Bill Amendment: IL SB2371 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: LABOR-CRIM JUSTICE ATTY

Status: 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2371 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2371-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Kam Buckner

Filed: 4/18/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2371
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2371 on page 1,
line 5, by replacing "Section 3" with "Sections 3 and 17"; and
on page 19, immediately below line 2, by inserting the
following:
"(o-10) "Public sector attorneys" means any of the
following attorneys who are not managerial employees, as
defined in subsection (j) of Section 3: Assistant State's
Attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders, Assistant Appellate
Defenders, Assistant Appellate Prosecutors, and attorneys in
the office of the Cook County Public Guardian."; and
on page 24, immediately below line 16, by inserting the
following:
"(5 ILCS 315/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 1617)
Sec. 17. Right to strike.

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(a) Nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful or make it
an unfair labor practice for public employees, other than
security employees, as defined in subsection (p) of Section
3(p), peace officers, fire fighters, and paramedics employed
by fire departments and fire protection districts, and public
sector attorneys, as defined in subsection (o-10) of Section
3, to strike except as otherwise provided in this Act. Public
employees who are permitted to strike may strike only if:
(1) the employees are represented by an exclusive
bargaining representative;
(2) the collective bargaining agreement between the
public employer and the public employees, if any, has
expired, or such collective bargaining agreement does not
prohibit the strike;
(3) the public employer and the labor organization
have not mutually agreed to submit the disputed issues to
final and binding arbitration;
(4) the exclusive representative has requested a
mediator pursuant to Section 12 for the purpose of
mediation or conciliation of a dispute between the public
employer and the exclusive representative and mediation
has been used; and
(5) at least 5 days have elapsed after a notice of
intent to strike has been given by the exclusive
bargaining representative to the public employer.
In mediation under this Section, if either party requests

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the use of mediation services from the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, the other party shall either join in
such request or bear the additional cost of mediation services
from another source.
(b) An employee who participates in a strike, work
stoppage or slowdown, in violation of this Act shall be
subject to discipline by the employer. No employer may pay or
cause such employee to be paid any wages or other compensation
for such periods of participation, except for wages or
compensation earned before participation in such strike.
(c) Public sector attorneys, as defined in subsection
(o-10) of Section 3, may not engage in a strike. If there is an
impasse between a unit of public sector attorneys and a public
employer, the parties shall submit the dispute to interest
arbitration.
(Source: P.A. 86-412.)"; and
on page 24, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following: