Rep. Thomas Holbrook
Filed: 5/24/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1904




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1904 by replacing 
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the title with the following:
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    "AN ACT concerning public employers."; and
  
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by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended  by 
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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 
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of local
government, or a school district, other than an 
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independent
contractor, who is a member of any reserve

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component of the United States Armed Forces or of any reserve 
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component
of the Illinois State Militia, shall be granted leave 
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from his or her
public employment
for any period actively spent 
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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 
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State, and
whether or not voluntary; and

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    (3) annual training.

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    During these leaves, the employee's seniority
and other 
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benefits shall continue
to accrue.

 


 






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    During leaves for annual training, the employee shall 
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continue to receive
his or her regular compensation as a public 
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employee.
During leaves for basic training and up to 60 days of 
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special or advanced
training, if the employee's compensation 
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for military activities
is less
than his or her compensation as 
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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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    (a-5)  For the purpose of this Act, leave for annual 
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training includes either:
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        (1) Unit annual training.  For an employee who is 
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    ordered to annual training as part of a military unit, 
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    annual training leave is limited to that unit's annual 
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    training period of consecutive calendar days for the 
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    federal fiscal year, as reflected in that unit's annual 
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    training order, but not to exceed 21 consecutive calendar 
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    days; or
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        (2) Individual annual training.  For an employee who is 
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    not ordered to annual training as part of a military unit, 
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    annual training leave is limited per federal fiscal year to 
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    a maximum of either 21 consecutive calendar days or 15 
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    cumulative calendar days of annual training or other active 
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    duty performed in lieu of annual training, as reflected in 
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    individual military orders or other appropriate 
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    documentation.
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    For each federal fiscal year, an employee is entitled to 
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annual training leave for either one unit annual training 
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period, as described in subparagraph (1) of this subsection 
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(a-5), or individual annual training, as described in 
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subparagraph (2) of this subsection (a-5), but not both.  An 
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employee must provide his or her employing State agency, unit 
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of local government, or school district  with a copy of the 
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employee's military orders to support his or her claim for 
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annual training leave.

 


 






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    (b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, other 
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than an
independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois 
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National Guard or a
reserve component of the United States 
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Armed Forces or the Illinois State
Militia and who is mobilized 
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to active duty shall continue during the period of
active duty 
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to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a 
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State
employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military 
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active duty base pay.
The
Department of Central Management 
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Services and the State
Comptroller shall coordinate in the 
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development of procedures for the
implementation of this 
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Section.

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(Source: P.A. 93-409, eff. 8-4-03; 93-537, eff. 1-1-04; revised 
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9-11-03.)

 

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