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Public Act 92-0441

SB969 Enrolled                                 LRB9207838SMdv

    AN ACT in relation to unemployment insurance.

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

    Section 5.  The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended  by
changing Section 220 as follows:

    (820 ILCS 405/220) (from Ch. 48, par. 330)
    Sec.  220.  A.  The  term  "employment" shall not include
service performed prior to 1972 in the employ of this  State,
or  of  any  political  subdivision thereof, or of any wholly
owned  instrumentality  of  this  State  or   its   political
subdivisions.
    B.  The  term  "employment"  shall  not  include service,
performed after 1971 and before 1978, in the employ  of  this
State or any of its instrumentalities:
         1.  In an elective position;
         2.  Of   a   professional   or   consulting  nature,
    compensated on a per diem or retainer basis;
         3.  For a State prison or other  State  correctional
    institution,  by  an inmate of the prison or correctional
    institution;
         4.  As  part  of  an  unemployment  work-relief   or
    work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in
    part by any Federal agency or an agency of this State, by
    an    individual    receiving    such    work-relief   or
    work-training;
         5.  In a  facility  conducted  for  the  purpose  of
    carrying  out a program of rehabilitation for individuals
    whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical  or
    mental  deficiency  or  injury  or providing remunerative
    work  for  individuals  who  because  of  their  impaired
    physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in
    the competitive labor market, by an individual  receiving
    such rehabilitation or remunerative work;
         6.  Directly  for the Illinois State Fair during its
    active duration (including the week immediately preceding
    and the week immediately following the Fair);
         7.  Directly  and  solely  in  connection  with   an
    emergency, in fire-fighting, snow removal, flood control,
    control of the effects of wind or flood, and the like, by
    an  individual  hired  solely  for  the  period  of  such
    emergency;
         8.  In  the  Illinois  National  Guard, directly and
    solely in connection with its summer  training  camps  or
    during  emergencies,  by  an  individual  called  to duty
    solely for such purposes.
    C.  Except  as  provided  in  Section   302,   the   term
"employment"  shall  not  include  service  performed  in the
employ of a political subdivision or a municipal corporation,
or an instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing  or  of
this  State and one or more of the foregoing. This subsection
shall not apply to service performed after December 31, 1977.
    D.  The  term  "employment"  shall  not  include  service
performed after December 31, 1977:
         1.  In the employ of a governmental entity  referred
    to  in  clause  (B)  of  Section 211.1 if such service is
    performed in the exercise of duties
              a.  As an elected official;
              b.  As a member of a  legislative  body,  or  a
         member   of  the  judiciary,  of  this  State  or  a
         political subdivision or municipal corporation;
              c.  As a member of the Illinois National  Guard
         or Air National Guard;
              d.  As a worker serving on a temporary basis in
         case  of  fire,  storm,  snow, earthquake, flood, or
         similar emergency;
              e.  In a position which, under or  pursuant  to
         the  laws  of  this  State, is designated as a major
         nontenured policymaking or advisory position, or  as
         a  policymaking   position  the   performance of the
         duties of which ordinarily  does  not  require  more
         than 8 hours per week.
         2.  As   part  of  an  unemployment  work-relief  or
    work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in
    part by any Federal agency or an agency of this State, or
    a political subdivision or municipal corporation,  by  an
    individual receiving such work-relief or work-training.
         3.  In  a  facility  conducted  for  the  purpose of
    carrying out a program of rehabilitation for  individuals
    whose  earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or
    mental deficiency or  injury  or  providing  remunerative
    work  for  individuals  who  because  of  their  impaired
    physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in
    the  competitive labor market, by an individual receiving
    such rehabilitation or remunerative work.
         4.  By  an  inmate   of   a   custodial   or   penal
    institution.
    E.  The  term  "employment"  shall  not  include  service
performed  on  or  after  January  1, 2002 in the employ of a
governmental entity referred to  in  clause  (B)  of  Section
211.1  if  the service is performed in the exercise of duties
as an election official or election worker and the amount  of
remuneration  received  by the individual during the calendar
year for service  as an election official or election  worker
is less than $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)
    Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2001.
    Approved August 17, 2001.

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