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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 129, par. 501)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. Leave of absence.
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| 8 | (a) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, a unit | ||||||
| 9 | of local
government, or a school district, other than an | ||||||
| 10 | independent
contractor, who is a member of any reserve
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| 11 | component of the United States Armed Forces or of any reserve | ||||||
| 12 | component
of the Illinois State Militia, shall be granted leave | ||||||
| 13 | from his or her
public employment
for any period actively spent | ||||||
| 14 | in military
service, including:
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| 15 | (1) basic training;
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| 16 | (2) special or advanced training, whether or not within | ||||||
| 17 | the State, and
whether or not voluntary; and
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| 18 | (3) annual training; and .
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| 19 | (4) any other training or duty required by the United | ||||||
| 20 | States Armed Forces. | ||||||
| 21 | During these leaves, the employee's seniority
and other | ||||||
| 22 | benefits shall continue
to accrue.
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| 23 | During leaves for annual training, the employee shall | ||||||
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| 1 | continue to receive
his or her regular compensation as a public | ||||||
| 2 | employee.
During leaves for basic training, for and up to 60 | ||||||
| 3 | days of special or advanced
training, and for any other | ||||||
| 4 | training or duty required by the United States Armed Forces, if | ||||||
| 5 | the employee's compensation for military activities
is less
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| 6 | than his or her compensation as a public employee, he or
she | ||||||
| 7 | shall receive his or her regular
compensation as a public | ||||||
| 8 | employee minus the amount of his or
her base pay for military
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| 9 | activities.
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| 10 | (b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois, other | ||||||
| 11 | than an
independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | National Guard or a
reserve component of the United States | ||||||
| 13 | Armed Forces or the Illinois State
Militia and who is mobilized | ||||||
| 14 | to active duty shall continue during the period of
active duty | ||||||
| 15 | to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a | ||||||
| 16 | State
employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military | ||||||
| 17 | active duty base pay.
The
Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 18 | Services and the State
Comptroller shall coordinate in the | ||||||
| 19 | development of procedures for the
implementation of this | ||||||
| 20 | Section.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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