Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/24/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1680




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1680 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Local Governmental Employees Political 
5Rights Act is amended  by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 135/12)
7    Sec. 12. Elective and appointed office. 
8    (a) A member of any fire department or fire protection 
9district may:
10        (1) be  a candidate for elective public office and serve 
11    in that public office if elected;
12        (2) be appointed to any public office and serve in that 
13    public office if appointed; and
14        (3) as long as the member is not in uniform and not on 
15    duty, solicit votes and campaign funds and challenge voters 
16    for the public office for which the member is a candidate.

 
 
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1    (b) A firefighter, police officer, or Sheriff's deputy may 
2be a candidate for or appointed to serve in the Illinois 
3General Assembly. A firefighter, police officer, or Sheriff's 
4deputy who is elected to the Illinois General Assembly shall, 
5upon written application to the employer, be granted a leave of 
6absence without compensation during his or her term of office. 
7As long as the firefighter, police officer, or Sheriff's deputy 
8is not in uniform and not on duty, he or she may solicit votes 
9and campaign funds and challenge voters for the General 
10Assembly office for which he or she is a candidate.
11    This subsection (b) shall not be deemed to authorize 
12conduct prohibited by the federal Hatch Act by employees 
13subject to that Act.
 
14(Source: P.A. 94-316, eff. 7-25-05; 95-142, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.".