Sen. William Delgado

Filed: 4/18/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5201

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5201 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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.

 

 

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1    This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than
225 employees. An employer with more than 25 employees shall not
3be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be
4absent under this Section on the same election day.
5(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/14-4.5)
7    Sec. 14-4.5. 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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".