97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5201

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Mike Fortner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/13-2.5
10 ILCS 5/14-4.5

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that an employer may not require an employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave time to serve as an election judge. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 13-2.5 and 14-4.5 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/13-2.5)
7    Sec. 13-2.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.
8Any person who is appointed as an election judge under Section
913-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his or her employer at least 20
10days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of work
11for the purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer
12may not penalize an employee for that absence other than a
13deduction in salary for the time the employee was absent from
14his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an
15employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave
16time to serve as an election judge.
17    This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than
1825 employees. An employer with more than 25 employees shall not
19be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be
20absent under this Section on the same election day.
21(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/14-4.5)

 

 

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1    Sec. 14-4.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.
2Any person who is appointed as an election judge under Section
313-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his or her employer at least 20
4days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of work
5for the purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer
6may not penalize an employee for that absence other than a
7deduction in salary for the time the employee was absent from
8his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an
9employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave
10time to serve as an election judge.
11    This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than
1225 employees. An employer with more than 25 employees shall not
13be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be
14absent under this Section on the same election day.
15(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.