(70 ILCS 705/16.08a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.08a)
Sec. 16.08a.
(a) Persons who were engaged in the 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 shall be
preferred for appointments to offices, positions, and places of employment
in a fire department of a district subject to Sections 16.01 through 16.18.
(b) The board of fire commissioners shall give preference for original
appointment to persons designated in subsection (a) whose names appear on
any register of eligibles resulting from an examination for original
entrance in the classified service of the fire department of any such
district by adding to the final grade average which 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 board
of fire commissioners in determining the position of such persons on any
eligibility list which has been created as the result
of any examination for original entrance for purposes of preference in
certification and appointment from such eligibility list.
(c) Every member of the classified service of the fire department of any
such district who was engaged in military or naval service of the United
States at any time for a period of at least one year and who was honorably
discharged therefrom, who is 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 name appears on existing promotional eligibility registers or any
promotional eligibility register that may hereafter be created as provided
by this Act, shall be preferred for promotional appointments of the fire
department of any such district.
(d) No person entitled to preference or credit for military or naval
service under this Section shall be required to claim such preference or
credit before an examination is held. Such preference shall be given after
the posting or publication of the eligibility list or register at the
written request of such person before any certification or appointments are
made from the eligibility register. To qualify for such preference,
applicants who are eligible for military credit shall make a claim in
writing within 10 days after the posting of the eligibility list or such
claims shall be deemed waived. Applicants shall also furnish evidence of
an honorable discharge and proof of such service.
(Source: P.A. 86-562.)
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