Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 ILCS 400/ - Sick Leave Bank Act.

(5 ILCS 400/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 4251)
Sec. 1.
Short title; purpose.
(a) This Act is intended to provide for the alleviation
of the hardship caused to an employee and the employee's
family if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee
to exhaust all leave time earned by that employee and to lose
compensation from the State.
(b) This Act may be cited as the Sick Leave Bank Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-822; 87-895.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255)
Sec. 5.
Definitions.
As used in this Act, unless the context
otherwise requires, the terms specified in the following Sections
have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections.

(Source: P.A. 87-822.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5.05) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255.05)
Sec. 5.05.

"Department" means the Department of Central Management Services.
(Source: P.A. 87-822.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5.10) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255.10)
Sec. 5.10.
"Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee or
commission of State government, but does not include units of local
government, school districts, boards of election commissioners, or the State Board of Education.

(Source: P.A. 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5.15) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255.15)
Sec. 5.15.

"Sick leave bank" means a depository into which
participating employees may donate accrued sick leave time for allocation
to other participating employees.

(Source: P.A. 87-822.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5.20) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255.20)
Sec. 5.20.

"Participating employee" means a permanent full- or part-time
employee who has been employed by a State Agency for a period of 6
months or more who voluntarily enrolls in the sick leave bank by
depositing at least one full day of accrued sick leave in that bank.

(Source: P.A. 87-822.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/5.25) (from Ch. 127, par. 4255.25)
Sec. 5.25.

"Catastrophic illness or injury" shall mean those illnesses
and injuries classified as such in rules promulgated by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 87-822.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 4260)
Sec. 10.
Administration of Act.
The Department shall establish a plan
allowing participating employees in each Agency to bank a designated amount
or portion of their accrued sick leave in a sick leave bank to be used by
any participating employee in the Agency who has exhausted his or her
accrued vacation time, personal days, sick leave and compensatory time. The
Department shall promulgate rules governing the operation of the plan
subject, however, to the following restrictions and limitations:
(Source: P.A. 92-317, eff. 8-9-01.)
 
(5 ILCS 400/45) (from Ch. 127, par. 4295)
Sec. 45.

This Act shall take effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 87-822.)

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