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1 AN ACT in relation to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
8 Sec. 4.32. Veteran's preference.
9 (a) A person who served in the National Guard or the
10 United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
11 Guard, or Reserves and was honorably discharged from that
12 service or who is currently serving in the National Guard or
13 the Reserves is entitled to a veteran's preference under this
14 Section.
15 (b) The Director of Personnel shall give preference for
16 an original or promotional appointment to a person qualifying
17 for a veteran's preference under this Section whose name
18 appears on an original or promotional eligible register by
19 adding 5 points to the final grade that the person receives
20 as the result of any original or promotional examination held
21 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22 93rd General Assembly.
23 (c) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory
24 Act of the 93rd General Assembly are not intended to affect
25 any preference granted under this Section before the
26 effective date of this amendatory Act.
27 Persons who were engaged in the military or naval service
28 of the United States during the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,
29 1902, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, or 1919, any time between
30 September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the
31 national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
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1 1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all
2 persons who were engaged in such military or naval service
3 during any of said years, any time between September 16, 1940
4 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the national emergency
5 between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from
6 August 5, 1964 until the date determined by the Congress of
7 the United States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at
8 any time between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf
9 Conflict ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or
10 order, who are now or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve
11 duty in such military or naval service, not including,
12 however, persons who were convicted by court-martial of
13 disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted in
14 the refusal to perform military service on the ground of
15 alleged religious or conscientious objections against war,
16 shall be preferred for appointments to offices, positions and
17 places of employment in the classified service of the
18 District, provided they are found to possess the business
19 capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of
20 such office, position, or place of employment as determined
21 by examination for original entrance. The Director of
22 Personnel on certifying from any existing register of
23 eligibles resulting from the holding of an examination for
24 original entrance or any register of eligibles that may be
25 hereafter created of persons who have taken and successfully
26 passed the examinations provided for in this Act for original
27 entrance commenced prior to September 1, 1949, shall place
28 the name or names of such persons at the head of any existing
29 eligible register or list of eligibles that shall be created
30 under the provisions of this Act to be certified for
31 appointment. The Director of Personnel shall give preference
32 for original appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
33 whose names appear on any register of eligibles resulting
34 from an examination for original entrance held under the
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1 provisions of this Act and commenced on or after September 1,
2 1949 by adding to the final grade average which they received
3 or will receive as the result of any examination held for
4 original entrance, five points. The numerical result thus
5 attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel in
6 determining the position of such persons on any eligible list
7 which has been created as the result of any examination for
8 original entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for
9 purposes of preference in certification and appointment from
10 such eligible list.
11 Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to,
12 or who volunteered for, the military or naval service of the
13 United States at any time during the years specified in this
14 Act, or at any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
15 1947 or any time during the national emergency between June
16 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from August 5,
17 1964 until the date determined by Congress of the United
18 States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time
19 between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf conflict
20 ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or order, and
21 who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who
22 may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
23 or naval service, not including, however, persons who were
24 convicted by court martial of disobedience of orders where
25 such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform
26 military service on the ground of alleged religious or
27 conscientious objections against war, and whose names appear
28 on existing promotional eligible registers or any promotional
29 eligible register that may hereafter be created, as provided
30 for by this Act, shall be preferred for promotional
31 appointment to civil offices, positions and places of
32 employment in the classified civil service of the District
33 coming under the provisions of this Act.
34 The Director of Personnel shall give preference for
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1 promotional appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
2 whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
3 or promotional eligible registers that may hereafter be
4 created by adding to the final grade average which they
5 received or will receive as the result of any promotional
6 examination commencing prior to September 1, 1949
7 three-fourths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
8 thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 48 months,
9 and by adding to the final grade average which they will
10 receive as the result of any promotional examination held
11 commencing on or after September 1, 1949 seven-tenths of one
12 point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of military or
13 naval service not exceeding 30 months. The numerical result
14 thus attained shall be applied by the Director of Personnel
15 in determining the position of such persons on any eligible
16 list which has been created or will be created as the result
17 of any promotional examination held hereunder for purposes of
18 preference in certification and appointment from such
19 eligible list.
20 No person shall receive the preference for a promotional
21 appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
22 promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed such
23 preference and which was prepared as a result of an
24 examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
25 No person entitled to preference or credit for military
26 or naval service hereunder shall be required to furnish
27 evidence or record of honorable discharge from the armed
28 forces before any examination held under the provisions of
29 this Act but such preference shall be given after the posting
30 or publication of the eligible list or register and before
31 any certification or appointments are made from the eligible
32 register.
33 (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
2 January 1, 2004.
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