(55 ILCS 5/3-14021) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14021)
Sec. 3-14021.
Preference to veterans in appointments.
Persons
who were engaged in the military or naval service of the United States
during the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917,
1918, 1919, any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any
time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
1955, and who were honorably discharged therefrom, and all persons who were
engaged in such military or naval service during any of said years, any
time between September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the
national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, who are now
or may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or naval
service, not including, however, persons who were convicted by
court-martial of disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted
in the refusal to perform military service on the ground of alleged
religious or conscientious objections against war shall be preferred for
appointment to civil offices, positions, and places of employment in the
classified service of the county, provided they are found
to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the
duties of such office, position, or place of employment as determined by
examination for original entrance.
The Civil Service Commission on certifying from any existing register of
eligibles resulting from the holding of an examination for original
entrance or any register of eligibles that may be hereafter created of
persons who have taken and successfully passed the examinations provided
for in this Division for original entrance commenced prior to September 1,
1949, shall place the name or names of such persons at the head of any
existing eligible register or list of eligibles that shall be created under
the provisions of this Division to be certified for appointment. The Civil
Service Commission shall give preference for original appointment to
persons as hereinabove designated whose names appear on any register of
eligibles resulting from an examination for original entrance held under
the provisions of this Division and commenced on or after September 1, 1949
by adding to the final grade average which they received or will receive as
the result of any examination held for original entrance, five points. The
numerical result thus attained shall be applied by the Civil Service
Commission in determining the position of such persons on any eligible list
which has been created as the result of any examination for original
entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for purposes of preference
in certification and appointment from such eligible list.
Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to, or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the United States at any
time during the years specified in this Division, at any time between September
16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, and who was honorably
discharged therefrom, who is now or who may hereafter be on inactive or
reserve duty in such military or naval service, not including, however,
persons who were convicted by courtmartial of disobedience of orders where
such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform military service on
the ground of alleged religious or conscientious objections against war,
and whose name appears on existing promotional eligible registers or on any
promotional eligible register that may hereafter be created, shall be
preferred for promotional appointments to civil offices, positions, and
places of employment in the classified civil service of any county coming
under the provisions of this Division. The Civil Service Commission shall give
preference for promotional appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers or
promotional eligible registers that may hereafter be created by adding to
the final grade average which they received or will receive as the result
of any promotional examination commencing prior to September 1, 1949
three-fourths of one point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of
military or naval service not exceeding 30 months, and by adding to the
final grade average which they will receive as the result of any
promotional examination held commencing on or after September 1, 1949
seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction thereof of military
or naval service not exceeding 30 months. The numerical results thus
attained shall be applied by the Civil Service Commission in determining
the position of such persons on any eligible list which has been created or
will be created as the result of any promotional examination held hereunder
for purposes of preference in certification and appointment from such
eligible list. No person shall receive the preference for a promotional
appointment granted by this Section after he has received one promotion
from an eligible list on which he was allowed such preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
No person entitled to preference or credit for military or naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before any examination held under the
provisions of this Division but such preference shall be given after the
posting or publication of the eligible list or register and before any
certification or appointments are made from the eligible register.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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