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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4457

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4457,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The Military Code of Illinois is amended  by
 6    adding Article V-A and changing the heading of Article VII as
 7    follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 1805/Art. V-A heading new)
 9            ARTICLE V-A. NATIONAL GUARD EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

10        (20 ILCS 1805/30.1 new)
11        Sec.  30.1.  Article  short  title.  This  Article may be
12    cited as the Illinois National Guard Employment Rights Law.

13        (20 ILCS 1805/30.5 new)
14        Sec.  30.5.   Public  policy.   As   a   guide   to   the
15    interpretation  and  application  of this Article, the public
16    policy of the State is declared as follows:
17        The United  States  has  provided  for  the  reemployment
18    rights  of  members  of  the  Reserve Components of the armed
19    forces, and of  the  National  Guard  of  the  states,  while
20    serving  in duty or training statuses pursuant to Title 10 or
 
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 1    32 of the United  States  Code,  by  enacting  the  Uniformed
 2    Services  Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, codified at
 3    Title 38, United  States  Code,  Chapter  43.  The  Uniformed
 4    Services  Employment  and  Reemployment  Rights Act, however,
 5    does not provide  any  such  protection  to  members  of  the
 6    National  Guard  serving  the  states, including the State of
 7    Illinois, in a State Active Duty status pursuant to orders of
 8    the Governor.
 9        The United States has also provided relief  from  certain
10    civil  obligations  for  personnel of the United States armed
11    forces serving on federal active duty under Title 10  of  the
12    United  States  Code,  by enacting the Soldiers' and Sailors'
13    Civil Relief Act of 1940,  codified  at  Title  50  Appendix,
14    United States Code, Sections 501-591. Members of the National
15    Guard serving other than in such a federal active duty status
16    under  Title  10  of the United States Code, however, are not
17    subject to, nor do  they  receive  the  protections  of,  the
18    Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940.
19        As  a  constituent commonwealth of the United States, and
20    in accordance with the constitutions of the United States and
21    of the State of Illinois, the State of Illinois must  provide
22    for  the  defense  of  its  citizens  and  territory  against
23    domestic and foreign threats, and the Illinois National Guard
24    is  an  essential  part  of  the State's ability to meet such
25    threats.  It is therefore declared to be the  policy  of  the
26    State  of  Illinois (i) to ensure the readiness of members of
27    the  National  Guard  to   execute   missions   assigned   by
28    appropriate  federal  or  State  authorities  by guaranteeing
29    adequate protections of their right  to  return  to  civilian
30    employment  upon  completion of State Active Duty and (ii) to
31    grant members of the National Guard relief from certain civil
32    obligations while performing  periods  of  training  or  duty
33    under  Title  32  of  the United States Code and State Active
34    Duty.
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 1805/30.10 new)
 2        Sec. 30.10. Definitions.  In this Article:
 3        "National Guard" has the definition provided  by  federal
 4    law at 10 U.S.C. 101(c).
 5        "Illinois  National Guard" has the definition provided in
 6    Sections 5 and 7 of this Code.
 7        "Federal active duty under Title 10 of the United  States
 8    Code" means active federal service of members of the National
 9    Guard  pursuant  to any provision of Chapter 1209 of Title 10
10    of the United States Code.
11        "Training or duty under Title 32  of  the  United  States
12    Code"  means  active  or  inactive National Guard training or
13    duty performed pursuant to Chapter  5  of  Title  32  of  the
14    United  States  Code  and  pursuant  to  the  orders  of  the
15    Governor.
16        "State  Active  Duty" means National Guard duty performed
17    in the active service of any state or United States territory
18    or commonwealth in accordance with that  jurisdiction's  laws
19    and pursuant to the orders of the Governor concerned. It does
20    not  refer  to active duty performed pursuant to Chapter 5 of
21    Title 32 of the United States Code and pursuant to the orders
22    of the Governor.
23        "Political  subdivision"  means   any   unit   of   local
24    government or school district.

25        (20 ILCS 1805/30.15 new)
26        Sec.   30.15.  National   Guard;   State   Active   Duty;
27    reemployment rights.
28        (a)  Any  member  of  the  National  Guard  ("a  member")
29    employed by a private employer in the State of Illinois or by
30    the  State  of  Illinois  or any political subdivision of the
31    State  whose  absence  from  a  position  of  employment   is
32    necessitated  by reason of being called to State Active Duty,
33    whether or not voluntary, shall be entitled  to  reemployment
 
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 1    rights  and benefits and other employment benefits under this
 2    Article if:
 3             (1)  the member (or an appropriate  officer  of  the
 4        National  Guard  in  which  the service is performed) has
 5        given advance written or oral notice of the  service,  if
 6        reasonably possible;
 7             (2)  the   member   reports   to,   or   submits  an
 8        application  for  reemployment  to,   the   employer   in
 9        accordance with the provisions of subsection (e); and
10             (3)  the  character of the member's service on State
11        Active Duty was honorable, under honorable conditions, or
12        otherwise characterized as satisfactory.
13        (b)  No  notice  is  required  under  subsection  (a)  if
14    precluded by military necessity, or  if  the  giving  of  the
15    notice   is  not  reasonably  possible,  under  all  relevant
16    circumstances. A written determination of military  necessity
17    for  the  purposes  of  this  subsection shall be made by the
18    Adjutant General of Illinois and  shall  not  be  subject  to
19    judicial review.
20        (c)  An  employer  is  not  required to reemploy a member
21    under this Section if:
22             (1)  the employer's circumstances have so changed as
23        to make such reemployment impossible or unreasonable,  or
24        if  reemployment  would  impose  an undue hardship on the
25        employer; or
26             (2)  the employment from which the member leaves  to
27        serve in the National Guard on State Active Duty is for a
28        brief,  nonrecurrent  period  and  there is no reasonable
29        expectation   that   the   employment    will    continue
30        indefinitely or for a significant period.
31        (d)  In  any proceeding involving an issue of whether (i)
32    any reemployment referred to in subsection (c) is  impossible
33    or   unreasonable  because  of  a  change  in  an  employer's
34    circumstances; (ii) any accommodation,  training,  or  effort
 
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 1    referred  to  in  subdivision  (c)(1)  would  impose an undue
 2    hardship on the employer; or (iii) the employment referred to
 3    in subdivision (c)(2) is for a brief, nonrecurrent period and
 4    there is no reasonable expectation that the  employment  will
 5    continue  indefinitely  or  for  a  significant  period,  the
 6    employer  has  the  burden  of  proving  the impossibility or
 7    unreasonableness,  the  undue  hardship,  or  the  brief   or
 8    nonrecurrent  nature  of  the employment without a reasonable
 9    expectation of continuing indefinitely or for  a  significant
10    period.
11        (e)  Subject  to  subsection (f), a member referred to in
12    subsection (a) shall, upon completion of a  period  of  State
13    Active  Duty,  notify  the employer referred to in subsection
14    (a) of the  member's  intent  to  return  to  a  position  of
15    employment with the employer as follows:
16             (1)  In  the  case of a member whose period of State
17        Active Duty was less than 31 days, by  reporting  to  the
18        employer:
19                  (A)  not  later than the beginning of the first
20             full regularly scheduled work period  on  the  first
21             full calendar day following completion of the period
22             of  State  Active Duty and the expiration of 8 hours
23             after a period allowing for safe  transportation  of
24             the  member  from  the  place  of  that  duty to the
25             member's residence; or
26                  (B)  as soon as possible after  the  expiration
27             of  the  8-hour period referred to in paragraph (A),
28             if reporting within that  period  is  impossible  or
29             unreasonable through no fault of the member.
30             (2)  In  the  case of a member whose period of State
31        Active Duty was more than 30 days but less than 180 days,
32        by submitting an application for  reemployment  with  the
33        employer  not  less  than 14 days after completion of the
34        period  of  State  Active  Duty,  or  if  submitting  the
 
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 1        application  within  that   period   is   impossible   or
 2        unreasonable  through  no  fault  of the member, the next
 3        full calendar day  when  submission  of  the  application
 4        becomes possible.
 5             (3)  In  the  case of a member whose period of State
 6        Active Duty was  180  days  or  more,  by  submitting  an
 7        application  for reemployment with the employer not later
 8        than 90 days after completion of the period of service.
 9        (f)  A member who is hospitalized  for,  or  convalescing
10    from, an illness or injury incurred in, or aggravated during,
11    the  performance  of  a period of State Active Duty shall, at
12    the end of the period that is necessary  for  the  member  to
13    recover  from  the  illness or injury, report to the member's
14    employer or submit an application for reemployment  with  the
15    employer.  The  period  of recovery shall not exceed 2 years,
16    except that the  2-year  period  shall  be  extended  by  the
17    minimum time required to accommodate the circumstances beyond
18    the  member's  control which make reporting within the 2-year
19    period impossible or unreasonable.
20        (g)  A member who fails to report or apply for employment
21    or reemployment within the appropriate  period  specified  in
22    this  Section  shall  not  automatically  forfeit  his or her
23    rights and  benefits  under  subsection  (a),  but  shall  be
24    subject to the conduct rules, established policy, and general
25    practices  of  the  employer  pertaining  to explanations and
26    discipline with respect to absence from scheduled work.
27        (h)  A member who submits an application for reemployment
28    in accordance with this Article shall, upon  the  request  of
29    the  employer,  provide  to  the  employer  documentation  to
30    establish that:
31             (1)  the member's application is timely; and
32             (2)  the  character  of  the  member's  service  was
33        honorable,   under  honorable  conditions,  or  otherwise
34        satisfactory.
 
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 1        The failure of  a  member  to  provide  documentation  as
 2    prescribed  in  this  subsection  may  not  be  the basis for
 3    denying  reemployment  if  the  failure  occurs  because  the
 4    documentation does not exist or is not readily  available  at
 5    the  time  of the employer's request. If, after reemployment,
 6    documentation becomes available  that  establishes  that  the
 7    member  does  not  meet  one  or  more of the requirements in
 8    paragraph (1) or (2), the employer may terminate the member's
 9    employment in accordance with the conduct rules,  established
10    policy,  and  general practices of the employer pertaining to
11    explanation and  discipline  with  respect  to  absence  from
12    scheduled  work.  An  employer  may  not  delay or attempt to
13    defeat a reemployment obligation by  demanding  documentation
14    that does not exist or is not then readily available.
15        (i)  Except  as  otherwise provided by this subsection, a
16    member entitled to  reemployment  under  this  Article,  upon
17    completion  of  a  period  of  State  Active  Duty,  shall be
18    promptly reemployed in the position of employment which he or
19    she left with the same increases in  status,  seniority,  and
20    wages  that  were  earned  during  his or her period of State
21    Active Duty by employees in like positions who  were  on  the
22    job  at  the  time  the returning member entered State Active
23    Duty, or to a position of like seniority,  status,  and  pay,
24    unless  the  employer's  circumstances  have so changed as to
25    make it impossible or unreasonable to do so.
26        If at the time of requesting reemployment, the member  is
27    no  longer  physically,  mentally,  or otherwise qualified or
28    able to perform the duties  of  the  position  of  employment
29    which  he  or she left due to disability acquired incident to
30    his or her service in State Active Duty, but is qualified and
31    able to perform the duties  of  any  other  position  in  the
32    employ  of the employer, then the member shall be restored to
33    that other position,  the  duties  of  which  he  or  she  is
34    qualified  and  able  to perform and that will provide him or
 
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 1    her with like seniority, status,  and  pay,  or  the  nearest
 2    approximation  thereof  consistent  with the circumstances of
 3    the case.
 4        If a member enters State Active Duty and the position  of
 5    employment  which  he  or  she  left is filled by one or more
 6    employees who are also members of the National Guard and  who
 7    later  enter  State  Active  Duty,  the  members  shall, upon
 8    release from State Active Duty, be given  preference  in  the
 9    matter  of  reemployment  in  the order in which they entered
10    State Active Duty, and the employer shall not be required  to
11    retain more than one of them in his or her employ.
12        (j)  Except  as  otherwise provided in this Section, each
13    member in the employ of a private employer or of the State of
14    Illinois or a political subdivision of the State who, for the
15    purpose of entering State Active Duty,  has  left  or  leaves
16    that  employment  but  who has been rejected for State Active
17    Duty for lack of proper qualifications, shall be restored  by
18    the  employer  (i)  to  the  position of employment which the
19    member  left  with  the  same  seniority,  status,  and  wage
20    increases that an employee who was employed in that  position
21    at the time the member left to enter State Active Duty earned
22    during the time the member was absent from employment because
23    of his or her attempt to enter State Active Duty or (ii) to a
24    position of like seniority, status, and pay, provided that at
25    the time of the rejection for State Active Duty the member is
26    qualified to perform the duties of the position of employment
27    which   he   or   she  left  and  has  made  application  for
28    reemployment within the time period specified  in  subsection
29    (e)  after  receiving  official  notice  of the rejection for
30    State Active Duty.

31        (20 ILCS 1805/30.20 new)
32        Sec. 30.20.  Reemployment; benefits.
33        (a)  Any member of the National Guard who  is  reemployed
 
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 1    or   seeks  reemployment  to  a  position  of  employment  in
 2    accordance with the provisions  of  this  Article,  shall  be
 3    considered  as  having  been  on furlough or leave of absence
 4    during  his  or  her  State  Active  Duty  and  shall  be  so
 5    reemployed without loss of seniority and shall be entitled to
 6    participate in insurance or other  benefits  offered  by  the
 7    employer pursuant to established rules and practices relating
 8    to  employees  on furlough or leave of absence in effect with
 9    the employer at the time  the  member  entered  State  Active
10    Duty.  The  member  shall not be discharged from the position
11    without cause within one year after reemployment.
12        (b)  If  an  employer  provides  health   insurance,   an
13    exclusion  or waiting period may not be imposed in connection
14    with coverage of a health or physical condition of  a  member
15    entitled to participate in that insurance under this Section,
16    or  a health or physical condition of any other person who is
17    covered by the insurance by reason of the  coverage  of  that
18    member,  if:  (i)  the  condition arose before or during that
19    member's period of State Active Duty; (ii)  an  exclusion  or
20    waiting  period would not have been imposed for the condition
21    during a period of coverage resulting from  participation  by
22    that member in the insurance; and (iii) the condition of that
23    member has not been determined to be service connected.

24        (20 ILCS 1805/30.25 new)
25        Sec.  30.25.   Stay  of  prosecution.   During  and for a
26    period of 14 days after a  period  of  training  or  duty  in
27    excess  of 29 days either under Title 32 of the United States
28    Code or under State Active Duty, a court having  jurisdiction
29    over  the  enforcement  of any civil obligation or liability,
30    the prosecution of any civil suit or proceeding, or the entry
31    or enforcement of any civil order, writ, judgment, or  decree
32    may  stay,  postpone,  or  suspend  the  matter  if the court
33    determines that a person's failure to meet the obligation  is
 
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 1    the  direct  result  of that period of training or duty.  The
 2    stay, postponement, or suspension of proceedings does not  in
 3    any  way modify any condition, obligation, term, or liability
 4    agreed upon or incurred  by  a  person  in  military  service
 5    including  but not limited to accrued interest, late fees, or
 6    penalties.  No stay, postponement,  or  suspension  shall  be
 7    provided  regarding  any  written  agreement entered into, or
 8    debt that is incurred, by the person during or after  his  or
 9    her  period  of training or duty either under Title 32 of the
10    United States Code or under State Active Duty.

11        (20 ILCS 1805/30.30 new)
12        Sec. 30.30.  School attendance and tuition.   Any  person
13    in  federal  active  duty under Title 10 of the United States
14    Code, or in training or duty under Title  32  of  the  United
15    States  Code, or in State Active Duty, pursuant to the orders
16    of the Governor has the right  to  receive  a  full  monetary
17    credit  or  refund  for  funds  paid  to  any Illinois public
18    university, college, or community college if  the  person  is
19    placed  into  a  period of military service with the State of
20    Illinois pursuant to the orders of the Governor and is unable
21    to attend the university or college for a period of 7 or more
22    days. Withdrawal from the course shall not  impact  upon  the
23    final  grade  point average of the person.  If any person who
24    has been enrolled in any Illinois public university, college,
25    or  community  college  is  unable  to  process  his  or  her
26    enrollment for the upcoming term, he or she  shall  have  any
27    and  all  late  penalties and or charges set aside, including
28    any and all late processing fees for books, lab fees, and all
29    items that were not in place because the person  was  engaged
30    in  military  service and was unable to enroll in the courses
31    at the appropriate  time.   The  rights  set  forth  in  this
32    Section  are in addition to any rights afforded to persons in
33    military service with the State of Illinois pursuant  to  the
 
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 1    orders  of  the  Governor  under  the policies of an Illinois
 2    public university, college, or community college.

 3        (20 ILCS 1805/Art. VII heading)
 4              ARTICLE VII. SEPARATION THE RETIRED LIST

 5        (20 ILCS 1805/33 rep.)
 6        Section 10.  The Military Code of Illinois is amended  by
 7    repealing Section 33.

 8        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.".

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