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90_SB0437eng
65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6
65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8
65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-14 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-14
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a board
of fire and police commissioners may require police
applicants to have obtained an associate's degree or a
bachelor's degree as a prerequisite for employment. Grants
an employment preference to persons who have successfully
obtained an associate's degree in the field of law
enforcement, criminal justice, fire service, or emergency
medical services, or a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university located in Illinois, and persons who
have been awarded a certificate attesting to the successful
completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement
Training Course and are serving as a law enforcement officer
in Illinois. Removes a preference for persons who have
completed 2 years of study in fire techniques or 2 years of
police cadet training. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
2 Sections 10-2.1-6, 10-2.1-8, and 10-2.1-14.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 10-2.1-6, 10-2.1-8, and 10-2.1-14 as
7 follows:
8 (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6)
9 Sec. 10-2.1-6. Examination of applicants;
10 disqualifications.
11 (a) All applicants for a position in either the fire or
12 police department of the municipality shall be subject to an
13 examination that shall be public, competitive, and open to
14 all applicants (unless the council or board of trustees by
15 ordinance limit applicants to electors of the municipality,
16 county, state or nation) and shall be subject to reasonable
17 limitations as to residence, health, habits, and moral
18 character. The municipality may not charge or collect any
19 fee from an applicant who has met all prequalification
20 standards established by the municipality for any such
21 position.
22 (b) Residency requirements in effect at the time an
23 individual enters the fire or police service of a
24 municipality (other than a municipality that has more than
25 1,000,000 inhabitants) cannot be made more restrictive for
26 that individual during his period of service for that
27 municipality, or be made a condition of promotion, except for
28 the rank or position of Fire or Police Chief.
29 (c) No person with a record of misdemeanor convictions
30 except those under Sections 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15,
31 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6, 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3,
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1 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2,
2 32-3, 32-4, 32-8, and subsections (1), (6) and (8) of Section
3 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or arrested for any cause
4 but not convicted on that cause shall be disqualified from
5 taking the examination to qualify for a position in the fire
6 department on grounds of habits or moral character.
7 (d) (Blank).
8 (e) Applicants who are 20 years of age and who have
9 successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at
10 an accredited college or university may be considered for
11 appointment to active duty with the police department. An
12 applicant described in this subsection (e) who is appointed
13 to active duty shall not have power of arrest, nor shall the
14 applicant be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she
15 reaches 21 years of age.
16 (f) Applicants who are 18 years of age and who have
17 successfully completed 2 years of study in fire techniques,
18 amounting to a total of 4 high school credits, within the
19 cadet program of a municipality may be considered for
20 appointment to active duty with the fire department of any
21 municipality.
22 (g) The council or board of trustees may by ordinance
23 provide that persons residing outside the municipality are
24 eligible to take the examination.
25 (h) The examinations shall be practical in character and
26 relate to those matters that will fairly test the capacity of
27 the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions
28 to which they seek appointment. No person shall be appointed
29 to the police or fire department if he or she does not
30 possess a high school diploma or an equivalent high school
31 education. A board of fire and police commissioners may, by
32 its rules, require police applicants to have obtained an
33 associate's degree or a bachelor's degree as a prerequisite
34 for employment. The examinations shall include tests of
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1 physical qualifications and health. No person shall be
2 appointed to the police or fire department if he or she has
3 suffered the amputation of any limb unless the applicant's
4 duties will be only clerical or as a radio operator. No
5 applicant shall be examined concerning his or her political
6 or religious opinions or affiliations. The examinations
7 shall be conducted by the board of fire and police
8 commissioners of the municipality as provided in this
9 Division 2.1.
10 (i) No person who is classified by his local selective
11 service draft board as a conscientious objector, or who has
12 ever been so classified, may be appointed to the police
13 department.
14 (j) No person shall be appointed to the police or fire
15 department unless he or she is a person of good character and
16 not an habitual drunkard, gambler, or a person who has been
17 convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.
18 No person, however, shall be disqualified from appointment to
19 the fire department because of his or her record of
20 misdemeanor convictions except those under Sections 11-6,
21 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-2, 12-6,
22 12-15, 14-4, 16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3, 31-1,
23 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4, 32-8, and
24 subsections (1), (6) and (8) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal
25 Code of 1961 or arrest for any cause without conviction on
26 that cause. Any such person who is in the department may be
27 removed on charges brought and after a trial as provided in
28 this Division 2.1.
29 (Source: P.A. 88-45; 89-52, eff. 6-30-95.)
30 (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8)
31 Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational cadet's
32 preference.) Persons who have successfully obtained an
33 associate's degree in the field of law enforcement, criminal
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1 justice, fire service, or emergency medical services, or a
2 bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
3 located in Illinois; persons who have been awarded a
4 certificate attesting to the successful completion of the
5 Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course as
6 provided in the Illinois Police Training Act and are
7 currently serving as a law enforcement officer on a part-time
8 or full-time basis within the State of Illinois; completed 2
9 years of study in fire techniques or 2 years of police cadet
10 training within the cadet program established under the rules
11 of the Fire and Police Commission of any municipality and
12 persons who were engaged in the military or naval service of
13 the United States for a period of at least one year and who
14 were honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or may
15 hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or
16 naval service (not including, however, in the case of
17 offices, positions and places of employment in the police
18 department, persons who were convicted by court-martial of
19 disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted in
20 the refusal to perform military service on the ground of
21 religious or conscientious objections against war) shall be
22 preferred for appointments to offices, positions, and places
23 of employment in the fire and police departments of the
24 municipality coming under the provisions of this Division
25 2.1. The preference points awarded under this Section shall
26 not be cumulative.
27 This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any
28 municipality which is a home rule unit.
29 (Source: P.A. 79-1075.)
30 (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-14)
31 Sec. 10-2.1-14. Register of eligibles. The board of fire
32 and police commissioners shall prepare and keep a register of
33 persons whose general average standing, upon examination, is
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1 not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the board,
2 and who are otherwise eligible. These persons shall take
3 rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their
4 relative excellence as determined by examination, without
5 reference to priority of time of examination. Applicants who
6 have been awarded a certificate attesting to their successful
7 completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement
8 Training Course, as provided in the Illinois Police Training
9 Act, may be given preference in appointment over noncertified
10 applicants.
11 Within 60 days after each examination, an eligibility
12 list shall be posted by the board, which shall show the final
13 grades of the candidates without reference to priority of
14 time of examination and subject to claim for military credit.
15 Candidates who are eligible for military credit shall make a
16 claim in writing within 10 days after the posting of the
17 eligibility list or such claim shall be deemed waived.
18 Appointment shall be subject to a final physical examination.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-52, eff. 6-30-95.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.