Full Text of HB2566 94th General Assembly
HB2566 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2566
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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330 ILCS 25/3 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 203 |
330 ILCS 25/5 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 205 |
330 ILCS 25/6 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206 |
330 ILCS 25/7 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 207 |
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Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Assigns to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity the powers and duties under the Act that were formerly assigned to the Department of Employment Security. Provides that the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consult and cooperate with appropriate State agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Employment Security and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to ensure that there is no duplication of services.
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| AN ACT concerning veterans.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 203)
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| Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, | 8 |
| "Director" means the
Director of the Department of Commerce and | 9 |
| Economic Opportunity
Employment Security or
its successor | 10 |
| agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 205)
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| Sec. 5. Service centers.
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| (a) The Director shall designate multipurpose service
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| centers for veterans operated by community nonprofit
agencies | 16 |
| or organizations. To the greatest extent possible, the
Director | 17 |
| shall rely on such agencies or organizations whose major
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| emphasis has been to provide social services.
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| (b) The Director shall search for such nonprofit agencies | 20 |
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organizations to carry out the programs created under this | 21 |
| Act.
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| (c) The Director shall designate the agencies or | 23 |
| organizations to carry
out such programs.
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| (d) Subject to appropriation, the Director shall begin to | 25 |
| provide the
necessary funds to the nonprofit agencies
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| organizations to set up and begin the operation of the | 27 |
| multipurpose
service centers. Thereafter the Director shall | 28 |
| provide the funds
appropriated for grants to the centers as the | 29 |
| costs of the centers are
incurred.
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| (e) The Director shall, with the advice of the staff of the | 31 |
| centers,
promulgate rules and regulations to implement this |
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| Act. Such rules and
regulations shall include eligibility of | 2 |
| persons for job training
programs, the level of stipends for | 3 |
| the job training programs, and a
sliding fee scale for the | 4 |
| service programs.
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| (f) In performing his duties pursuant to this Act, the | 6 |
| Director shall
consult and cooperate with such State agencies | 7 |
| as may be appropriate, including but not limited to the | 8 |
| Illinois Department of
Employment Security and the Department | 9 |
| of
Veterans' Affairs
to ensure that there is no
duplication of | 10 |
| services.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206)
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| Sec. 6. (a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after | 14 |
| consulting
and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of
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| Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security , develop | 16 |
| job counseling and placement services by
cooperating with | 17 |
| federal, State and local governmental agencies and private
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| employers. The services shall include:
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| (1) counseling veterans with respect to appropriate job | 20 |
| opportunities;
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| (2) identifying community needs and seeking funding for new
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| public and private sector jobs in relation to this Act;
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| (3) providing veterans with training, skills and
referral | 24 |
| services to help them to become gainfully employed and | 25 |
| independent;
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| (4) developing plans to include more veterans in
existing | 27 |
| training and placement programs; and
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| (5) referring veterans to agencies which provide
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| information and assistance with respect to health care,
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| financial matters, education, nutrition and legal problems.
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| (b) To the extent possible, the centers shall serve
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| surrounding rural areas through a rural outreach effort.
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| (c) To the extent possible, supervisory, technical and
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| administrative positions relating to the multipurpose service
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| programs shall be filled by veterans.
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| (d) The director of each center shall submit an annual | 2 |
| report
to the Director. The report shall include evaluations
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| the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service
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| programs to veterans including the number of
persons trained, | 5 |
| the number of persons placed in employment,
follow-up data on | 6 |
| such persons, the number of persons served
by the various | 7 |
| service programs, and estimates of the cost effectiveness of | 8 |
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various components of the center.
The Director shall also | 9 |
| require quarterly reports and shall by rule specify
the | 10 |
| information to be included in the quarterly reports.
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| (e) The director of each center may accept, use and
dispose | 12 |
| of contributions of money, services and property
for the | 13 |
| purposes of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-792.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 207)
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| Sec. 7. (a) The sponsoring nonprofit agency or organization | 17 |
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consult and cooperate with the Illinois Department of | 18 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security
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| ensure that there is no duplication of services, and shall | 20 |
| cooperate
with federal, State and local agencies to coordinate | 21 |
| the multiservice
programs established under this Act.
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| (b) The agency or organization and the communities
served | 23 |
| by programs established under this Act shall
provide a total of | 24 |
| not less than 5% of the cost of the
operation of the centers to | 25 |
| supplement monies appropriated
to implement and continue this | 26 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1503.)
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