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Full Text of HB5843  93rd General Assembly

HB5843 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5843

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
330 ILCS 50/1   from Ch. 48, par. 186a

    Amends the Veterans' Employment Representative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the qualifications and duties of a Veterans' Employment Representative.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 is
5 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 Illinois,
11 to work exclusively in job counseling, training, and placement
12 of veterans. Preference for these positions shall be given to
13 qualified persons who have been members of the armed forces of
14 the United States in times of hostilities with a foreign
15 country. Any candidate for these positions shall be deemed to
16 have met and satisfied examination admission requirements if
17 the candidate served in the armed forces during times of
18 hostilities with a foreign country and was honorably discharged
19 therefrom due to a combat-related disability. The holder of one
20 of these positions such a position shall be administratively
21 responsible to the local office manager, and his or her first
22 line responsibility is functional supervision of all local
23 office services to veterans. He or she may also be delegated
24 line supervision of veteran units, assistant local veterans'
25 employment representative, or veteran aid. Individualized
26 veterans' services such as application taking, counseling, job
27 referral, or training will continue to be provided to veterans
28 on a priority basis by all local office staff.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)