Full Text of SB3521 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning conservation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult | 5 | | Conservation Jobs Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, 6, | 6 | | and 9 and by adding Section 8.5 as follows:
| 7 | | (525 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 2552)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. Declaration of Intent. The General Assembly finds | 9 | | that the
level of unemployment among veterans, the youths of | 10 | | this State, particularly those
age 14 through 18, and young | 11 | | adults, age 18 through 25, is unsatisfactory.
This situation is | 12 | | not conducive to
the development
of veterans and the youth and | 13 | | young adults of Illinois as the future of the State. The
| 14 | | General Assembly further finds
that the availability of | 15 | | conservation and recreational programs for veterans, youth, | 16 | | and young adults in parks and
recreational facilities and other | 17 | | lands operated
by the State, by units of local government, and | 18 | | by local
not-for-profit entities is severely limited. The
| 19 | | General Assembly therefore creates the Illinois Veteran, | 20 | | Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act
to establish (a) | 21 | | the Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps and the Illinois Young | 22 | | Adult Conservation Corps to
provide year-round employment
for | 23 | | veterans and young adults of this State for the purpose
of |
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| 1 | | conservation, rehabilitation, protection and enhancement of | 2 | | the State's public land
and (b) the Illinois Veteran Recreation | 3 | | Corps , and the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps , and the | 4 | | Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps to provide employment for | 5 | | the veterans , and youth , and young adults of this State for the | 6 | | purpose of
administering and operating conservation or | 7 | | recreational programs operated by units of local government or | 8 | | local not-for-profit entities at conservation and open spaces, | 9 | | parks, or
recreational facilities or other similar facilities | 10 | | or locations.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
| 12 | | (525 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 2554)
| 13 | | Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Act:
| 14 | | (a) "Department" means the Department of Natural | 15 | | Resources.
| 16 | | (b) "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
| 17 | | (c) "Local sponsor" means any unit of local government or
| 18 | | not-for-profit entity that can make available for a summer | 19 | | conservation or recreation program park lands, conservation or | 20 | | recreational lands or facilities, equipment, materials,
| 21 | | administration, supervisory personnel, etc.
| 22 | | (d) "Managing supervisor" means an enrollee in the Illinois | 23 | | Veteran Recreation Corps , or the Illinois Youth Recreation | 24 | | Corps , or the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps who is | 25 | | selected by the local sponsor to supervise the activities of |
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| 1 | | the veterans , or youth , or young adults employee enrollees | 2 | | working on the conservation or recreation project. A managing | 3 | | supervisor in the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps may be 19 | 4 | | years of age or older. | 5 | | (e) "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served or | 6 | | is currently serving as a member of the United States Armed | 7 | | Forces, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of | 8 | | a Reserve Component of the United States Armed Forces. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 10 | | (525 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 2556)
| 11 | | Sec. 6. Funding. Funding for the Illinois Veteran, Youth, | 12 | | and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act
shall be from any State | 13 | | or federal funds or grants or other funding so received by the | 14 | | Department and
any matching funds required by the Department | 15 | | from
local sponsors that choose to participate in the Illinois | 16 | | Veteran Recreation Corps , or the
Illinois Youth Recreation | 17 | | Corps , or the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps programs.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
| 19 | | (525 ILCS 50/8.5 new) | 20 | | Sec. 8.5. Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps. | 21 | | (a) The Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps is | 22 | | established for the purpose of making grants to local sponsors | 23 | | to provide wages to young adults operating and instructing in | 24 | | conservation or recreational programs. The programs shall |
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| 1 | | provide conservation or recreational opportunities and shall | 2 | | include, but are not limited to, the coordination and teaching | 3 | | of natural resource conservation and management, physical | 4 | | activities, or learning activities directly related to natural | 5 | | resource conservation management or recreation. Persons | 6 | | employed through the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps | 7 | | shall not perform work in State parks. The programs may charge | 8 | | user fees, but the fees shall be designed to promote as much | 9 | | community involvement as possible, as determined by the | 10 | | Department. | 11 | | (b) Local sponsors who can provide necessary facilities, | 12 | | materials, and management for conservation or recreational | 13 | | activities within the community may apply to the Department for | 14 | | a grant under this Act for the purpose of hiring managing | 15 | | supervisors, as necessary, and eligible young adults for | 16 | | conservation or recreational programs. Applications shall be | 17 | | evaluated on the basis of program content, location, need, | 18 | | local commitment of resources, and consistency with the | 19 | | purposes of this Act. | 20 | | (c) The Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps shall be | 21 | | limited to citizens of this State who, at the time of | 22 | | enrollment, are unemployed, are 18 through 25 years of age, and | 23 | | who have skills that can be used in the conservation or | 24 | | recreational program. | 25 | | The ratio of young adult employee enrollees to managing | 26 | | supervisors shall not be less than 10 to 1 for any local |
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| 1 | | sponsor with a total number of young adult employee enrollees | 2 | | of 10 or more. Any local sponsor program with a total number of | 3 | | young adult employee enrollees of less than 10 shall be limited | 4 | | to one managing supervisor. | 5 | | The local sponsors shall make public notification of the | 6 | | availability of jobs for eligible young adults in the Illinois | 7 | | Young Adult Recreation Corps by the means of newspapers, | 8 | | electronic media, educational facilities, units of local | 9 | | government, and Department of Employment Security offices. | 10 | | Application for employment shall be made directly to the local | 11 | | sponsor. | 12 | | The Department shall adopt reasonable rules pertaining to | 13 | | the administration of the Illinois Young Adult Recreation | 14 | | Corps. These rules shall prohibit the use of Illinois Young | 15 | | Adult Recreation Corps employees in a manner that displaces or | 16 | | replaces regular employees and shall prohibit any activity that | 17 | | impairs or is inconsistent with an existing collective | 18 | | bargaining agreement or with the collective bargaining rights | 19 | | of employees. Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps employees | 20 | | shall not be assigned work within the scope of bargaining unit | 21 | | work without the written consent of the exclusive bargaining | 22 | | representative. | 23 | | (d) The enrollment period for any successful applicant of | 24 | | the program shall not be longer than 12 months. Once enrolled | 25 | | in the program, each enrollee shall receive a reasonable wage | 26 | | as set by the Department and shall work hours as required by |
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| 1 | | the conservation or recreation program as determined by the | 2 | | Department, except that an enrollee working as a managing | 3 | | supervisor shall receive a higher wage than an enrollee working | 4 | | in any other capacity on the conservation or recreation | 5 | | program. Enrollees shall be employees of the local sponsor and | 6 | | not contractual hires for the purpose of employment taxes, | 7 | | except that enrollees shall not be classified as employees of | 8 | | this State or the local sponsor for purposes of contributions | 9 | | to the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois or any | 10 | | other public employee retirement system. | 11 | | (525 ILCS 50/9) | 12 | | Sec. 9. Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps. With respect to | 13 | | the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps: | 14 | | (a) Purpose. The Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps is | 15 | | established for the purpose of making grants to local sponsors | 16 | | to provide wages to veterans of any age operating and | 17 | | instructing in conservation or recreational programs. Such | 18 | | programs shall provide conservation or recreational | 19 | | opportunities and shall include, but are not limited to, the | 20 | | coordination and teaching of natural resource conservation and | 21 | | management, physical activities, or learning activities | 22 | | directly related to natural resource conservation management | 23 | | or recreation. Such programs may charge user fees, but such | 24 | | fees shall be designed to promote as much community involvement | 25 | | as possible, as determined by the Department. |
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| 1 | | (b) Application. Local sponsors who can provide necessary | 2 | | facilities, materials, and management for summer conservation | 3 | | or recreational activities within the community and who desire | 4 | | a grant under this Act for the purpose of hiring managing | 5 | | supervisors as necessary and eligible veterans for such | 6 | | conservation or recreational programs may make application to | 7 | | the Department. Applications shall be evaluated on the basis of | 8 | | program content, location, need, local commitment of | 9 | | resources, and consistency with the purposes of this Act. | 10 | | (c) Enrollment. The Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps | 11 | | shall be limited to citizens of this State who at the time of | 12 | | enrollment are veterans of any age and are unemployed and who | 13 | | have skills that can be utilized in the summer conservation or | 14 | | recreational program. Preference may be given to veterans with | 15 | | a disability. | 16 | | The ratio of veterans employee enrollees to a managing | 17 | | supervisor must not be less than 10 to 1 for any local sponsor | 18 | | with a total number of veterans employee enrollees of 10 or | 19 | | more. Any local sponsor program with a total number of veteran | 20 | | employee enrollees of less than 10 must be limited to one | 21 | | managing supervisor. Veterans who are unemployed shall be given | 22 | | preference for employment as managing supervisors. | 23 | | The local sponsors shall make public notification of the | 24 | | availability of jobs for eligible veterans in the Illinois | 25 | | Veteran Recreation Corps by the means of newspapers, electronic | 26 | | media, educational facilities, units of local government, and |
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| 1 | | Department of Employment Security offices. Application for | 2 | | employment shall be made directly to the local sponsor. | 3 | | The Department shall adopt reasonable rules pertaining to | 4 | | the administration of the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps. | 5 | | (d) Terms of employment. The enrollment period for any | 6 | | successful applicant of the program shall not be longer than 12 | 7 | | 6 total months. Once enrolled in the program, each enrollee | 8 | | shall receive a reasonable wage as set by the Department and | 9 | | shall work hours as required by the conservation or recreation | 10 | | program but not in excess of a maximum number of hours as | 11 | | determined by the Department, except that an enrollee working | 12 | | as a managing supervisor shall receive a higher wage than an | 13 | | enrollee working in any other capacity on the conservation or | 14 | | recreation program. Enrollees shall be employees of the local | 15 | | sponsor and not contractual hires for the purpose of employment | 16 | | taxes, except that enrollees shall not be classified as | 17 | | employees of the State or the local sponsor for purposes of | 18 | | contributions to the State Employees' Retirement System of | 19 | | Illinois or any other public employee retirement system.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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