Full Text of SB3521 98th General Assembly
SB3521sam002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Mattie Hunter Filed: 3/31/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3521
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3521 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, lines 5 through 6, by replacing "4, and 6" with "4, | 4 | | 6, and 9"; and | 5 | | on page 2, line 18, by replacing "summer" with " summer "; and | 6 | | on page 4, line 5, after the period, by inserting " Persons | 7 | | employed through the Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps | 8 | | shall not perform work in State parks. "; and | 9 | | on page 4, line 10, by deleting " summer "; and | 10 | | on page 4, line 21, by deleting " summer "; and | 11 | | on page 5, line 14, after the period, by inserting " These rules | 12 | | shall prohibit the use of Illinois Young Adult Recreation Corps |
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| 1 | | employees in a manner that displaces or replaces regular | 2 | | employees and shall prohibit any activity that impairs or is | 3 | | inconsistent with an existing collective bargaining agreement | 4 | | or with the collective bargaining rights of employees. Illinois | 5 | | Young Adult Recreation Corps employees shall not be assigned | 6 | | work within the scope of bargaining unit work without the | 7 | | written consent of the exclusive bargaining representative. "; | 8 | | and | 9 | | on page 6, immediately below line 2, by inserting the | 10 | | following: | 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 |
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| 1 | | as possible, as determined by the Department. | 2 | | (b) Application. Local sponsors who can provide necessary | 3 | | facilities, materials, and management for summer conservation | 4 | | or recreational activities within the community and who desire | 5 | | a grant under this Act for the purpose of hiring managing | 6 | | supervisors as necessary and eligible veterans for such | 7 | | conservation or recreational programs may make application to | 8 | | the Department. Applications shall be evaluated on the basis of | 9 | | program content, location, need, local commitment of | 10 | | resources, and consistency with the purposes of this Act. | 11 | | (c) Enrollment. The Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps | 12 | | shall be limited to citizens of this State who at the time of | 13 | | enrollment are veterans of any age and are unemployed and who | 14 | | have skills that can be utilized in the summer conservation or | 15 | | recreational program. Preference may be given to veterans with | 16 | | a disability. | 17 | | The ratio of veterans employee enrollees to a managing | 18 | | supervisor must not be less than 10 to 1 for any local sponsor | 19 | | with a total number of veterans employee enrollees of 10 or | 20 | | more. Any local sponsor program with a total number of veteran | 21 | | employee enrollees of less than 10 must be limited to one | 22 | | managing supervisor. Veterans who are unemployed shall be given | 23 | | preference for employment as managing supervisors. | 24 | | The local sponsors shall make public notification of the | 25 | | availability of jobs for eligible veterans in the Illinois | 26 | | Veteran Recreation Corps by the means of newspapers, electronic |
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| 1 | | media, educational facilities, units of local government, and | 2 | | Department of Employment Security offices. Application for | 3 | | employment shall be made directly to the local sponsor. | 4 | | The Department shall adopt reasonable rules pertaining to | 5 | | the administration of the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps. | 6 | | (d) Terms of employment. The enrollment period for any | 7 | | successful applicant of the program shall not be longer than 12 | 8 | | 6 total months. Once enrolled in the program, each enrollee | 9 | | shall receive a reasonable wage as set by the Department and | 10 | | shall work hours as required by the conservation or recreation | 11 | | program but not in excess of a maximum number of hours as | 12 | | determined by the Department, except that an enrollee working | 13 | | as a managing supervisor shall receive a higher wage than an | 14 | | enrollee working in any other capacity on the conservation or | 15 | | recreation program. Enrollees shall be employees of the local | 16 | | sponsor and not contractual hires for the purpose of employment | 17 | | taxes, except that enrollees shall not be classified as | 18 | | employees of the State or the local sponsor for purposes of | 19 | | contributions to the State Employees' Retirement System of | 20 | | Illinois or any other public employee retirement system.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)".
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