
31    related to  a  disaster  within  the  United  States  or  its
32    territories  may  be  granted  only for services related to a
 
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 1    disaster occurring within the State of Illinois.
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-95, eff. 7-18-01.)

 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
 4    1, 2003.