Full Text of SB0926 095th General Assembly
SB0926 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0926
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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330 ILCS 55/1 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 23 |
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Amends the Veterans Preference Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a preference given to veterans in employment and appointment to fill certain public works positions.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Preference Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 23)
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| Sec. 1. In the
the employment and appointment to fill | 8 |
| positions in the
construction, addition to, or alteration of | 9 |
| all public works undertaken or
contracted for by the State, or | 10 |
| by any political subdivision thereof,
preference shall be given | 11 |
| to persons who have been members of the armed
forces of the | 12 |
| United States or who, while citizens of the United States,
were | 13 |
| members of the armed forces of allies of the United States in | 14 |
| time of
hostilities with a foreign country, and have served | 15 |
| under one or more of
the following conditions:
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| (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
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| (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities | 18 |
| regardless of the
length of engagement, or
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| (3) The veteran served in the theater of operations but | 20 |
| was discharged
on the basis of a hardship, or
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| (4) The veteran was released from active duty because | 22 |
| of a service
connected disability and was honorably | 23 |
| discharged. But such preference
shall be given only to |
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| those persons who are found to possess the business
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| capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties | 3 |
| of such
employment. No political subdivision or person | 4 |
| contracting for such public
works is required to give | 5 |
| preference to veterans, not residents of such
district, | 6 |
| over residents thereof, who are not veterans.
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| As used in this Section:
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| "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means any | 9 |
| period of time in
the past, present, or future during which | 10 |
| a declaration of war by the
United States Congress has been | 11 |
| or is in effect or during which an
emergency condition has | 12 |
| been or is in effect that is recognized by the
issuance of | 13 |
| a Presidential proclamation or a Presidential executive | 14 |
| order
and in which the armed forces expeditionary medal or | 15 |
| other campaign service
medals are awarded according to | 16 |
| Presidential executive order.
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| "Armed forces of the United States" means the United | 18 |
| States Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. | 19 |
| Service in the Merchant Marine that
constitutes active duty | 20 |
| under Section 401 of federal Public Law 95-202
shall also | 21 |
| be considered service in the Armed Forces of the United | 22 |
| States
for purposes of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-796.)
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