Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/25/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1680




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1680 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Local Governmental Employees Political 
5Rights Act is amended  by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 135/12)
7    Sec. 12. Elective and appointed office. 
8    (a) A member of any fire department or fire protection 
9district may:
10        (1) be  a candidate for elective public office and serve 
11    in that public office if elected;
12        (2) be appointed to any public office and serve in that 
13    public office if appointed; and
14        (3) as long as the member is not in uniform and not on 
15    duty, solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters 
16    for the public office for which the member is a candidate.

 
 
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1    (b) A firefighter who is elected to the Illinois General 
2Assembly shall, upon written application to the employer, be 
3granted a leave of absence without compensation during his or 
4her term of office.
5    (c) A police officer or Sheriff's deputy may be a candidate

6for or appointed to serve in, and if elected or appointed serve 
7in, the Illinois General Assembly. A
police officer or 
8Sheriff's deputy who is elected to the
General Assembly shall, 
9upon written application to the
employer, be granted a leave of 
10absence without compensation
during his or her term of office. 
11As long as the police officer
or Sheriff's deputy is not in 
12uniform and not on duty, he or
she may solicit votes and 
13campaign funds and challenge voters
for the General Assembly 
14office for which he or she is a
candidate.

15(Source: P.A. 94-316, eff. 7-25-05; 95-142, eff. 8-13-07.)".