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Executive Committee
Filed: 3/7/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 678
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 678 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
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| Sec. 4.32. Persons who were engaged in the military or |
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| naval service of the
United States during the years 1898, 1899, |
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| 1900, 1901, 1902, 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919, any |
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| time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
1947, or any time |
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| during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and
January |
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| 31, 1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all
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| persons who were engaged in such military or naval service |
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| during any of
said years, any time between September 16, 1940 |
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| and July 25, 1947, or any
time during the national emergency |
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| between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
1955, or any time from |
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| August 5, 1964 until the date determined by the
Congress of the |
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| United States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at
any |
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| time between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf |
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| Conflict ends
as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or |
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| order, who are
now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve |
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| duty in such military or
naval service, not including, however, |
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| persons who were convicted by
court-martial of disobedience of |
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| orders, where such disobedience consisted
in the refusal to |
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| perform military service on the ground of alleged
religious or |
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| conscientious objections against war, shall be preferred for
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| appointments to offices, positions and places of employment in |
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| the
classified service of the District, provided they are found |
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| to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper |
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| discharge of the duties of such
office, position, or place of |
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| employment as determined by examination for
original entrance. |
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| The Director of Personnel on certifying from any existing
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| register of eligibles resulting from the holding of an |
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| examination for
original entrance or any register of eligibles |
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| that may be hereafter
created of persons who have taken and |
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| successfully passed the examinations
provided for in this Act |
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| for original entrance commenced prior to September
1, 1949, |
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| shall place the name or names of such persons at the head of |
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| any
existing eligible register or list of eligibles that shall |
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| be created under
the provisions of this Act to be certified for |
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| appointment. The Director
of Personnel shall give preference |
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| for original and promotional appointment to persons who have |
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| active duty service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, |
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| Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Reserve component of the armed |
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| forces for a period of 180 or more consecutive days and who |
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| have been honorably discharged from that service or who remain |
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| in good standing with that service if that person's name |
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| appears
as
hereinabove designated whose names appear on any |
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| register of eligibles
resulting from an examination for |
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| original entrance or promotion held under the
provisions of |
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| this Act and commenced on or after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
September 1, 1949
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| by
adding to the final grade average which they received or |
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| will receive as
the result of any examination held for original |
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| entrance or promotion , five points. The
numerical result thus |
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| attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel
in |
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| determining the position of such persons on any eligible list |
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| which has
been created as the result of any examination for |
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| original entrance or promotion
commenced on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly
September 1, 1949 for purposes of preference in
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| certification and appointment from such eligible list.
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| Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to, |
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| or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the |
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| United States at any
time during the years specified in this |
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| Act, or at any time between
September 16, 1940 and July 25, |
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| 1947 or any time during the national
emergency between June 25, |
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| 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from
August 5, 1964 |
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| until the date determined by Congress of the United States
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| the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time between August |
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| 6, 1990
and the date the Persian Gulf conflict ends as |
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| prescribed by Presidential
proclamation or order, and who were
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| honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who may |
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| hereafter be on
inactive or reserve duty in such military or |
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| naval service, not including,
however, persons who were |
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| convicted by court martial of disobedience of
orders where such |
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| disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform military
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| service on the ground of alleged religious or conscientious |
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| objections
against war, and whose names appear on existing |
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| promotional eligible
registers or any promotional eligible |
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| register that may hereafter be
created, as provided for by this |
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| Act, shall be preferred for promotional
appointment to civil |
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| offices, positions and places of employment in the
classified |
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| civil service of the District coming under the provisions of
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| this Act .
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| The Director of Personnel shall give preference for |
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| promotional
appointment to persons as hereinabove designated |
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| whose names appear on
existing promotional eligible registers |
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| or promotional eligible registers
that may hereafter be created |
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| by adding to the final grade average which
they received or |
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| will receive as the result of any promotional examination
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| commencing prior to September 1, 1949 three-fourths of one |
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| point for each 6
months or fraction thereof of military or |
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| naval service not exceeding 48
months, and by adding to the |
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| final grade average which they will receive as
the result of |
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| any promotional examination held commencing on or after
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| September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months |
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| or fraction
thereof of military or naval service not exceeding |
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| 30 months. The numerical
result thus attained shall be applied |
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| by the Director of Personnel in
determining the position of |
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| such persons on any eligible list which has
been created or |
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| will be created as the result of any promotional
examination |
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| held hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and
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| appointment from such eligible list.
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| No person shall receive the preference for a promotional |
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| appointment
granted by this Section after he has received one |
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| promotion from an
eligible list on which he was allowed such |
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| preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination |
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| held on or after September 1, 1949.
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| No person entitled to preference or credit for military or |
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| naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence |
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| or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before |
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| any examination held under the
provisions of this Act but such |
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| preference shall be given after the posting
or publication of |
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| the eligible list or register and before any
certification or |
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| appointments are made from the eligible register.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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