Public Act 094-0483
 
HB1458 Enrolled LRB094 08906 AJO 39126 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 10-1-16 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/10-1-16)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-16)
    Sec. 10-1-16. Persons who were engaged in the active
military or naval service of the United States for a period of
at least one year at any time during the years 1898 through
1902, 1914 through 1919, at any time between September 16, 1940
and July 25, 1947, or at any time during the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or at any time
between January 1, 1961 and the date Congress declares the Viet
Nam conflict ended, and who were honorably discharged therefrom
and all persons who were engaged in such military or naval
service during any of such years 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 appointments to
civil offices, positions, and places of employment in the
classified service of any municipality coming under the
provisions of this Division 1, 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.
    The civil service commission shall give preference points
for original appointment to qualified veterans whose names
appear on any register of eligibles resulting from an
examination for original entrance in the classified service of
any municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 1
by adding to the final grade average that they receive or will
receive as the result of any examination held for original
entrance, 5 points. The numerical result thus attained shall be
applied by the civil service commission in determining the
position of those persons on any eligibility list that has been
created as the result of any examination for original entrance
for purposes of preference in certification and appointment
from that eligibility list. Persons who were engaged in the
active military or naval service of the United States for a
period of at least one year 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 1 for original entrance
commencing 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 may hereafter be created
under the provision of this Division 1, 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 1 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, 5 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 1, at any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
1947, or at any time during the national emergency between June
25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or at any time between January
1, 1961 and the date Congress declares the Viet Nam conflict
ended, and who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are
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 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, and whose names appear on existing
promotional eligible registers or any promotional eligible
register that may hereafter be created, as provided for by this
Division 1, shall be preferred for promotional appointment to
civil offices, positions and places of employment in the
classified civil service of any municipality coming under the
provisions of this Division 1.
    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, six-tenths 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 examinations held commencing on or after September
1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
thereof of active military or naval service not exceeding 30
months. 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 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
the publication or posting of any eligible register or list
resulting from the examination. Such preference shall be given
after the posting or publication of any eligible list or
register resulting from such examination and before any
certifications or appointments are made from such list or
register.
(Source: P.A. 76-69.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/8/2005