Bill Text: IL HB3721 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act. Expands the definition of "military service" to include any period of active duty by members of the National Guard who are called to active duty pursuant to an order of the Governor of this State or an order of a governor of any other state as provided by law. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0088 [HB3721 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3721-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Service Member's Employment Tenure Act. Expands the definition of "military service" to include any period of active duty by members of the National Guard who are called to active duty pursuant to an order of the Governor of this State or an order of a governor of any other state as provided by law. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0088 [HB3721 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3721-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning veterans.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (330 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 31)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. Definitions. The term "persons in the military | ||||||
| 8 | service", as used
in this Act,
shall include the following | ||||||
| 9 | persons and no others: All members of the Army
of the United | ||||||
| 10 | States, the United States Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air
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| 11 | Force,
the Coast
Guard and all members of the State Militia | ||||||
| 12 | called into the service or
training of the United States of | ||||||
| 13 | America or of this State. The term
"military service", as
used | ||||||
| 14 | in this Act, shall signify Federal service or active duty with | ||||||
| 15 | any
branch of service heretofore referred to as well as | ||||||
| 16 | training or education
under the supervision of the United | ||||||
| 17 | States preliminary to induction into
the military service.
The | ||||||
| 18 | term "military service" also includes any period of active duty | ||||||
| 19 | with the
State of Illinois pursuant to the orders of the | ||||||
| 20 | President of the United States or the Governor. The term | ||||||
| 21 | "military service" also includes any period of active duty by | ||||||
| 22 | members of the National Guard who are called to active duty | ||||||
| 23 | pursuant to an order of the Governor of this State or an order | ||||||
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| 1 | of a governor of any other state as provided by law.
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| 2 | The foregoing definitions shall apply both to voluntary | ||||||
| 3 | enlistment and
to induction into service by draft or | ||||||
| 4 | conscription.
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| 5 | The term "political subdivision", as used in this Act, | ||||||
| 6 | means any unit of
local government or school district.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 93-822, eff. 7-28-04.)
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 9 | becoming law.
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