5 ILCS 335/ Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act.

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5 ILCS 335/1

(5 ILCS 335/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 4051)

Sec. 1.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-638.)

5 ILCS 335/2

(5 ILCS 335/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 4052)

Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"State agency" includes all departments, officers, commissions, boards,
institutions and bodies politic and corporate of the State, including the
offices of Clerk of the Supreme Court and Clerks of the Appellate Courts,
the several courts of the State and the legislature, its committees or
commissions.

"Disaster" includes (i) disasters designated at Level III and above in the
American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures and (ii) any disaster declared by proclamation of the Governor under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-345, eff. 8-12-11.)

5 ILCS 335/3

(5 ILCS 335/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 4053)

Sec. 3. Disaster Service Volunteer Leave.

An employee of a State
agency who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red
Cross or assigned to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in accordance
with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the Emergency Management Assistance
Compact Act, or other applicable administrative rules may be granted
leave from his work with pay for not more than 20 working
days in any 12-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief
services for the American Red Cross or for the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency, as the case may
be, upon the request of the American Red
Cross or the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the services of that
employee and upon
the approval of that
employee's agency, without loss of seniority, pay, vacation time,
compensatory time, personal days, sick time or earned overtime
accumulation.  The agency shall compensate an employee granted leave under
this Section at his regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during
which the employee is absent from his work.
For purposes of assessing State disaster response needs, requests made
pursuant to this Act for services out-of-state shall be coordinated by the
American Red Cross and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency through the
Illinois State Emergency Operations Center.  The Illinois Emergency Management
Agency may consult with the Department of Central Management Services on leave
issues that could impact the operations of State agencies under the Governor's
jurisdiction. Leave under this Act shall not
be unreasonably denied for services related to a disaster within the United
States or its territories.

(Source: P.A. 93-893, eff. 8-10-04.)