Bill Text: IL SB2163 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Provides that any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education who is a member of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or of any reserve component of the Illinois State Militia shall be granted leave from his or her public employment for any period actively spent in military service.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0347 [SB2163 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2163-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0347 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 1 as follows:
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(5 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 129, par. 501)
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Sec. 1. Leave of absence.
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(a) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit | ||||
of local
government, a public institution of higher education | ||||
(as defined in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act), | ||||
or a school district, other than an independent
contractor, who | ||||
is a member of any reserve
component of the United States Armed | ||||
Forces or of any reserve component
of the Illinois State | ||||
Militia, shall be granted leave from his or her
public | ||||
employment
for any period actively spent in military
service, | ||||
including:
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(1) basic training;
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(2) special or advanced training, whether or not within | ||||
the State, and
whether or not voluntary;
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(3) annual training; and
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(4) any other training or duty required by the United | ||||
States Armed Forces. | ||||
During these leaves, the employee's seniority
and other | ||||
benefits shall continue
to accrue.
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During leaves for annual training, the employee shall | ||
continue to receive
his or her regular compensation as a public | ||
employee.
During leaves for basic training, for up to 60 days | ||
of special or advanced
training, and for any other training or | ||
duty required by the United States Armed Forces, if the | ||
employee's daily rate of compensation for military activities
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is less
than his or her daily rate of compensation as a public | ||
employee, he or
she shall receive his or her regular
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compensation as a public employee minus the amount of his or
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her base pay for military
activities.
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(b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois or a | ||
public institution of higher education (as defined in Section 1 | ||
of the Board of Higher Education Act), other than an
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independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois | ||
National Guard or a
reserve component of the United States | ||
Armed Forces or the Illinois State
Militia and who is mobilized | ||
to active duty shall continue during the period of
active duty | ||
to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a | ||
State
employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military | ||
active duty base pay.
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(c) In making the calculations required under this Section, | ||
the applicable governmental unit shall: | ||
(1) determine the employee's daily rate of | ||
compensation as a public employee by dividing the | ||
employee's regular compensation as a public employee | ||
during the pay period by the number of work days in the pay | ||
period; | ||
(2) determine the employee's daily rate of | ||
compensation for military activities by dividing the | ||
employee's base pay for the applicable military activities | ||
by the number of calendar days in the month; and | ||
(3) provide for an offset from the employee's gross | ||
compensation of the lesser of (i) the amount determined | ||
under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) multiplied by | ||
the number of days that the public employee would have | ||
otherwise been required to work for the applicable | ||
governmental unit during the pay period or (ii) the amount | ||
determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection | ||
multiplied by the number of days that the public employee | ||
would have otherwise been required to work for the | ||
applicable governmental unit during the pay period. | ||
(d) The
Department of Central Management Services and the | ||
State
Comptroller shall coordinate in the development of | ||
procedures for the
implementation of this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-346, eff. 1-1-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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