093_HB1460
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1 AN ACT in relation to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
8 Sec. 4.32. Veteran's preference.
9 (a) A person who served on active duty in the United
10 States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard
11 for a period of more than 180 consecutive days and was
12 honorably discharged from that service is entitled to a
13 veteran's preference under this Section.
14 For the purpose of this Section, "active duty" does not
15 include training or inactive duty performed as a member of
16 the National Guard or a Reserve component of the armed
17 forces.
18 (b) The Director of Personnel shall give preference for
19 an original or promotional appointment to a person qualifying
20 for a veteran's preference under this Section whose name
21 appears on an original or promotional eligible register by
22 adding 5 points to the final grade that the person receives
23 as the result of any original or promotional examination held
24 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
25 93rd General Assembly.
26 (c) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
27 Act of the 93rd General Assembly are not intended to affect
28 any preference granted under this Section before the
29 effective date of this amendatory Act.
30 Persons who were engaged in the military or naval service
31 of the United States during the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,
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1 1902, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919, any time between
2 September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the
3 national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
4 1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all
5 persons who were engaged in such military or naval service
6 during any of said years, any time between September 16, 1940
7 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the national emergency
8 between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from
9 August 5, 1964 until the date determined by the Congress of
10 the United States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at
11 any time between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf
12 Conflict ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or
13 order, who are now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve
14 duty in such military or naval service, not including,
15 however, persons who were convicted by court-martial of
16 disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted in
17 the refusal to perform military service on the ground of
18 alleged religious or conscientious objections against war,
19 shall be preferred for appointments to offices, positions and
20 places of employment in the classified service of the
21 District, provided they are found to possess the business
22 capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of
23 such office, position, or place of employment as determined
24 by examination for original entrance. The Director of
25 Personnel on certifying from any existing register of
26 eligibles resulting from the holding of an examination for
27 original entrance or any register of eligibles that may be
28 hereafter created of persons who have taken and successfully
29 passed the examinations provided for in this Act for original
30 entrance commenced prior to September 1, 1949, shall place
31 the name or names of such persons at the head of any existing
32 eligible register or list of eligibles that shall be created
33 under the provisions of this Act to be certified for
34 appointment. The Director of Personnel shall give preference
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1 for original appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
2 whose names appear on any register of eligibles resulting
3 from an examination for original entrance held under the
4 provisions of this Act and commenced on or after September 1,
5 1949 by adding to the final grade average which they received
6 or will receive as the result of any examination held for
7 original entrance, five points. The numerical result thus
8 attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel in
9 determining the position of such persons on any eligible list
10 which has been created as the result of any examination for
11 original entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for
12 purposes of preference in certification and appointment from
13 such eligible list.
14 Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to,
15 or who volunteered for, the military or naval service of the
16 United States at any time during the years specified in this
17 Act, or at any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
18 1947 or any time during the national emergency between June
19 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from August 5,
20 1964 until the date determined by Congress of the United
21 States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time
22 between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf conflict
23 ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or order, and
24 who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who
25 may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
26 or naval service, not including, however, persons who were
27 convicted by court martial of disobedience of orders where
28 such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform
29 military service on the ground of alleged religious or
30 conscientious objections against war, and whose names appear
31 on existing promotional eligible registers or any promotional
32 eligible register that may hereafter be created, as provided
33 for by this Act, shall be preferred for promotional
34 appointment to civil offices, positions and places of
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1 employment in the classified civil service of the District
2 coming under the provisions of this Act.
3 The Director of Personnel shall give preference for
4 promotional appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
5 whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
6 or promotional eligible registers that may hereafter be
7 created by adding to the final grade average which they
8 received or will receive as the result of any promotional
9 examination commencing prior to September 1, 1949
10 three-fourths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
11 thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 48 months,
12 and by adding to the final grade average which they will
13 receive as the result of any promotional examination held
14 commencing on or after September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one
15 point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of military or
16 naval service not exceeding 30 months. The numerical result
17 thus attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel
18 in determining the position of such persons on any eligible
19 list which has been created or will be created as the result
20 of any promotional examination held hereunder for purposes of
21 preference in certification and appointment from such
22 eligible list.
23 No person shall receive the preference for a promotional
24 appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
25 promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed such
26 preference and which was prepared as a result of an
27 examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
28 No person entitled to preference or credit for military
29 or naval service hereunder shall be required to furnish
30 evidence or record of honorable discharge from the armed
31 forces before any examination held under the provisions of
32 this Act but such preference shall be given after the posting
33 or publication of the eligible list or register and before
34 any certification or appointments are made from the eligible
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1 register.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
4 January 1, 2004.