Bill Text: IL HB0784 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0784 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0784-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0784 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
330 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 48, par. 186a
Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning veterans.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Representative Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(330 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 186a)
Sec. 1. Veteran services; representative. Each full
service office of the the Job Service shall assign at least one
full time Veterans' Employment Representative, defined by
title and classification under the Personnel Code of Illinois,
to work exclusively in job counseling, training, and placement
of veterans. Preference for these positions shall be given to
qualified persons who have been members of the armed forces of
the United States in times of hostilities with a foreign
country. Any candidate for these positions shall be deemed to
have met and satisfied examination admission requirements if
the candidate served in the armed forces during times of
hostilities with a foreign country and was honorably discharged
therefrom due to a combat-related disability. The holder of
such a position shall be administratively responsible to the
local office manager, and his or her first line responsibility
is functional supervision of all local office services to
veterans. He or she may also be delegated line supervision of

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veteran units, assistant local veterans' employment
representative, or veteran aid. Individualized veterans'
services such as application taking, counseling, job referral,
or training will continue to be provided to veterans on a
priority basis by all local office staff.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)