Full Text of SB2778 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 3-7008 and 3-8010 and by adding Section 3-6008.5 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-6008.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 3-6008.5. Veteran testing. An applicant who is a | 9 | | veteran, as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was | 10 | | discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions | 11 | | no later than 6 months before applying may request examination | 12 | | to occur before the next scheduled examination date and, if | 13 | | requested, may be examined as soon as possible prior to the | 14 | | next examination date following receipt of the application. | 15 | | Once the applicant passes the examination and all other | 16 | | requirements to be on an eligibility list, the applicant shall | 17 | | be immediately placed on the eligibility list. Nothing in this | 18 | | Section waives eligibility for the applicant to receive | 19 | | military preference points during the application process or | 20 | | employment. | 21 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-7008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008) | 22 | | Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy |
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| 1 | | sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs | 2 | | not employed as county police officers or county corrections | 3 | | officers and of employees in the Department of Corrections | 4 | | shall be made from those applicants who have been certified by | 5 | | the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification | 6 | | for appointment in one department shall not constitute | 7 | | certification for appointment in another department. | 8 | | Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment | 9 | | and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application | 10 | | process. All persons so appointed shall, at the time of their | 11 | | appointment, be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of | 12 | | age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement | 13 | | studies at an accredited college or university. Any person | 14 | | appointed subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of | 15 | | such law enforcement studies shall not have power of arrest, | 16 | | nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or | 17 | | she reaches 21 years of age. Any person appointed shall be a | 18 | | citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally | 19 | | authorized to work in the United States under federal law and | 20 | | is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase | 21 | | or otherwise possess a firearm, or an individual against whom | 22 | | immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship | 23 | | and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for | 24 | | Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and who is authorized under | 25 | | federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess | 26 | | a firearm. In addition, all persons so appointed shall be not |
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| 1 | | more than the maximum age limit fixed by the Board from time to | 2 | | time, be of sound mind and body, be of good moral character, | 3 | | have not been convicted of a crime which the Board considers to | 4 | | be detrimental to the applicant's ability to carry out his or | 5 | | her duties, possess such prerequisites of training, education | 6 | | and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe, | 7 | | and shall be required to pass successfully mental, physical, | 8 | | psychiatric and other tests and examinations as may be | 9 | | prescribed by the Board. Preference shall be given in such | 10 | | appointments to persons who have honorably served in the | 11 | | military or naval services of the United States. All | 12 | | appointees shall serve a probationary period of 12 months and | 13 | | during that period may be discharged at the will of the | 14 | | Sheriff. However, civil service employees of the house of | 15 | | correction who have certified status at the time of the | 16 | | transfer of the house of correction to the County Department | 17 | | of Corrections are not subject to this probationary period, | 18 | | and they shall retain their job titles, such tenure privileges | 19 | | as are now enjoyed and any subsequent title changes shall not | 20 | | cause reduction in rank or elimination of positions. | 21 | | An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in | 22 | | 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally | 23 | | under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before | 24 | | applying may request examination to occur before the next | 25 | | scheduled examination date and, if requested, may be examined | 26 | | as soon as possible prior to the next examination date |
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| 1 | | following receipt of the application. Once the applicant | 2 | | passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an | 3 | | eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on | 4 | | the eligibility list. Nothing in this paragraph waives | 5 | | eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference | 6 | | points during the application process or employment. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 8 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-8010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8010) | 9 | | Sec. 3-8010. Certification of applicants. The appointment | 10 | | of all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the Merit | 11 | | Commission shall be made by the sheriff from those applicants | 12 | | who have been certified by the Commission as being qualified | 13 | | for appointment. A Commission may, by its rules and | 14 | | regulations, set forth the minimum requirements for | 15 | | appointment to any position. In addition, the Commission's | 16 | | review of any application may include examinations, | 17 | | investigations or any other method consistent with recognized | 18 | | merit principles, which in the judgment of the Commission is | 19 | | reasonable and practical for any particular classification. | 20 | | Different examining procedures may be set for the examinations | 21 | | in different classifications but all examinations in the same | 22 | | classification shall be uniform. However, the Merit Commission | 23 | | may by regulation provide that applicants who have served with | 24 | | another sheriff's office, a police department, or any other | 25 | | law enforcement agency, or who are graduate law enforcement |
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| 1 | | interns as defined in the Law Enforcement Intern Training Act, | 2 | | may be exempt from one or more of the minimum requirements for | 3 | | appointment. Preference may be given in such appointments to | 4 | | persons who have honorably served in the military or naval | 5 | | services of the United States. | 6 | | An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in | 7 | | 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally | 8 | | under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before | 9 | | applying may request examination to occur before the next | 10 | | scheduled examination date and, if requested, may be examined | 11 | | as soon as possible prior to the next examination date | 12 | | following receipt of the application. Once the applicant | 13 | | passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an | 14 | | eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on | 15 | | the eligibility list. Nothing in this paragraph waives | 16 | | eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference | 17 | | points during the application process or employment. | 18 | | The sheriff shall make appointments from those persons | 19 | | certified by the Commission as qualified for appointment. If | 20 | | the sheriff rejects any person so certified, the sheriff shall | 21 | | notify the Commission in writing of such rejection. | 22 | | The rules and regulations of a Commission shall provide | 23 | | that all initial appointees shall serve a probationary period | 24 | | of 12 months during which time they may be discharged at the | 25 | | will of the sheriff. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 92-83, eff. 7-12-01.) |
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