Senate Sponsors: PHILIP-DUDYCZ AND VIVERITO. House Sponsors: CAPPARELLI-WATSON,JIM-MCAULIFFE-HOLBROOK-MAY Short description: MILITARY SRVCE-EMPLOYMT TENURE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Service Men's Employment Tenure Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Military Service Employment Tenure and Employment Benefits Act. Makes the provisions of the Act gender-neutral. Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Local Mass Transit District Act to reflect the change in the short title of the Service Men's Employment Tenure Act. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 330 ILCS 60/2 330 ILCS 60/4 330 ILCS 60/5 330 ILCS 60/6 Adds reference to: 330 ILCS 60/5.3 new Deletes everything. Amends the Service Men's Employment Tenure Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Service Men's Employment Tenure and Civil Relief Act, and amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Local Mass Transit District Act to make conforming changes. Provides that a person who is a member of the Illinois National Guard or the federal military and who is on active duty shall be accorded all of the relief and benefits under the laws of this State that are accorded to federal military personnel on active duty under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 if the person provides written notice of his or her active duty in the same manner that notice is provided under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. Requires notice of termination of active duty within 60 days after that termination. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Makes technical changes in the definition of "active duty". Requires a person to give written notice of the termination of his or her active duty within 30 (instead of 60) days after that termination. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Deletes reference to: 330 ILCS 60/1 330 ILCS 60/5.3 new 70 ILCS 3605/29 70 ILCS 3610/3.5 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1805/100.5 new Deletes all changes to the Service Men's Employment Tenure Act, the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, and the Local Mass Transit District Act. Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Provides that a member of the Illinois National Guard who is on active duty is entitl- ed to the same relief and benefits under Illinois law that are accord- ed to federal military personnel on active duty under federal law. Re- quires a National Guard member to provide notice of his or her active duty, as well as notice of the termination of his or her active duty. Retains the bill's immediate effective date. Last action on Bill: BILL DEAD-AMENDATORY VETO Last action date: DEC-05-2002 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status