Public Act 097-0125
 
HB1857 EnrolledLRB097 05375 RLJ 45432 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
is amended  by changing Sections 4.22, 4.23, and 4.25 as 
follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 2605/4.22)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323.22)



    Sec. 4.22. Solicitation of political contributions by a 
commissioner or an employee.
    (a) During a commissioner's or an employee's compensated 
time, other than vacation, personal, holiday, or compensatory 
time off, the commissioner No officer or employee shall not 
solicit, orally or by letter, or
give or receive, or be in any 
manner concerned in soliciting, or giving, or
receiving any 
assessment, subscription, or contribution from any 
commissioner or employee member of
the classified civil service 
for any party or political purpose whatever.
    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "compensated time" 
means any time worked by or credited to an employee that counts 
toward any minimum work time requirement imposed as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district, but does not include 
any designated holidays or any period when the employee is on a 
leave of absence. With respect to commissioners, "compensated 
time" means any period of time when the commissioner is on the 
premises under the control of the sanitary district and any 
other time when the commissioner is executing his or her 
official duties, regardless of location.
    For the purposes of this Section, "compensatory time off" 
means authorized time off earned by or awarded to an employee 
to compensate in whole or in part for time worked in excess of 
the minimum work time required of that employee as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district. 

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)

 



    (70 ILCS 2605/4.23)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323.23)



    Sec. 4.23. Soliciting political contributions from a 
commissioner or an employee.
    (a) No person shall solicit, orally or by letter, or be in 
any
manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, 
contribution, or payment for
any party or any political purpose 
whatever from any commissioner officer or employee during the 
commissioner's or employee's compensated time other than 
vacation, personal, holiday, or compensatory time off in
the 
classified civil service.

    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "compensated time" 
means any time worked by or credited to an employee that counts 
toward any minimum work time requirement imposed as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district, but does not include 
any designated holidays or any period when the employee is on a 
leave of absence. With respect to commissioners, "compensated 
time" means any period of time when the commissioner is on the 
premises under the control of the sanitary district and any 
other time when the commissioner is executing his or her 
official duties, regardless of location.
    For the purposes of this Section, "compensatory time off" 
means authorized time off earned by or awarded to an employee 
to compensate in whole or in part for time worked in excess of 
the minimum work time required of that employee as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district. 
(Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)

 



    (70 ILCS 2605/4.25)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323.25)



    Sec. 4.25. Political contributions and campaigns. 
    (a)  During a commissioner's or an employee's compensated 
time, other than vacation, personal, holiday, or compensatory 
time off, a commissioner or an No officer or employee in the 
service of the sanitary district
shall not, directly or 
indirectly, give or hand over to any commissioner officer or 
employee
in said classified civil service, or to any senator, 
or representative, or
alderman, councilman, or trustee, any 
money or other valuable thing on
account of or to be applied to 
the promotion of any party or political
object whatever. 
    (b) During an employee's compensated time, other than 
vacation, personal, holiday, or compensatory time off, an No 
employee in the classified service shall not take any part
in 
the management or affairs of any political party or in any 
political
campaign, except to exercise his or her right as a 
citizen privately to express
his or her opinion, and to cast 
his or her vote, provided, however, that an employee
shall have 
the right to hold any public office, either by appointment or

election, that is not incompatible with his or her duties as an 
employee of the
District, and provided further that the such 
employee does not campaign or otherwise
engage in political 
activity during his or her compensated time other than 
vacation, personal, holiday, or compensatory time off working 
hours.  
    (c) This Section shall
not be deemed to authorize conduct 
prohibited by the Federal Hatch Act by
employees subject to 
that said Act.

    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "compensated time" 
means any time worked by or credited to an employee that counts 
toward any minimum work time requirement imposed as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district, but does not include 
any designated holidays or any period when the employee is on a 
leave of absence. With respect to commissioners, "compensated 
time" means any period of time when the commissioner is on the 
premises under the control of the sanitary district and any 
other time when the commissioner is executing his or her 
official duties, regardless of location.
    For the purposes of this Section, "compensatory time off" 
means authorized time off earned by or awarded to an employee 
to compensate in whole or in part for time worked in excess of 
the minimum work time required of that employee as a condition 
of employment with the sanitary district. 
(Source: P.A. 82-1051.)

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