97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1854

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 742/5
50 ILCS 742/70 new

    Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that "affected department" does not include a municipality with a population over 1,000,000, unless specifically provided for. Provides that any multi-component promotion exam administered by a fire department in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 must be completed within 120 days after the date on which the first component is administered. Sets forth the required written notices a municipality must send to each applicant.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fire Department Promotion Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 and by adding Section 70 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 742/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
8    "Affected department" or "department" means a full-time
9municipal fire department that is subject to a collective
10bargaining agreement or the fire department operated by a
11full-time fire protection district. The terms do not include
12fire departments operated by the State, a university, or,
13unless otherwise specifically provided for, a municipality
14with a population over 1,000,000 or any unit of local
15government other than a municipality or fire protection
16district. The terms also do not include a combined department
17that was providing both police and firefighting services on
18January 1, 2002.
19    "Appointing authority" means the Board of Fire and Police
20Commissioners, Board of Fire Commissioners, Civil Service
21Commissioners, Superintendent or Department Head, Fire
22Protection District Board of Trustees, or other entity having
23the authority to administer and grant promotions in an affected

 

 

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1department.
2    "Promotion" means any appointment or advancement to a rank
3within the affected department (1) for which an examination was
4required before January 1, 2002; (2) that is included within a
5bargaining unit; or (3) that is the next rank immediately above
6the highest rank included within a bargaining unit, provided
7such rank is not the only rank between the Fire Chief and the
8highest rank included within the bargaining unit, or is a rank
9otherwise excepted under item (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of
10this definition. "Promotion" does not include appointments (i)
11that are for fewer than 180 days; (ii) to the positions of
12Superintendent, Chief, or other chief executive officer; (iii)
13to an exclusively administrative or executive rank for which an
14examination is not required; (iv) to a rank that was exempted
15by a home rule municipality prior to January 1, 2002, provided
16that after the effective date of this Act no home rule
17municipality may exempt any future or existing ranks from the
18provisions of this Act; or (v) to an administrative rank
19immediately below the Superintendent, Chief, or other chief
20executive officer of an affected department, provided such rank
21shall not be held by more than 2 persons and there is a
22promoted rank immediately below it. Notwithstanding the
23exceptions to the definition of "promotion" set forth in items
24(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of this definition, promotions
25shall include any appointments to ranks covered by the terms of
26a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective

 

 

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1date of this Act.
2    "Preliminary promotion list" means the rank order of
3eligible candidates established in accordance with subsection
4(b) of Section 20 prior to applicable veteran's preference
5points. A person on the preliminary promotion list who is
6eligible for veteran's preference under the laws and agreements
7applicable to the appointing authority may file a written
8application for that preference within 10 days after the
9initial posting of the preliminary promotion list. The
10preference shall be calculated in accordance with Section 55
11and applied as an addition to the person's total point score on
12the examination. The appointing authority shall make
13adjustments to the preliminary promotion list based on any
14veteran's preference claimed and the final adjusted promotion
15list shall then be posted by the appointing authority.
16    "Rank" means any position within the chain of command of a
17fire department to which employees are regularly assigned to
18perform duties related to providing fire suppression, fire
19prevention, or emergency services.
20    "Final adjusted promotion list" means the promotion list
21for the position that is in effect on the date the position is
22created or the vacancy occurs. If there is no final adjusted
23promotion list in effect for that position on that date, or if
24all persons on the current final adjusted promotion list for
25that position refuse the promotion, the affected department
26shall not make a permanent promotion until a new final adjusted

 

 

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1promotion list has been prepared in accordance with this Act,
2but may make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy.
3Temporary appointments shall not exceed 180 days.
4    Each component of the promotional test shall be scored on a
5scale of 100 points. The component scores shall then be reduced
6by the weighting factor assigned to the component on the test
7and the scores of all components shall be added to produce a
8total score based on a scale of 100 points.
9(Source: P.A. 93-411, eff. 8-4-03.)
 
10    (50 ILCS 742/70 new)
11    Sec. 70. Municipalities with populations over 1,000,000.
12Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a fire department
13in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 is exempt
14from the provisions of the Fire Department Promotion Act. Any
15promotion examination that consists of more than one component,
16must be completed in its entirety within 120 days after the
17date on which the first component is administered to
18promotional applicants. Upon completion of the administration
19of the last component of a multi-component promotion
20examination, or upon completion of the administration of a
21single component promotion examination, the municipality has
2290 days to provide to each applicant written notice of that
23applicant's (i) score on each component of the examination and
24(ii) combined or aggregated score on a multi-component
25examination.