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91_SB1415

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
 2    District Act by changing Section 4.32.

 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.  Persons  who were engaged in the military or
 9    naval service of the United States  during  the  years  1898,
10    1899,  1900,  1901,  1902,  1914,  1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, or
11    1919, any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,  1947,
12    or  any  time  during the national emergency between June 25,
13    1950 and January 31, 1955, and who were honorably  discharged
14    therefrom,  and all persons who were engaged in such military
15    or naval service during any of said years, any  time  between
16    September  16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the
17    national emergency between June  25,  1950  and  January  31,
18    1955,  or  any  time  from  August  5,  1964  until  the date
19    determined by the Congress of the United States as the end of
20    Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time between August  6,  1990
21    and  the date the Persian Gulf Conflict ends as prescribed by
22    Presidential proclamation  or  order,  who  are  now  or  may
23    hereafter  be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or
24    naval service,  not  including,  however,  persons  who  were
25    convicted  by  court-martial of disobedience of orders, where
26    such  disobedience  consisted  in  the  refusal  to   perform
27    military  service  on  the  ground  of  alleged  religious or
28    conscientious objections against war, shall be preferred  for
29    appointments  to  offices, positions and places of employment
30    in the classified service of the District, provided they  are
31    found  to  possess  the  business  capacity necessary for the
 
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 1    proper discharge of the duties of such office,  position,  or
 2    place of employment as determined by examination for original
 3    entrance.  The  Director  of Personnel on certifying from any
 4    existing register of eligibles resulting from the holding  of
 5    an  examination  for  original  entrance  or  any register of
 6    eligibles that may be hereafter created of persons  who  have
 7    taken  and  successfully passed the examinations provided for
 8    in  this  Act  for  original  entrance  commenced  prior   to
 9    September  1,  1949,  shall  place  the name or names of such
10    persons at the head of any existing eligible register or list
11    of eligibles that shall be created under  the  provisions  of
12    this  Act  to  be  certified for appointment. The Director of
13    Personnel shall give preference for original  appointment  to
14    persons  as  hereinabove designated whose names appear on any
15    register of  eligibles  resulting  from  an  examination  for
16    original  entrance  held under the provisions of this Act and
17    commenced on or after September 1,  1949  by  adding  to  the
18    final  grade  average  which they received or will receive as
19    the result of any examination  held  for  original  entrance,
20    five  points.  The  numerical  result  thus attained shall be
21    applied by the  Director  of  Personnel  in  determining  the
22    position  of such persons on any eligible list which has been
23    created  as  the  result  of  any  examination  for  original
24    entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for purposes
25    of preference in  certification  and  appointment  from  such
26    eligible list.
27        Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to,
28    or  who volunteered for, the military or naval service of the
29    United States at any time during the years specified in  this
30    Act,  or  at any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
31    1947 or any time during the national emergency  between  June
32    25,  1950  and  January  31, 1955, or any time from August 5,
33    1964 until the date determined  by  Congress  of  the  United
34    States  as  the  end  of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time
 
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 1    between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf conflict
 2    ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or order, and
 3    who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who
 4    may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
 5    or naval service, not including, however,  persons  who  were
 6    convicted  by  court  martial of disobedience of orders where
 7    such  disobedience  consisted  in  the  refusal  to   perform
 8    military  service  on  the  ground  of  alleged  religious or
 9    conscientious objections against war, and whose names  appear
10    on existing promotional eligible registers or any promotional
11    eligible  register that may hereafter be created, as provided
12    for  by  this  Act,  shall  be  preferred   for   promotional
13    appointment   to  civil  offices,  positions  and  places  of
14    employment in the classified civil service  of  the  District
15    coming under the provisions of this Act.
16        The  Director  of  Personnel  shall  give  preference for
17    promotional appointment to persons as hereinabove  designated
18    whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
19    or  promotional  eligible  registers  that  may  hereafter be
20    created by adding to  the  final  grade  average  which  they
21    received  or  will  receive  as the result of any promotional
22    examination   commencing   prior   to   September   1,   1949
23    three-fourths of one point for  each  6  months  or  fraction
24    thereof  of  military  or  naval  service  not  exceeding  48
25    months;,  and by adding to the final grade average which they
26    will receive as the result  of  any  promotional  examination
27    held  commencing  on  or  after  September 1, 1949 and before
28    January 1, 2001 seven-tenths of one point for each  6  months
29    or   fraction  thereof  of  military  or  naval  service  not
30    exceeding 30 months; and by adding  5  points  to  the  final
31    grade  average  that  they  will receive as the result of any
32    promotional examination held on or after January 1, 2001. The
33    numerical result  thus  attained  shall  be  applied  by  the
34    Director  of  Personnel  in  determining the position of such
 
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 1    persons on any eligible list which has been created  or  will
 2    be  created as the result of any promotional examination held
 3    hereunder for purposes of  preference  in  certification  and
 4    appointment from such eligible list.
 5        No  person shall receive the preference for a promotional
 6    appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
 7    promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed  such
 8    preference   and  which  was  prepared  as  a  result  of  an
 9    examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
10        No person entitled to preference or credit  for  military
11    or  naval  service  hereunder  shall  be  required to furnish
12    evidence or record of  honorable  discharge  from  the  armed
13    forces  before  any  examination held under the provisions of
14    this Act but such preference shall be given after the posting
15    or publication of the eligible list or  register  and  before
16    any  certification or appointments are made from the eligible
17    register.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)

19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
20    January 1, 2001.

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