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 1        AN ACT concerning disaster volunteers.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1. Short title. This Act  may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Local Government Disaster Service Volunteer Act.

 6        Section  5.  Application and Adoption by Ordinance.  This
 7    Act applies to all counties, municipalities,  townships,  and
 8    home  rule  units that, by ordinance, adopt the provisions of
 9    this Act.

10        Section 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
11        "Local  agency"  includes  all   departments,   officers,
12    commissions,  boards,  institutions,  and  bodies politic and
13    corporate of local governments as  defined  in  the  Counties
14    Code, Township Code, and Illinois Municipal Code.
15        "Disaster" includes disasters designated at Level III and
16    above  in  the  American  National  Red Cross Regulations and
17    Procedures.

18        Section 15. Local Government Disaster  Service  Volunteer
19    Leave.  An  employee  of  a  local  agency who is a certified
20    disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross  may  be
21    granted leave from his or her work with pay for not more than
22    20  working  days  in  any  12-month period to participate in
23    specialized disaster relief services  for  the  American  Red
24    Cross,  upon  the  request  of the American Red Cross for the
25    services of that employee  and  upon  the  approval  of  that
26    employee's  agency,  without loss of seniority, pay, vacation
27    time, compensatory time, personal days, sick time, or  earned
28    overtime accumulation. The agency must compensate an employee
29    granted  leave  under this Section at his or her regular rate
 
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 1    of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee
 2    is absent from work. Leave under this Act may be granted only
 3    for services related to a disaster occurring within the State
 4    of Illinois.

 5        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 6    becoming law.

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