SB2814 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2814

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Gary Forby

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 405/220

from Ch. 48, par. 330

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that "employment", for purposes of the Act, does not include service performed as a volunteer firefighter on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by changing Section 220 as follows:

(820 ILCS 405/220) (from Ch. 48, par. 330)

Sec. 220. A. The term "employment" shall not include service performed prior to 1972 in the employ of this State, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any wholly owned instrumentality of this State or its political subdivisions.

B. The term "employment" shall not include service, performed after 1971 and before 1978, in the employ of this State or any of its instrumentalities:

1. In an elective position;

2. Of a professional or consulting nature, compensated on a per diem or retainer basis;

3. For a State prison or other State correctional institution, by an inmate of the prison or correctional institution;

4. As part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any Federal agency or an agency of this State, by an individual receiving such work-relief or work-training;

5. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market, by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work;

6. Directly for the Illinois State Fair during its active duration (including the week immediately preceding and the week immediately following the Fair);

7. Directly and solely in connection with an emergency, in fire-fighting, snow removal, flood control, control of the effects of wind or flood, and the like, by an individual hired solely for the period of such emergency;

8. In the Illinois National Guard, directly and solely in connection with its summer training camps or during emergencies, by an individual called to duty solely for such purposes.

C. Except as provided in Section 302, the term "employment" shall not include service performed in the employ of a political subdivision or a municipal corporation, or an instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing or of this State and one or more of the foregoing. This subsection shall not apply to service performed after December 31, 1977.

D. The term "employment" shall not include service performed after December 31, 1977:

1. In the employ of a governmental entity referred to in clause (B) of Section 211.1 if such service is performed in the exercise of duties

a. As an elected official;

b. As a member of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, of this State or a political subdivision or municipal corporation;

c. As a member of the Illinois National Guard or Air National Guard;

d. As a worker serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency;

e. In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this State, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position, or as a policymaking position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than 8 hours per week.

2. As part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any Federal agency or an agency of this State, or a political subdivision or municipal corporation, by an individual receiving such work-relief or work-training.

3. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market, by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work.

4. By an inmate of a custodial or penal institution.

E. The term "employment" shall not include service performed on or after January 1, 2002 in the employ of a governmental entity referred to in clause (B) of Section 211.1 if the service is performed in the exercise of duties as an election official or election worker and the amount of remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year for service as an election official or election worker is less than $1,000.

F. The term "employment" shall not include service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe if such service is performed in the exercise of duties:

1. as an elected official;

2. as a member of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, of that Indian tribe;

3. as a worker serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency;

4. in a position which, under or pursuant to tribal law, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position, or as a policymaking position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than 8 hours per week;

5. as part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any federal agency or an agency of this State, or a political subdivision or municipal corporation, or an Indian tribe, by an individual receiving such work-relief or work training;

6. in a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market, by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work;

7. by an inmate of a custodial or penal institution.

G. The term "employment" does not include service performed as a volunteer firefighter on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 92-441, eff. 1-1-02; 92-555, eff. 6-24-02.)