(65 ILCS 5/10-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-7)
Sec. 10-3-7.
The electors of any city or village may adopt the
provisions of Section 10-3-6 in the following manner: Whenever the
electors in any city or village equal in number to 5% of the number of
legal votes cast at the last preceding general municipal election
petition the city or village clerk for the submission of the proposition as
to whether that city
or village shall adopt the provisions of Section 10-3-6 of the Illinois
Municipal Code, that clerk shall certify
the proposition for submission at the next
succeeding general municipal election, and 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 in substantially the following form:
Shall the provisions of Section10-3-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code, YESproviding for the regulation of working hours of employees in the NOfire department, be adopted?
If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting thereon vote
for the adoption of Section 10-3-6, it is adopted by and shall be in
force in that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-8)
Sec. 10-3-8.
Whenever a dispute exists concerning wages, hours of labor, or
conditions of employment of members of the fire department of any
municipality with a population of 5,000 or more, a firemen's arbitration
board shall be appointed as provided in Section 10-3-9.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-9)
Sec. 10-3-9.
The firemen's arbitration board shall consist of 5 members, 4
of whom shall be appointed by the corporate authorities. In making 2 of
such appointments the corporate authorities shall give due consideration to
the recommendations of members of the fire department. The 4 members
appointed by the corporate authorities shall select a fifth member of the
board. The firemen's arbitration board shall meet and organize as soon as
possible after its appointment. Such board shall select from its membership
a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-10)
Sec. 10-3-10.
The firemen's arbitration board shall conduct hearings with
dispatch for the purpose of hearing evidence relevant to the subject of the
dispute and shall, as soon as practicable, report its findings and
recommendations to the corporate authorities and to any organization of the
firemen of the municipality. Such board's recommendation shall be advisory
only and shall not be binding upon the municipality or upon the members of
the fire department.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-11)
Sec. 10-3-11.
Members of the firemen's arbitration board shall serve
without compensation, but the expenses of any hearings conducted by such
board shall be borne by the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-12)
Sec. 10-3-12.
(a) A fireman who is an elected state officer of a
statewide labor organization that is a representative of municipal firemen
in Illinois shall be granted leave by the municipality, without loss of pay
or benefits and without being required to make up for lost time,
for work hours devoted to performing the fireman's responsibilities
as an elected state officer of the statewide labor organization;
provided that the elected officer has arranged for a fireman from the same
municipality who is qualified to perform the absent fireman's duties
to work for those hours. This Section shall not apply to any municipality
with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
(b) The statewide labor organization shall, by May 1 of each year:
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(c) The regulation of leave for a fireman who is employed by a
municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 and who is an elected
state officer of a statewide labor organization in Illinois, while he is
performing the duties of that office, is an exclusive power and function of
the State. Pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution, a home rule municipality with a population of less
than 1,000,000 may not regulate the leave of a fireman for work hours
devoted to the fireman's responsibilities as an elected state officer of a
statewide labor organization. This Section is a denial and limitation of
home rule powers.
(d) For the purposes of this Section:
"Statewide labor organization" means an organization representing
firefighters employed by at least 85 municipalities in this State, that is
affiliated with the Illinois State Federation of Labor.
"Elected state officer" means a full-time firefighter who is one of the
9 top elected officers of the statewide labor organization.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-3-13) Sec. 10-3-13. Recall of police officers; limit. A police officer who is retired for disability and is 60 years old or older may not be recalled to service in any capacity.
(Source: P.A. 103-33, eff. 6-9-23.) |