Bill Text: IL HB0922 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0922 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0922-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning military service.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Representative Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (330 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 186a)
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7 | Sec. 1. Veteran services; representative. The
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8 | Department of Employment Security
shall assign at least one | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | full time Veterans' Employment Representative,
defined by | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | title and classification under the Personnel Code of Illinois,
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11 | to each full service office of the employment service, to work | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | exclusively in job counseling, training, and placement of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | veterans.
Preference for these positions shall be given to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | qualified persons who
have been members of the armed forces of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the United States in times of
hostilities with a foreign | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | country. Any candidate for these positions
shall be deemed to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | have met and satisfied examination admission
requirements if | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the candidate served in the armed forces
during times
of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | hostilities with a foreign country and was honorably | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | discharged
therefrom due to a combat-related disability. The | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | holder of
such a position shall be administratively | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | responsible to
the local office manager, and his or her first | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | line responsibility is
functional
supervision of all local |
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1 | office services to veterans. He or she may also
be delegated
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2 | line supervision of veteran units, assistant local veterans' | ||||||
3 | employment
representative, or veteran aid. Individualized | ||||||
4 | veterans'
services such as application taking, counseling, job | ||||||
5 | referral, or training
will continue to be provided to veterans | ||||||
6 | on a priority basis by all local
office staff. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 98-107, eff. 7-23-13.)
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