Public Act 098-0231
 
HB1710 EnrolledLRB098 05756 OMW 35795 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 10-2.1-8 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8)
    Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference.
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; persons who have been awarded
a certificate attesting to the successful completion of the
Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course as
provided in the Illinois Police Training Act and are currently
serving as a law enforcement officer on a part-time or
full-time basis within the State of Illinois; and persons who
were engaged in the active military or naval service of the
United States for a period of at least one year and who were
honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or may hereafter
be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or naval
service (not including, however, in the case of offices,
positions and places of employment in the police department,
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 religious or
conscientious objections against war) shall be preferred for
appointments to offices, positions, and places of employment in
the fire and police departments of the municipality coming
under the provisions of this Division 2.1. For purposes of this
Section, if a person has been deployed, then "active duty
military or naval service of the United States" includes
training and service school attendance, as defined in 10 U.S.C.
101(d), which is ordered pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 12301(d). The
preference points awarded under this Section shall not be
cumulative.
    This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any
municipality which is a home rule unit.
    Persons who have participated in that municipality's
police explorer or cadet program may be preferred, for a
maximum of 2 points, for appointments to offices, positions,
and places of employment in municipal police departments under
the provisions of this Division.
(Source: P.A. 96-83, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.