Bill Text: IL HB0547 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a State employee's leave of absence for active military service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0547 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0547-Introduced.html

---

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0547 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 325/1 from Ch. 129, par. 501
Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a State employee's leave of absence for active military service.
LRB099 04385 JLK 24412 b
A BILL FOR
HB0547 LRB099 04385 JLK 24412 b
AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
(5 ILCS 325/1) (from Ch. 129, par. 501)
Sec. 1. Leave of absence.
(a) Any full-time employee of the the State of Illinois, a
unit of local government, a public institution of higher
education (as defined in Section 1 of the Board of Higher
Education Act), or a school district, other than an independent
contractor, who is a member of any reserve component of the
United States Armed Forces or of any reserve component of the
Illinois State Militia, shall be granted leave from his or her
public employment for any period actively spent in military
service, including:
(1) basic training;
(2) special or advanced training, whether or not within
the State, and whether or not voluntary;
(3) annual training; and
(4) any other training or duty required by the United
States Armed Forces.
During these leaves, the employee's seniority and other

HB0547 - 2 - LRB099 04385 JLK 24412 b
benefits shall continue to accrue.
During leaves for annual training, the employee shall
continue to receive his or her regular compensation as a public
employee. During leaves for basic training, for up to 60 days
of special or advanced training, and for any other training or
duty required by the United States Armed Forces, if the
employee's daily rate of compensation for military activities
is less than his or her daily rate of compensation as a public
employee, he or she shall receive his or her regular
compensation as a public employee minus the amount of his or
her base pay for military activities.
(b) Any full-time employee of the State of Illinois or a
public institution of higher education (as defined in Section 1
of the Board of Higher Education Act), other than an
independent contractor, who is a member of the Illinois
National Guard or a reserve component of the United States
Armed Forces or the Illinois State Militia and who is mobilized
to active duty shall continue during the period of active duty
to receive his or her benefits and regular compensation as a
State employee, minus an amount equal to his or her military
active duty base pay.
(c) In making the calculations required under this Section,
the applicable governmental unit shall:
(1) determine the employee's daily rate of
compensation as a public employee by dividing the
employee's regular compensation as a public employee

HB0547 - 3 - LRB099 04385 JLK 24412 b
during the pay period by the number of work days in the pay
period;
(2) determine the employee's daily rate of
compensation for military activities by dividing the
employee's base pay for the applicable military activities
by the number of calendar days in the month; and
(3) provide for an offset from the employee's gross
compensation of the lesser of (i) the amount determined
under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) multiplied by
the number of days that the public employee would have
otherwise been required to work for the applicable
governmental unit during the pay period or (ii) the amount
determined under paragraph (2) of this subsection
multiplied by the number of days that the public employee
would have otherwise been required to work for the
applicable governmental unit during the pay period.
(d) The Department of Central Management Services and the
State Comptroller shall coordinate in the development of
procedures for the implementation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-347, eff. 8-14-13.)