(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-7.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-7.1)
Sec. 10-2.1-7.1.
Persons transferred from the employment of a fire protection district by
virtue of an Act entitled "An Act in Relation to Fire Protection Districts"
under Section 21 as now or hereafter amended, shall without examination be
assigned to the positions in the classified civil service or under the Fire
and Police Commissioners Act of the municipality so far as may be
practicable, having duties and responsibilities equivalent to their fire
protection district employment. For the purpose of establishing the civil
service status or classified service status under the board of fire and
police commissioners of firemen transferred to the municipality, the rank
of Chief of the Fire Department shall not be recognized. The appointment of
the Chief of the Fire Department shall be subject to the ordinances of the
transferee municipality in the appointment of the same. Employees so
transferred shall have the same standing, grade, class or rank which they
held in the classified service of the fire protection district from which
they were transferred. For the purpose of determining seniority and class,
grade or rank, each employee shall be credited with the time served by him
on the date of such transfer and shall be given the position in the
classified service as nearly comparable in responsibilities and duties to
his former employment as it may be possible to approximate.
(Source: P.A. 77-244; 77-1438.)
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