(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-26) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-26)

Sec. 10-2.1-26. Application of the Act. The provisions of this Division shall apply only to full-time firemen and full-time policemen of a regularly constituted fire or police department and not to any other personnel of any kind or description.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2840.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-27) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-27)

Sec. 10-2.1-27. Adoption. The electors of any municipality with less than 5,000 inhabitants may adopt this Division 2.1 in the following manner: Whenever the electors of such a municipality equal in number to 20% of the number of legal votes cast at the last preceding general municipal election petition the municipal clerk to submit the proposition whether that municipality shall adopt this Division 2.1, then the clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election authority for submission at an election in accordance with the general election law. If the proposition is not adopted at that election, it may be submitted in like manner at any general municipal election thereafter.

The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

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Shall the city (or village

or incorporated town) of.... YES

adopt Division 2.1 of Article 10

of the Illinois Municipal Code ---------------------

providing for the appointment

of a board of fire and NO

police commissioners?

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If a majority of the votes cast on this proposition at any such election are for the proposition, this Division 2.1 is adopted in that municipality.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-28)

Sec. 10-2.1-28. Savings clause-construction. The repeal of a statute or part thereof by this Act shall not affect any action pending or rights existing at the time this Act takes effect.

The provisions of this Act insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior statute and not as a new enactment.

If in any other statute reference is made to an Act of the General Assembly, or a Section of such an Act, which is continued in this Division, such reference shall be held to refer to the Division or Section thereof so continued in this Division.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2840.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-29) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-29)

Sec. 10-2.1-29. Governing provisions. This Division is subject to the provisions of the "Illinois Police Training Act", approved August 18, 1965 and the provisions of the "Illinois Fire Protection Training Act", certified November 9, 1971.

This amendatory Act of 1973 is not a limit on any municipality which is a home rule unit.

(Source: P.A. 78-951.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-30)

Sec. 10-2.1-30. Any full time member of a regular fire department of a Fire Protection District which was discontinued and whose obligations were assumed by a municipality under Section 21 of "An Act in Relation to Fire Protection Districts", who has served at least one year as a full time member of such department, shall become a member of the classified service of the fire department in the municipality in the position held by him at the time of such discontinuance, without examination and age limitation.

(Source: P.A. 77-244; 77-1438.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-31)

Sec. 10-2.1-31. Emergency medical technician licensure. The corporate authorities of any municipality may require that all firefighters hired by the municipality on or after January 1, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 95-935) be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 3 heading) DIVISION 3. HOURS, WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-1)

Sec. 10-3-1. The salary to be paid to a policeman in any municipality with 5,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 25,000 inhabitants, shall be not less than $500 per month. The salary to be paid to a policeman in any municipality with 25,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 50,000 inhabitants shall be not less than $550 per month. The salary to be paid to a policeman in any municipality with 50,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 250,000 inhabitants shall be not less than $600 per month.

In this Section 10-3-1 "policeman" means any member of a regularly constituted police department of a municipality, sworn and commissioned to perform police duties, and includes the chief of police, assistant chief of police, chief of detectives, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, plain clothes men and patrolmen. The term "policeman" as used in this Section 10-3-1 does not include any of the following persons: Part time policemen, special policemen, auxiliary police officers, policemen serving initial probationary periods, night watchmen, temporary employees, clerks or other civilian employees of a police department, traffic guards, civilian parking meter and parking facilities personnel or so-called auxiliary police officers specially appointed to aid or direct traffic at or near schools or public functions, or to aid in civilian defense, or special policemen temporarily employed or commissioned as police officers.

(Source: P.A. 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-2)

Sec. 10-3-2. The salary to be paid to a fireman in any municipality with 5,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 25,000 inhabitants, shall be not less than $500 per month. The salary to be paid to a fireman in any municipality with 25,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 50,000 inhabitants, shall be not less than $550 per month. The salary to be paid to a fireman in any municipality with 50,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 250,000 inhabitants shall be not less than $600 per month.

In this Section 10-3-2, "fireman" means any member of a regularly constituted fire department of a municipality, appointed or commissioned to perform fire fighting duties, and includes the fire chief, assistant fire chief, captain, engineer, driver, ladder man, hose man, pipe man, and any other member of a regularly constituted fire department. The term "fireman" as used in this Section 10-3-2 does not mean any cadet, special fireman temporarily employed or firemen serving initial probationary periods.

This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any municipality which is a home rule unit.

(Source: P.A. 78-402.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-3)

Sec. 10-3-3. Subject to the exemptions enumerated in Section 10-3-4, no person employed in the fire department of any municipality having a population of over 10,000 shall be required to remain on duty in his employment for periods of time which, in the aggregate in any month, amount to more than 56 hours for each week in that month.

(Source: P.A. 77-527.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-3.1)

Sec. 10-3-3.1. Distinct police and fire duties. A non-home rule municipality shall not assign a "fireman", as defined in Section 10-3-2, to perform police duties or a "policeman", as defined in Section 10-3-1, to perform firefighting duties or in any way combine the duties of a fireman or a policeman after his or her appointment from a police department or fire department register of eligibles. A non-home rule municipality shall not administer its fire department's or police department's regular work assignments in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section does not apply to any municipality that created a department of public safety before January 1, 1998.

(Source: P.A. 94-720, eff. 1-6-06.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-4)

Sec. 10-3-4. The provisions of Section 10-3-3 do not apply:

(1) To the person in command of a municipal fire department;

(2) To employees of a fire department who are employed subject to call;

(3) To the members or employees of a fire department, when required to remain on duty by the marshal or chief officer or any of his aids on account of a serious emergency caused by conflagration, riot, or other causes.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-5)

Sec. 10-3-5. Any mayor, president, commissioner, alderperson, or trustee, who violates the provisions of Section 10-3-3, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-6)

Sec. 10-3-6. In all cities and villages which have adopted "An Act to regulate the hours of labor of employees in the fire department in cities and villages," approved June 26, 1913, as therein provided for, or which adopt this section as provided for in Section 10-3-7, no employee of the fire department shall be compelled to be on duty more than 10 consecutive hours during the period between sunrise and sunset, nor more than 14 consecutive hours during the period between sunset and sunrise.

The head or chief officer of the department shall so arrange the working hours of the employees of the department that each employee shall work, as near as may be, an equal number of hours per month. However, the head or chief officer of the department, his aids or assistants, in their discretion, in cases of great emergency or necessity, may require the employees to continue at their work or duties until, in the judgment of the head or chief of the department, his aids or assistants, the work or services of the employees is no longer required.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)