Full Text of HB3261 100th General Assembly
HB3261ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia Filed: 3/24/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3261
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3261 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8b.7 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/8b.7) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.7)
| 7 | | Sec. 8b.7. Veteran preference. For the granting of | 8 | | appropriate
preference in entrance examinations to qualified | 9 | | veterans, persons who have been members
of the armed forces of | 10 | | the United States or to qualified persons who, while
citizens | 11 | | of the United States, were members of the armed forces of | 12 | | allies of
the United States in time of hostilities with a | 13 | | foreign country, and to certain
other persons as set forth in | 14 | | this Section.
| 15 | | (a) As used in this Section:
| 16 | | (1) "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means |
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| 1 | | any period of
time in the past, present, or future during | 2 | | which a declaration of war by
the United States Congress | 3 | | has been or is in effect or during which an
emergency | 4 | | condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by | 5 | | the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a | 6 | | Presidential executive order
and in which the armed forces | 7 | | expeditionary medal or other campaign service
medals are | 8 | | awarded according to Presidential executive order.
| 9 | | (2) "Armed forces of the United States" means the | 10 | | United States Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and | 11 | | Coast Guard. Service in the Merchant
Marine that | 12 | | constitutes active duty under Section 401 of federal Public | 13 | | Law
95-202 shall also be considered service in the Armed | 14 | | Forces of the United
States for purposes of this Section.
| 15 | | (3) "Veteran" means a member of the armed forces of the | 16 | | United States, the Illinois National Guard, or a reserve | 17 | | component of the armed forces of the United States, | 18 | | regardless of whether or not the person was mobilized to | 19 | | active duty. | 20 | | (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in | 21 | | the form of points
added to the final grades of the persons if | 22 | | they otherwise qualify and are
entitled to appear on the list | 23 | | of those eligible for appointments.
| 24 | | (c) A veteran is qualified for a preference of 10 points if | 25 | | the veteran
currently holds proof of a service connected | 26 | | disability from the United
States Department of Veterans |
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| 1 | | Affairs or an allied country or if the
veteran is a recipient | 2 | | of the Purple Heart.
| 3 | | (d) A veteran who has served during a time of hostilities | 4 | | with a foreign
country is qualified for a preference of 5 | 5 | | points if the veteran served
under one or more of the following | 6 | | conditions:
| 7 | | (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
| 8 | | (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities | 9 | | regardless of
the length of engagement, or
| 10 | | (3) The veteran was discharged on the basis of | 11 | | hardship, or
| 12 | | (4) The veteran was released from active duty because | 13 | | of a service connected disability and was discharged under | 14 | | honorable conditions.
| 15 | | (e) A person not eligible for a preference under subsection | 16 | | (c) or (d)
is qualified for a preference of 3 points if the | 17 | | person has served in the
armed forces of the United States, the | 18 | | Illinois National Guard, or any
reserve component of the armed | 19 | | forces of the United States if the person:
(1) served for at | 20 | | least 6 months and has been discharged under honorable
| 21 | | conditions or (2) has been discharged on the ground of hardship | 22 | | or (3) was
released from active duty because of a service | 23 | | connected disability. A An
active member of the National Guard | 24 | | or a reserve component of the armed
forces of the United States | 25 | | is eligible for the preference if the member
meets the service | 26 | | requirements of this subsection (e).
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| 1 | | (f) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on | 2 | | eligible lists
shall be determined on the basis of their | 3 | | augmented ratings. When the
Director establishes eligible | 4 | | lists on the basis of category ratings such as
"superior", | 5 | | "excellent", "well-qualified", and "qualified", the veteran
| 6 | | eligibles in each such category shall be preferred for | 7 | | appointment before the
non-veteran eligibles in the same | 8 | | category.
| 9 | | (g) Employees in positions covered by jurisdiction B who, | 10 | | while in good
standing, leave to engage in military service | 11 | | during a period of hostility,
shall be given credit for | 12 | | seniority purposes for time served in the armed
forces.
| 13 | | (h) A surviving unremarried spouse of a veteran who | 14 | | suffered a service
connected death or the spouse of a veteran | 15 | | who suffered a service connected
disability that prevents the | 16 | | veteran from qualifying for civil service
employment shall be | 17 | | entitled to the same preference to which the veteran
would have | 18 | | been entitled under this Section.
| 19 | | (i) A preference shall also be given to the following | 20 | | individuals: 10
points for one parent of an unmarried veteran | 21 | | who suffered a service
connected death or a service connected | 22 | | disability that prevents the veteran
from qualifying for civil | 23 | | service employment. The first parent to receive a
civil service | 24 | | appointment shall be the parent entitled to the preference.
| 25 | | (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall | 26 | | adopt rules and
implement procedures to verify that any person |
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| 1 | | seeking a preference under this
Section is entitled to the | 2 | | preference. A person seeking a preference under
this Section | 3 | | shall provide documentation or execute any consents or other
| 4 | | documents required by the Department of Central Management | 5 | | Services or any
other State department or agency to enable the | 6 | | department or agency to verify
that the person is entitled to | 7 | | the preference.
| 8 | | (k) If an applicant claims to be a veteran, the Department | 9 | | of Central
Management Services must verify that status before | 10 | | granting a veteran
preference by requiring a certified copy of | 11 | | the applicant's most recent
DD214 (Certificate of Release or | 12 | | Discharge from Active Duty) or other evidence
of the | 13 | | applicant's most recent honorable discharge from the Armed | 14 | | Forces of the
United States that is determined to be acceptable | 15 | | by the Department of Central
Management Services.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-481, eff. 1-1-00.)".
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