Executive Committee
Filed: 3/7/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 678
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 678 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
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7 | Sec. 4.32. Persons who were engaged in the military or | ||||||
8 | naval service of the
United States during the years 1898, 1899, | ||||||
9 | 1900, 1901, 1902, 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919, any | ||||||
10 | time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
1947, or any time | ||||||
11 | during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and
January | ||||||
12 | 31, 1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all
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13 | persons who were engaged in such military or naval service | ||||||
14 | during any of
said years, any time between September 16, 1940 | ||||||
15 | and July 25, 1947, or any
time during the national emergency | ||||||
16 | between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
1955, or any time from |
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1 | August 5, 1964 until the date determined by the
Congress of the | ||||||
2 | United States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at
any | ||||||
3 | time between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf | ||||||
4 | Conflict ends
as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or | ||||||
5 | order, who are
now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve | ||||||
6 | duty in such military or
naval service, not including, however, | ||||||
7 | persons who were convicted by
court-martial of disobedience of | ||||||
8 | orders, where such disobedience consisted
in the refusal to | ||||||
9 | perform military service on the ground of alleged
religious or | ||||||
10 | conscientious objections against war, shall be preferred for
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11 | appointments to offices, positions and places of employment in | ||||||
12 | the
classified service of the District, provided they are found | ||||||
13 | to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper | ||||||
14 | discharge of the duties of such
office, position, or place of | ||||||
15 | employment as determined by examination for
original entrance. | ||||||
16 | The Director of Personnel on certifying from any existing
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17 | register of eligibles resulting from the holding of an | ||||||
18 | examination for
original entrance or any register of eligibles | ||||||
19 | that may be hereafter
created of persons who have taken and | ||||||
20 | successfully passed the examinations
provided for in this Act | ||||||
21 | for original entrance commenced prior to September
1, 1949, | ||||||
22 | shall place the name or names of such persons at the head of | ||||||
23 | any
existing eligible register or list of eligibles that shall | ||||||
24 | be created under
the provisions of this Act to be certified for | ||||||
25 | appointment. The Director
of Personnel shall give preference | ||||||
26 | for original and promotional appointment to persons who have |
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1 | active duty service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, | ||||||
2 | Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Reserve component of the armed | ||||||
3 | forces for a period of 180 or more consecutive days and who | ||||||
4 | have been honorably discharged from that service or who remain | ||||||
5 | in good standing with that service if that person's name | ||||||
6 | appears
as
hereinabove designated whose names appear on any | ||||||
7 | register of eligibles
resulting from an examination for | ||||||
8 | original entrance or promotion held under the
provisions of | ||||||
9 | this Act and commenced on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
10 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
September 1, 1949
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11 | by
adding to the final grade average which they received or | ||||||
12 | will receive as
the result of any examination held for original | ||||||
13 | entrance or promotion , five points. The
numerical result thus | ||||||
14 | attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel
in | ||||||
15 | determining the position of such persons on any eligible list | ||||||
16 | which has
been created as the result of any examination for | ||||||
17 | original entrance or promotion
commenced on or after the | ||||||
18 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
19 | Assembly
September 1, 1949 for purposes of preference in
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20 | certification and appointment from such eligible list.
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21 | Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to, | ||||||
22 | or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the | ||||||
23 | United States at any
time during the years specified in this | ||||||
24 | Act, or at any time between
September 16, 1940 and July 25, | ||||||
25 | 1947 or any time during the national
emergency between June 25, | ||||||
26 | 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from
August 5, 1964 |
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1 | until the date determined by Congress of the United States
as | ||||||
2 | the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time between August | ||||||
3 | 6, 1990
and the date the Persian Gulf conflict ends as | ||||||
4 | prescribed by Presidential
proclamation or order, and who were
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5 | honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who may | ||||||
6 | hereafter be on
inactive or reserve duty in such military or | ||||||
7 | naval service, not including,
however, persons who were | ||||||
8 | convicted by court martial of disobedience of
orders where such | ||||||
9 | disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform military
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10 | service on the ground of alleged religious or conscientious | ||||||
11 | objections
against war, and whose names appear on existing | ||||||
12 | promotional eligible
registers or any promotional eligible | ||||||
13 | register that may hereafter be
created, as provided for by this | ||||||
14 | Act, shall be preferred for promotional
appointment to civil | ||||||
15 | offices, positions and places of employment in the
classified | ||||||
16 | civil service of the District coming under the provisions of
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17 | this Act .
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18 | The Director of Personnel shall give preference for | ||||||
19 | promotional
appointment to persons as hereinabove designated | ||||||
20 | whose names appear on
existing promotional eligible registers | ||||||
21 | or promotional eligible registers
that may hereafter be created | ||||||
22 | by adding to the final grade average which
they received or | ||||||
23 | will receive as the result of any promotional examination
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24 | commencing prior to September 1, 1949 three-fourths of one | ||||||
25 | point for each 6
months or fraction thereof of military or | ||||||
26 | naval service not exceeding 48
months, and by adding to the |
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1 | final grade average which they will receive as
the result of | ||||||
2 | any promotional examination held commencing on or after
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3 | September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months | ||||||
4 | or fraction
thereof of military or naval service not exceeding | ||||||
5 | 30 months. The numerical
result thus attained shall be applied | ||||||
6 | by the Director of Personnel in
determining the position of | ||||||
7 | such persons on any eligible list which has
been created or | ||||||
8 | will be created as the result of any promotional
examination | ||||||
9 | held hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and
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10 | appointment from such eligible list.
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11 | No person shall receive the preference for a promotional | ||||||
12 | appointment
granted by this Section after he has received one | ||||||
13 | promotion from an
eligible list on which he was allowed such | ||||||
14 | preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination | ||||||
15 | held on or after September 1, 1949.
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16 | No person entitled to preference or credit for military or | ||||||
17 | naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence | ||||||
18 | or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before | ||||||
19 | any examination held under the
provisions of this Act but such | ||||||
20 | preference shall be given after the posting
or publication of | ||||||
21 | the eligible list or register and before any
certification or | ||||||
22 | appointments are made from the eligible register.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.".
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