102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0407

 

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9  from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-9

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning appointments by the board of fire and police commissioners.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 10-2.1-9 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-9)
7    Sec. 10-2.1-9. Original appointments; Preferences;
8Limitation.
9    (a) The The board of fire and police commissioners shall
10give preference for original appointment to persons designated
11in Section 10-2.1-8 whose names appear on any register of
12eligibles resulting from an examination for original entrance
13in the classified service of the fire and police departments
14of any municipality coming under the provisions of this
15Division 2.1 by adding to the final grade average which they
16receive or will receive as the result of any examination held
17for original entrance, 5 points. The board shall also give
18preference to persons eligible under subsection (b) as
19provided in that subsection. The numerical result thus
20attained shall be applied by the board of fire and police
21commissioners in determining the position of such persons on
22any eligibility list which has been created as the result of
23any examination for original entrance for purposes of

 

 

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1preference in certification and appointment from such
2eligibility list. The board shall strike off the names of
3candidates for original appointment after such names have been
4on the list for more than 2 years.
5    (b) All persons who, on or after the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of 1993, have been paid-on-call certified
7firefighters II, paramedics, or any combination of those
8capacities, of the municipality shall be awarded 0.5 point for
9each year of successful service in one or more of those
10capacities, up to a maximum of 5 points at the time of
11examination for original appointment to the classified service
12of the fire department. Certified firefighters III shall be
13awarded one point per year up to a maximum of 5 points.
14Applicants from outside the municipality who were employed as
15full-time firefighters or firefighter-paramedics by a fire
16protection district or another municipality for at least 2
17years shall have the same preference as paid-on-call
18personnel. These additional points presuppose a rating scale
19totalling 100 points available for the eligibility list. If
20more or fewer points are used in the rating scale for the
21eligibility list, the points awarded under this subsection
22shall be increased or decreased by a factor equal to the total
23possible points available for the examination divided by 100.
24    No person entitled to additional points under this
25subsection shall be required to claim that preference or
26credit before an examination is held. The preference shall be

 

 

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1given after the posting or publication of the eligibility
2list. To qualify for the preference, applicants who are
3eligible for credit under this subsection shall make a claim
4for that credit, in writing, within 10 days after the posting
5of the eligibility list, or the claim shall be deemed waived.
6Upon request by the board of fire and police commissioners,
7the governing body of the municipality or (in the case of
8applicants from outside the municipality) the governing body
9of any fire protection district or any other municipality
10shall certify to the board of fire and police commissioners,
11within 10 days of the request, the number of years of
12successful paid-on-call service of any person. A candidate may
13not receive preference points under this subsection if the
14amount of points awarded would place the candidate before a
15veteran on the eligibility list.
16(Source: P.A. 88-440.)