Public Act 096-0346
 		





SB0337 Enrolled
LRB096 06377 JAM 16461 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 State of Illinois, a unit 
of local
government, 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; and

        (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 
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 and 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.)