093_HB1801

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning veterans preferences.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Illinois Municipal Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 10-1-16 as follows:

 6        (65 ILCS 5/10-1-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-16)
 7        Sec.  10-1-16.  Veterans  preferences.   Persons who were
 8    engaged in the military or naval service of the United States
 9    at any time during the years 1898 through 1902, 1914  through
10    1919,  at  any  time  between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
11    1947, or at any time during the  national  emergency  between
12    June  25,  1950  and January 31, 1955, or at any time between
13    January 1, 1961 and the date Congress declares the  Viet  Nam
14    conflict  ended,  and who were honorably discharged from that
15    service therefrom and all persons who  were  engaged  in  the
16    such military or naval service during any of those such years
17    who  are  now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty
18    in  the  such  military  or  naval  service,  not  including,
19    however, persons  who  were  convicted  by  court-martial  of
20    disobedience of orders, where the such disobedience consisted
21    in  the  refusal to perform military service on the ground of
22    alleged religious or conscientious  objections  against  war,
23    shall   be  preferred  for  appointments  to  civil  offices,
24    positions, and places of employment in the classified service
25    of any municipality  coming  under  the  provisions  of  this
26    Division  1,  provided they are found to possess the business
27    capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties  of
28    such  office,  position, or place of employment as determined
29    by examination. The civil service  commission  on  certifying
30    from  any  existing  register of eligibles resulting from the
31    holding of  an  examination  for  original  entrance  or  any
 
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 1    register  of  eligibles  that  may  be  hereafter  created of
 2    persons  who  have  taken   and   successfully   passed   the
 3    examinations  provided  for  in  this Division 1 for original
 4    entrance commencing prior to September 1, 1949,  shall  place
 5    the name or names of such persons at the head of any existing
 6    eligible  register or list of eligibles that may hereafter be
 7    created under  the  provision  of  this  Division  1,  to  be
 8    certified for appointment. The civil service commission shall
 9    give  preference  for  original  appointment  to  persons  as
10    hereinabove  designated whose names appear on any register of
11    eligibles resulting from an examination for original entrance
12    held under the provisions of this Division 1 and commenced on
13    or after September 1, 1949  by  adding  to  the  final  grade
14    average  which they received or will receive as the result of
15    any examination held for original  entrance,  5  points.  The
16    numerical  result thus attained shall be applied by the civil
17    service  commission  in  determining  the  position  of  such
18    persons on any eligible list which has been  created  as  the
19    result  of any examination for original entrance commenced on
20    or after September 1, 1949  for  purposes  of  preference  in
21    certification and appointment from such eligible list.
22        Every certified civil service employee who was called to,
23    or  who volunteered for, the military or naval service of the
24    United States at any time during the years specified in  this
25    Division  1,  at any time between September 16, 1940 and July
26    25, 1947, or  at  any  time  during  the  national  emergency
27    between  June  25,  1950 and January 31, 1955, or at any time
28    between January 1, 1961 and the date  Congress  declares  the
29    Viet  Nam  conflict  ended, and who were honorably discharged
30    therefrom or who are now or who may hereafter be on  inactive
31    or  reserve  duty  in  such  military  or  naval service, not
32    including, however,  persons  who  were  convicted  by  court
33    martial  of  disobedience  of  orders where such disobedience
34    consisted in the refusal to perform military service  on  the
 
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 1    ground  of  alleged  religious  or  conscientious  objections
 2    against  war,  and whose names appear on existing promotional
 3    eligible registers or any promotional eligible register  that
 4    may hereafter be created, as provided for by this Division 1,
 5    shall  be  preferred  for  promotional  appointment  to civil
 6    offices, positions and places of employment in the classified
 7    civil service of any municipality coming under the provisions
 8    of this Division 1.
 9        The civil service commission shall  give  preference  for
10    promotional  appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
11    whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
12    or promotional  eligible  registers  that  may  hereafter  be
13    created  by  adding  to  the  final  grade average which they
14    received or will receive as the  result  of  any  promotional
15    examination commencing prior to September 1, 1949, six-tenths
16    of  one  point  for  each  6  months  or  fraction thereof of
17    military or naval service not exceeding  30  months,  and  by
18    adding  to the final grade average which they will receive as
19    the result of any promotional examinations held commencing on
20    or after September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each
21    6 months or fraction thereof of military or naval service not
22    exceeding 30 months. The numerical result thus attained shall
23    be applied by the civil service commission in determining the
24    position of such persons on any eligible list which has  been
25    created  or  will be created as the result of any promotional
26    examination held hereunder  for  purposes  of  preference  in
27    certification and appointment from such eligible list.
28        No  person shall receive the preference for a promotional
29    appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
30    promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed  such
31    preference   and  which  was  prepared  as  a  result  of  an
32    examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
33        No person entitled to preference or credit  for  military
34    or  naval  service  hereunder  shall  be  required to furnish
 
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 1    evidence or record of  honorable  discharge  from  the  armed
 2    forces  before  the  publication  or  posting of any eligible
 3    register  or  list  resulting  from  the  examination.   Such
 4    preference shall be given after the posting or publication of
 5    any eligible list or register resulting from such examination
 6    and  before  any certifications or appointments are made from
 7    such list or register.
 8    (Source: P.A. 76-69.)