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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1388   Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 10-2.1-9 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-9)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 10-2.1-9. Original appointments; Preferences;  | 
| 8 |  | Limitation. 
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| 9 |  |  (a) The
The board of fire and police commissioners shall  | 
| 10 |  | give preference for
original appointment to persons designated  | 
| 11 |  | in Section 10-2.1-8 whose names
appear on any register of  | 
| 12 |  | eligibles resulting from an examination for
original entrance  | 
| 13 |  | in the classified service of the fire and police
departments of  | 
| 14 |  | any municipality coming under the provisions of this
Division  | 
| 15 |  | 2.1 by adding to the final grade average which they receive or
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| 16 |  | will receive as the result of any examination held for original  | 
| 17 |  | entrance, 5
points. The board shall also give preference to  | 
| 18 |  | persons eligible under
subsection (b) as provided in that  | 
| 19 |  | subsection. The numerical result thus
attained shall be applied  | 
| 20 |  | by the board of fire and police commissioners in
determining  | 
| 21 |  | the position of such persons on any eligibility list which has  | 
| 22 |  | been
created as the result of any examination for original  | 
| 23 |  | entrance for purposes of
preference in certification and  | 
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| 1 |  | appointment from such eligibility list. The
board shall strike  | 
| 2 |  | off the names of candidates for original appointment after
such  | 
| 3 |  | names have been on the list for more than 2 years. | 
| 4 |  |  (b) All persons who, on or after the effective date of this  | 
| 5 |  | amendatory Act
of 1993, have been paid-on-call certified  | 
| 6 |  | firefighters II, paramedics, or any
combination of those  | 
| 7 |  | capacities, of the municipality shall be awarded 0.5 point
for  | 
| 8 |  | each year of successful service in one or more of those  | 
| 9 |  | capacities, up to a
maximum of 5 points at the time of  | 
| 10 |  | examination for original appointment to the
classified service  | 
| 11 |  | of the fire department. Certified firefighters III shall be
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| 12 |  | awarded one point per year up to a maximum of 5 points.  | 
| 13 |  | Applicants from
outside the municipality who were employed as  | 
| 14 |  | full-time firefighters or
firefighter-paramedics by a fire  | 
| 15 |  | protection district or another municipality
for at least 2  | 
| 16 |  | years shall have the same preference as paid-on-call personnel.
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| 17 |  | These additional points presuppose a rating scale totalling 100  | 
| 18 |  | points
available for the eligibility list. If more or fewer  | 
| 19 |  | points are used in the
rating scale for the eligibility list,  | 
| 20 |  | the points awarded under this subsection
shall be increased or  | 
| 21 |  | decreased by a factor equal to the total possible points
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| 22 |  | available for the examination divided by 100.
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| 23 |  |  No person entitled to additional points under this  | 
| 24 |  | subsection shall be
required to claim that preference or credit  | 
| 25 |  | before an examination
is held. The preference shall be given  | 
| 26 |  | after the posting or publication of the
eligibility list. To  | 
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| 1 |  | qualify for the preference, applicants who are eligible
for  | 
| 2 |  | credit under this subsection shall make a claim for that  | 
| 3 |  | credit, in
writing, within 10 days after the posting of the  | 
| 4 |  | eligibility list, or the claim
shall be deemed waived. Upon  | 
| 5 |  | request by the board of fire and police
commissioners, the  | 
| 6 |  | governing body of the municipality or (in the case of
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| 7 |  | applicants from outside the municipality) the governing body of  | 
| 8 |  | any fire
protection district or any other municipality shall  | 
| 9 |  | certify to the board of
fire and police commissioners, within  | 
| 10 |  | 10 days of the request, the number of
years of successful  | 
| 11 |  | paid-on-call service of any person. A candidate may not
receive  | 
| 12 |  | preference points under this subsection if the amount of points  | 
| 13 |  | awarded
would place the candidate before a veteran on the  | 
| 14 |  | eligibility list.
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| 15 |  | (Source: P.A. 88-440.)
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