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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-2.1-9 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-9)
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7 | Sec. 10-2.1-9. Original appointments; Preferences; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Limitation.
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9 | (a) The
The board of fire and police commissioners shall | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | give preference for
original appointment to persons designated | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | in Section 10-2.1-8 whose names
appear on any register of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | eligibles resulting from an examination for
original entrance | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | in the classified service of the fire and police
departments | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of any municipality coming under the provisions of this
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15 | Division 2.1 by adding to the final grade average which they | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | receive or
will receive as the result of any examination held | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | for original entrance, 5
points. The board shall also give | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | preference to persons eligible under
subsection (b) as | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | provided in that subsection. The numerical result thus
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20 | attained shall be applied by the board of fire and police | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | commissioners in
determining the position of such persons on | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | any eligibility list which has been
created as the result of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | any examination for original entrance for purposes of
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1 | preference in certification and appointment from such | ||||||
2 | eligibility list. The
board shall strike off the names of | ||||||
3 | candidates for original appointment after
such names have been | ||||||
4 | on the list for more than 2 years. | ||||||
5 | (b) All persons who, on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
6 | amendatory Act
of 1993, have been paid-on-call certified | ||||||
7 | firefighters II, paramedics, or any
combination of those | ||||||
8 | capacities, of the municipality shall be awarded 0.5 point
for | ||||||
9 | each year of successful service in one or more of those | ||||||
10 | capacities, up to a
maximum of 5 points at the time of | ||||||
11 | examination for original appointment to the
classified service | ||||||
12 | of the fire department. Certified firefighters III shall be
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13 | awarded one point per year up to a maximum of 5 points. | ||||||
14 | Applicants from
outside the municipality who were employed as | ||||||
15 | full-time firefighters or
firefighter-paramedics by a fire | ||||||
16 | protection district or another municipality
for at least 2 | ||||||
17 | years shall have the same preference as paid-on-call | ||||||
18 | personnel.
These additional points presuppose a rating scale | ||||||
19 | totalling 100 points
available for the eligibility list. If | ||||||
20 | more or fewer points are used in the
rating scale for the | ||||||
21 | eligibility list, the points awarded under this subsection
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22 | shall be increased or decreased by a factor equal to the total | ||||||
23 | possible points
available for the examination divided by 100.
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24 | No person entitled to additional points under this | ||||||
25 | subsection shall be
required to claim that preference or | ||||||
26 | credit before an examination
is held. The preference shall be |
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1 | given after the posting or publication of the
eligibility | ||||||
2 | list. To qualify for the preference, applicants who are | ||||||
3 | eligible
for credit under this subsection shall make a claim | ||||||
4 | for that credit, in
writing, within 10 days after the posting | ||||||
5 | of the eligibility list, or the claim
shall be deemed waived. | ||||||
6 | Upon request by the board of fire and police
commissioners, | ||||||
7 | the governing body of the municipality or (in the case of
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8 | applicants from outside the municipality) the governing body | ||||||
9 | of any fire
protection district or any other municipality | ||||||
10 | shall certify to the board of
fire and police commissioners, | ||||||
11 | within 10 days of the request, the number of
years of | ||||||
12 | successful paid-on-call service of any person. A candidate may | ||||||
13 | not
receive preference points under this subsection if the | ||||||
14 | amount of points awarded
would place the candidate before a | ||||||
15 | veteran on the eligibility list.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 88-440.)
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