Bill Text: IL SB2163 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Provides that any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0347 [SB2163 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2163-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2163 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 325/1 from Ch. 129, par. 501
Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Provides that any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education 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.
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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 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

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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 compensation for military activities is less than
his or her 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, 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. 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. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-346, eff. 1-1-10.)