Full Text of SB3521 98th General Assembly
SB3521 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3521 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 525 ILCS 50/2 | from Ch. 48, par. 2552 | 525 ILCS 50/4 | from Ch. 48, par. 2554 | 525 ILCS 50/6 | from Ch. 48, par. 2556 | 525 ILCS 50/8.5 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act. Creates the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps for the purpose of making grants to local sponsors to provide wages to young adults operating and instructing in conservation or recreational programs. Provides that local sponsors who can provide necessary facilities, materials, and management for summer conservation or recreational activities within the community may apply to the Department of Natural Resources for a grant under the Act for the purpose of hiring managing supervisors and eligible young adults for conservation or recreational programs. Provides that the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps shall be limited to citizens of this State who, at the time of enrollment, are unemployed, are 18 through 25 years of age, and who have skills that can be used in the summer conservation or recreational program. Provides that the Department shall adopt reasonable rules pertaining to the administration of the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps. Effective immediately.
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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, and | 6 | | 6 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. The programs | 6 | | may charge user fees, but the fees shall be designed to promote | 7 | | as much community involvement as possible, as determined by the | 8 | | Department. | 9 | | (b) Local sponsors who can provide necessary facilities, | 10 | | materials, and management for summer conservation or | 11 | | recreational activities within the community may apply to the | 12 | | Department for a grant under this Act for the purpose of hiring | 13 | | managing supervisors, as necessary, and eligible young adults | 14 | | for conservation or recreational programs. Applications shall | 15 | | be evaluated on the basis of program content, location, need, | 16 | | local commitment of resources, and consistency with the | 17 | | purposes of this Act. | 18 | | (c) The Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps shall be | 19 | | limited to citizens of this State who, at the time of | 20 | | enrollment, are unemployed, are 18 through 25 years of age, and | 21 | | who have skills that can be used in the summer conservation or | 22 | | recreational program. | 23 | | The ratio of young adult employee enrollees to managing | 24 | | supervisors shall not be less than 10 to 1 for any local | 25 | | sponsor with a total number of young adult employee enrollees | 26 | | of 10 or more. Any local sponsor program with a total number of |
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| 1 | | young adult employee enrollees of less than 10 shall be limited | 2 | | to one managing supervisor. Young adults who are unemployed | 3 | | shall be given preference for employment as managing | 4 | | supervisors. | 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. | 15 | | (d) The enrollment period for any successful applicant of | 16 | | the program shall not be longer than 12 months. Once enrolled | 17 | | in the program, each enrollee shall receive a reasonable wage | 18 | | as set by the Department and shall work hours as required by | 19 | | the conservation or recreation program as determined by the | 20 | | Department, except that an enrollee working as a managing | 21 | | supervisor shall receive a higher wage than an enrollee working | 22 | | in any other capacity on the conservation or recreation | 23 | | program. Enrollees shall be employees of the local sponsor and | 24 | | not contractual hires for the purpose of employment taxes, | 25 | | except that enrollees shall not be classified as employees of | 26 | | this State or the local sponsor for purposes of contributions |
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| 1 | | to the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois or any | 2 | | other public employee retirement system.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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