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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-1-16 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/10-1-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-16)
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7 | Sec. 10-1-16. Persons who were engaged in the active | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | military or naval service of
the United States for a period of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | at least one year
at any time during the years 1898 through | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1902, 1914
through 1919, at any time between September 16, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and July 25, 1947, or
at any time during the national emergency | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | between June 25, 1950 and January
31, 1955, or at any time | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | between January 1, 1961 and the date Congress
declares the Viet | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Nam conflict ended, and who were honorably discharged
therefrom | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and all persons who were engaged in such military or naval
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16 | service during any of such years who are now or may hereafter | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | be on
inactive or reserve duty in such military or naval | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | service, not including,
however, persons who were convicted by | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | court-martial of disobedience of
orders, where such | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform
military | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | service on the ground of alleged religious or conscientious
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22 | objections against war, shall be preferred for appointments to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | civil
offices, positions, and places of employment in the | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | classified service of
any municipality coming under the | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | provisions of this Division 1, provided
they are found to | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | possess the business capacity necessary for the proper
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27 | discharge of the duties of such office, position, or place of | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | employment as
determined by examination. | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | The civil service commission shall give preference points | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | for original appointment to qualified veterans whose names | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | appear on any register of eligibles resulting from an | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | examination for original entrance in the classified service of |
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1 | any municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 1 | ||||||
2 | by adding to the final grade average that they receive or will | ||||||
3 | receive as the result of any examination held for original | ||||||
4 | entrance, 5 points. The numerical result thus attained shall be | ||||||
5 | applied by the civil service commission in determining the | ||||||
6 | position of those persons on any eligibility list that has been | ||||||
7 | created as the result of any examination for original entrance | ||||||
8 | for purposes of preference in certification and appointment | ||||||
9 | from that eligibility list. Persons who were engaged in the | ||||||
10 | active military or naval service of the United States for a | ||||||
11 | period of at least one year
The civil service commission on | ||||||
12 | certifying from
any existing register of eligibles resulting | ||||||
13 | from the holding of an
examination for original entrance or any | ||||||
14 | register of eligibles that may be
hereafter created of persons | ||||||
15 | who have taken and successfully passed the
examinations | ||||||
16 | provided for in this Division 1 for original entrance
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17 | commencing prior to September 1, 1949, shall place the name or | ||||||
18 | names of
such persons at the head of any existing eligible | ||||||
19 | register or list of
eligibles that may hereafter be created | ||||||
20 | under the provision of this
Division 1, to be certified for | ||||||
21 | appointment. The civil service commission
shall give | ||||||
22 | preference for original appointment to persons as hereinabove
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23 | designated whose names appear on any register of eligibles | ||||||
24 | resulting from
an examination for original entrance held under | ||||||
25 | the provisions of this
Division 1 and commenced on or after | ||||||
26 | September 1, 1949 by adding to the
final grade average which | ||||||
27 | they received or will receive as the result of
any examination | ||||||
28 | held for original entrance, 5 points. The numerical result
thus | ||||||
29 | attained shall be applied by the civil service commission in
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30 | determining the position of such persons on any eligible list | ||||||
31 | which has
been created as the result of any examination for | ||||||
32 | original entrance
commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for | ||||||
33 | purposes of preference in
certification and appointment from | ||||||
34 | such eligible list.
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35 | Every certified civil service employee who was called to, | ||||||
36 | or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the |
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1 | United States at any
time during the years specified in this | ||||||
2 | Division 1, at any time between
September 16, 1940 and July 25, | ||||||
3 | 1947, or at any time during the national
emergency between June | ||||||
4 | 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or at any time
between January | ||||||
5 | 1, 1961 and the date Congress declares the Viet Nam
conflict | ||||||
6 | ended, and who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are | ||||||
7 | now
or who may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such | ||||||
8 | military or
naval service, not including, however, persons who | ||||||
9 | were convicted by court
martial of disobedience of orders where | ||||||
10 | such disobedience consisted in the
refusal to perform military | ||||||
11 | service on the ground of alleged religious or
conscientious | ||||||
12 | objections against war, and whose names appear on existing
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13 | promotional eligible registers or any promotional eligible | ||||||
14 | register that
may hereafter be created, as provided for by this | ||||||
15 | Division 1, shall be
preferred for promotional appointment to | ||||||
16 | civil offices, positions and
places of employment in the | ||||||
17 | classified civil service of any municipality
coming under the | ||||||
18 | provisions of this Division 1.
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19 | The civil service commission shall give preference for | ||||||
20 | promotional
appointment to persons as hereinabove designated | ||||||
21 | whose names appear on
existing promotional eligible registers | ||||||
22 | or promotional eligible registers
that may hereafter be created | ||||||
23 | by adding to the final grade average which
they received or | ||||||
24 | will receive as the result of any promotional examination
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25 | commencing prior to September 1, 1949, six-tenths of one point | ||||||
26 | for each 6
months or fraction thereof of military or naval | ||||||
27 | service not exceeding 30
months, and by adding to the final | ||||||
28 | grade average which they will receive as
the result of any | ||||||
29 | promotional examinations held commencing on or after
September | ||||||
30 | 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
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31 | thereof of active military or naval service not exceeding 30 | ||||||
32 | months. The numerical
result thus attained shall be applied by | ||||||
33 | the civil service commission in
determining the position of | ||||||
34 | such persons on any eligible list which has
been created or | ||||||
35 | will be created as the result of any promotional
examination | ||||||
36 | held hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and
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1 | appointment from such eligible list.
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2 | No person shall receive the preference for a promotional | ||||||
3 | appointment
granted by this Section after he has received one | ||||||
4 | promotion from an
eligible list on which he was allowed such | ||||||
5 | preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination | ||||||
6 | held on or after September 1, 1949 .
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7 | No person entitled to preference or credit for military or | ||||||
8 | naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence | ||||||
9 | or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before | ||||||
10 | the publication or posting of any
eligible register or list | ||||||
11 | resulting from the examination. Such preference
shall be given | ||||||
12 | after the posting or publication of any eligible list or
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13 | register resulting from such examination and before any | ||||||
14 | certifications or
appointments are made from such list or | ||||||
15 | register.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 76-69.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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