Public Act 098-0231
 
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    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 10-2.1-8 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8)



    Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference. 

Persons who have successfully
obtained an associate's degree in 
the field of law enforcement, criminal
justice, fire service, 
or emergency medical services, or a bachelor's degree
from an 
accredited college or university; persons who
have been awarded 
a certificate attesting to the successful completion
of the 
Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course as 
provided in
the Illinois Police Training Act and are currently 
serving as a law enforcement
officer on a part-time or 
full-time basis within the State of Illinois; and persons who 
were engaged in
the active military or naval service of the 
United States for a period of at least
one year and who were 
honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or may
hereafter 
be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or naval 
service
(not including, however, in the case of offices, 
positions and places of
employment in the police department, 
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 religious or

conscientious objections against war) shall be preferred for 
appointments
to offices, positions, and places of employment in 
the fire and police
departments of the municipality coming 
under the provisions of this
Division 2.1. For purposes of this 
Section, if a person has been deployed, then "active duty 
military or naval service of the United States" includes 
training and service school attendance, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 
101(d), which is ordered pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 12301(d). The 
preference points awarded under this Section shall not be

cumulative.

    This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any 
municipality which is
a home rule unit.
    Persons who have participated in that municipality's 
police explorer or cadet program may be preferred, for a 
maximum of 2 points, for appointments to offices, positions, 
and places of employment in municipal police departments under 
the provisions of this Division. 

(Source: P.A. 96-83, eff. 1-1-10.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.


Effective Date:  8/9/2013