093_HB3703
LRB093 10075 LCB 10326 b
1 AN ACT in relation to veterans.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Veterans' Employment Representative Act
5 is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (330 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 186a)
7 Sec. 1. Veteran services; representative. Each full
8 service office of the Job Service shall assign at least one
9 full time Veterans' Employment Representative, defined by
10 title and classification under the Personnel Code of
11 Illinois, to work exclusively in job counseling, training,
12 and placement of veterans. Preference for these positions
13 shall be given to qualified persons who have been members of
14 the armed forces of the United States in times of hostilities
15 with a foreign country. Any candidate for these positions
16 shall be deemed to have met and satisfied examination
17 admission requirements if the candidate served in the armed
18 forces during times of hostilities with a foreign country and
19 was honorably discharged therefrom due to a combat-related
20 disability. The holder of one of these positionssuch a
21 position shall be administratively responsible to the local
22 office manager, and his or her first line responsibility is
23 functional supervision of all local office services to
24 veterans. He or she may also be delegated line supervision
25 of veteran units, assistant local veterans' employment
26 representative, or veteran aid. Individualized veterans'
27 services such as application taking, counseling, job
28 referral, or training will continue to be provided to
29 veterans on a priority basis by all local office staff.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)