Rep. Dave Winters

Filed: 3/20/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2920

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2920 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 10-2.1-6 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6)
7     Sec. 10-2.1-6. Examination of applicants;
8 disqualifications.
9     (a) All applicants for a position in either the fire or
10 police department of the municipality shall be under 35 years
11 of age, shall be subject to an examination that shall be
12 public, competitive, and open to all applicants (unless the
13 council or board of trustees by ordinance limit applicants to
14 electors of the municipality, county, state or nation) and
15 shall be subject to reasonable limitations as to residence,
16 health, habits, and moral character. The municipality may not

 

 

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1 charge or collect any fee from an applicant who has met all
2 prequalification standards established by the municipality for
3 any such position.
4     (b) Residency requirements in effect at the time an
5 individual enters the fire or police service of a municipality
6 (other than a municipality that has more than 1,000,000
7 inhabitants) cannot be made more restrictive for that
8 individual during his period of service for that municipality,
9 or be made a condition of promotion, except for the rank or
10 position of Fire or Police Chief.
11     (c) No person with a record of misdemeanor convictions
12 except those under Sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15,
13 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3,
14 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2,
15 32-3, 32-4, 32-8, and subsections (1), (6) and (8) of Section
16 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or arrested for any cause but
17 not convicted on that cause shall be disqualified from taking
18 the examination to qualify for a position in the fire
19 department on grounds of habits or moral character.
20     (d) The age limitation in subsection (a) does not apply (i)
21 to any person previously employed as a policeman or fireman in
22 a regularly constituted police or fire department of (I) any
23 municipality, regardless of whether the municipality is
24 located in Illinois or in another state, or (II) a fire
25 protection district whose obligations were assumed by a
26 municipality under Section 21 of the Fire Protection District

 

 

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1 Act, (ii) to any person who has served a municipality as a
2 regularly enrolled volunteer fireman for 5 years immediately
3 preceding the time that municipality begins to use full time
4 firemen to provide all or part of its fire protection service,
5 or (iii) to any person who has served as an auxiliary police
6 officer under Section 3.1-30-20 for at least 5 years and is
7 under 40 years of age, (iv) to any person who has served as a
8 deputy under Section 3-6008 of the Counties Code and otherwise
9 meets necessary training requirements, or (v) to any person who
10 has served as a sworn officer as a member of the Illinois
11 Department of State Police.
12     (e) Applicants who are 20 years of age and who have
13 successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an
14 accredited college or university may be considered for
15 appointment to active duty with the police department. An
16 applicant described in this subsection (e) who is appointed to
17 active duty shall not have power of arrest, nor shall the
18 applicant be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she
19 reaches 21 years of age.
20     (f) Applicants who are 18 years of age and who have
21 successfully completed 2 years of study in fire techniques,
22 amounting to a total of 4 high school credits, within the cadet
23 program of a municipality may be considered for appointment to
24 active duty with the fire department of any municipality.
25     (g) The council or board of trustees may by ordinance
26 provide that persons residing outside the municipality are

 

 

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1 eligible to take the examination.
2     (h) The examinations shall be practical in character and
3 relate to those matters that will fairly test the capacity of
4 the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions
5 to which they seek appointment. No person shall be appointed to
6 the police or fire department if he or she does not possess a
7 high school diploma or an equivalent high school education. A
8 board of fire and police commissioners may, by its rules,
9 require police applicants to have obtained an associate's
10 degree or a bachelor's degree as a prerequisite for employment.
11 The examinations shall include tests of physical
12 qualifications and health. No person shall be appointed to the
13 police or fire department if he or she has suffered the
14 amputation of any limb unless the applicant's duties will be
15 only clerical or as a radio operator. No applicant shall be
16 examined concerning his or her political or religious opinions
17 or affiliations. The examinations shall be conducted by the
18 board of fire and police commissioners of the municipality as
19 provided in this Division 2.1.
20     (i) No person who is classified by his local selective
21 service draft board as a conscientious objector, or who has
22 ever been so classified, may be appointed to the police
23 department.
24     (j) No person shall be appointed to the police or fire
25 department unless he or she is a person of good character and
26 not an habitual drunkard, gambler, or a person who has been

 

 

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1 convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. No
2 person, however, shall be disqualified from appointment to the
3 fire department because of his or her record of misdemeanor
4 convictions except those under Sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9,
5 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4,
6 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7,
7 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8, and subsections (1), (6) and (8)
8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or arrest for any
9 cause without conviction on that cause. Any such person who is
10 in the department may be removed on charges brought and after a
11 trial as provided in this Division 2.1.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-29, eff. 6-14-05; 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)".