Public Act 093-0828
 		





HB4660 Enrolled
LRB093 18696 DRJ 44424 b






    AN ACT concerning military personnel.

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


 
    Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is 
amended  by changing Section 29 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 3605/29)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 329)



    Sec. 29. If the Authority acquires a transportation system 
in operation by
a public utility, all of the employees in the 
operating and maintenance
divisions of such public utility and 
all other employees except executive
and administrative 
officers and employees, shall be transferred to and
appointed 
as employees of the Authority, subject to all rights and 
benefits
of this Act, and these employees shall be given 
seniority credit in
accordance with the records and labor 
agreements of the public utility.
Employees who left the employ 
of such a public utility to enter the
military service of the 
United States shall have the same rights as to the
Authority, 
under the provisions of the "Service  Member's
Men's Employment 
Tenure
Act", approved July 17, 1941, as they would have had 
thereunder as to
such public utility. After such acquisition 
the authority shall be required
to extend to such former 
employees of such public utility only the rights
and benefits 
as to pensions and retirement as are accorded other employees

of the Authority.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 152.)

 
    Section 10. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended  
by changing Section 3.5 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 3610/3.5)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353.5)



    Sec. 3.5. If the district acquires a mass transit facility, 
all of the
employees in such mass transit
facility shall be 
transferred to and appointed as employees
of the district, 
subject to all rights and benefits of this Act, and these

employees shall be given seniority credit in accordance with 
the records
and labor agreements of the mass transit facility. 
Employees who left the
employ of such a mass transit facility 
to enter the military service of the
United States shall have 
the same rights as to the district, under the
provisions of the  
"Service Member's
Men's Employment Tenure Act", approved July 
17,
1941, as they would have had thereunder as to such mass 
transit facility.
After such acquisition the district shall be 
required to extend to such
former employees of such mass 
transit facility only the rights and benefits
as to pensions 
and retirement as are accorded other employees of the
district.

(Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04.)

 
    Section 15. The Service Men's Employment Tenure Act is 
amended  by changing Sections 1 and 6 as follows:
 



    (330 ILCS 60/1)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 29)



    Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act shall be known and may be 
cited as the Service Member's
Men's Employment Tenure Act.

(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1202.)

 



    (330 ILCS 60/6)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)



    Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's 
remedies.

    (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a 
business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 
and not more than $10,000.

    (b) In case any employer fails or refuses to comply with

this Act, the circuit court of the county in which such private 
employer
maintains a place of business, or of the county where 
such State employee
performs most of his duties, has power, 
upon the filing of a complaint
by the person entitled to
the 
benefits of this Act, to specifically require such employer to 
comply
with this Act and to compensate such person for any loss 
of wages or
benefits suffered by reason of such employer's 
unlawful action, together
with a reasonable attorney's fees and 
costs
fee.  No fees or court costs shall be taxed
against any 
person applying for the benefits of this Act.

    The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference 
to the hearing
and disposition of such cases over other matters 
then pending before it.

(Source: P.A. 79-1359; 79-1365.)

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