(70 ILCS 1215/32) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 145)
Sec. 32.
Persons who were engaged in the military or naval service of the
United States during the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
1947, or at any time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950
and January 31, 1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all
persons who were engaged in such military or naval service during any of
said years or period, who are now or may hereafter be on inactive or
reserve duty in such military or naval service not including, however,
persons who were convicted by court martial of disobedience of orders,
where such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform military
service on the ground of alleged religious or conscientious objections
against war, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, positions
or places of employment in the classified civil service to which the
provisions of this Act apply provided they are found to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such
office, position, or place of employment as determined by examination.
The Civil Service Board on certifying from any existing register of
eligibles resulting from the holding of an examination for original
entrance or any register of eligibles that may be hereafter created of
persons who have taken and successfully passed the examination provided for
in this Act for original entrance commenced prior to September 1, 1949,
shall place the name or names of such persons at the head of any existing
eligible register or list of eligibles that shall be created under the
provisions of this Act to be certified for employment. The Civil Service
Board shall give preference for original appointment to persons as
hereinabove designated whose names appear on any register of eligibles
resulting from an examination for original entrance held under the
provisions of this Act and commenced on or after September 1, 1949 by
adding to the final grade average which they received or will receive as
the result of any examination held for original entrance, five points. The
numerical result thus attained shall be applied by the Civil Service Board
in determining the position of such persons on any eligible list which has
been created as the result of any examination for original entrance
commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for purposes of preference in
certification and appointment from such eligible list.
Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to, or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the United States at any
time during the years specified in this Act, at any time between September
16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or at any time during the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, and who were honorably
discharged therefrom who are now or who may hereafter be on inactive or
reserve duty in such military or naval service, not including, however,
persons who were convicted by court martial of disobedience of orders where
such disobediences consisted in the refusal to perform military service on
the ground of alleged religious or conscientious objections against war,
and whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers or any
promotional eligible register that may hereafter be created, as provided
for by this Act, shall be preferred for promotional appointment to civil
offices, positions and places of employment in the classified civil service
to which the provisions of this Act apply.
The Civil Service Board shall give preference for promotional
appointment to persons as hereinabove designated whose names appear on
existing promotional eligible registers or promotional eligible registers
that may hereafter be created by adding to the final grade average which
they received or will receive as the result of any promotional examination
commencing prior to September 1, 1949 three-fourths of one point for each 6
months or fraction thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 30
months, and by adding to the final grade average which they will receive as
a result of any promotional examination held commencing on or after
September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 30 months. The numerical
result thus attained shall be applied by the Civil Service Board in
determining the position of such persons on any eligible list which has
been created or will be created as the result of any promotional
examination held hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and
appointment from such eligible list.
No person shall receive the preference for a promotional appointment
granted by this Section after he has received one promotion from an
eligible list on which he was allowed such preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
No person entitled to preference or credit for military or naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before any examination held hereunder but
such preference shall be given after the posting or publication of the
eligible list or register and before any certification or appointments are
made from the eligible register.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 2184.)
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