Bill Text: IL HB3443 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Local Governmental Employees Political Rights Act. Adds that a member of a police department or a sheriff's department may be elected or appointed to public office and may serve in public office. Provides that if the member is not in uniform and not on duty, the member may solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters. Adds that a police officer or sheriff's deputy who is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, upon written application to the employer, be granted a leave of absence without compensation during his or her term of office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3443 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3443-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3443 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 135/12
Amends the Local Governmental Employees Political Rights Act. Adds that a member of a police department or a sheriff's department may be elected or appointed to public office and may serve in public office. Provides that if the member is not in uniform and not on duty, the member may solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters. Adds that a police officer or sheriff's deputy who is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, upon written application to the employer, be granted a leave of absence without compensation during his or her term of office.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Local Governmental Employees Political
Rights Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
(50 ILCS 135/12)
Sec. 12. Elective and appointed office.
(a) A member of any fire department, or fire protection
district, police department, or sheriff's department may:
(1) be a candidate for elective public office and serve
in that public office if elected;
(2) be appointed to any public office and serve in that
public office if appointed; and
(3) as long as the member is not in uniform and not on
duty, solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters
for the public office for which the member is a candidate.
(b) A firefighter, police officer, or sheriff's deputy who
is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, upon written
application to the employer, be granted a leave of absence
without compensation during his or her term of office.
(Source: P.A. 94-316, eff. 7-25-05; 95-142, eff. 8-13-07.)