Public Act 094-0483
 		





HB1458 Enrolled
LRB094 08906 AJO 39126 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
changing Section 10-1-16 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 5/10-1-16)  (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-16)



    Sec. 10-1-16. Persons who were engaged in the active 
military or naval service of
the United States for a period of 
at least one year
at any time during the years 1898 through 
1902, 1914
through 1919, at any time between September 16, 1940 
and July 25, 1947, or
at any time during the national emergency 
between June 25, 1950 and January
31, 1955, or at any time 
between January 1, 1961 and the date Congress
declares the Viet 
Nam conflict ended, and who were honorably discharged
therefrom 
and all persons who were engaged in such military or naval

service during any of such years who are now or 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, shall be preferred for appointments to 
civil
offices, positions, and places of employment in the 
classified service of
any municipality coming under the 
provisions of this Division 1, provided
they are found to 
possess the business capacity necessary for the proper

discharge of the duties of such office, position, or place of 
employment as
determined by examination. 
    The civil service commission shall give preference points 
for original appointment to qualified veterans whose names 
appear on any register of eligibles resulting from an 
examination for original entrance in the classified service of 
any municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 1 
by adding to the final grade average that 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 civil service commission in determining the 
position of those persons on any eligibility list that has been 
created as the result of any examination for original entrance 
for purposes of preference in certification and appointment 
from that eligibility list. Persons who were engaged in the 
active military or naval service of the United States for a 
period of at least one year
The civil service commission on 
certifying from
any existing register of eligibles resulting 
from the holding of an
examination for original entrance or any 
register of eligibles that may be
hereafter created of persons 
who have taken and successfully passed the
examinations 
provided for in this Division 1 for original entrance

commencing prior to September 1, 1949, shall place the name or 
names of
such persons at the head of any existing eligible 
register or list of
eligibles that may hereafter be created 
under the provision of this
Division 1, to be certified for 
appointment. The civil service commission
shall give 
preference for original appointment to persons as hereinabove

designated whose names appear on any register of eligibles 
resulting from
an examination for original entrance held under 
the provisions of this
Division 1 and commenced on or after 
September 1, 1949 by adding to the
final grade average which 
they received 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 civil service commission in

determining the position of such persons on any eligible list 
which has
been created as the result of any examination for 
original entrance
commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for 
purposes of preference in
certification and appointment from 
such eligible list.

    Every certified civil service employee who was called to, 
or who
volunteered for, the military or naval service of the 
United States at any
time during the years specified in this 
Division 1, at any time between
September 16, 1940 and July 25, 
1947, or at any time during the national
emergency between June 
25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or at any time
between January 
1, 1961 and the date Congress declares the Viet Nam
conflict 
ended, and who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are 
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 names appear on existing

promotional eligible registers or any promotional eligible 
register that
may hereafter be created, as provided for by this 
Division 1, shall be
preferred for promotional appointment to 
civil offices, positions and
places of employment in the 
classified civil service of any municipality
coming under the 
provisions of this Division 1.

    The civil service commission shall give preference for 
promotional
appointment to persons as hereinabove designated 
whose names appear on
existing promotional eligible registers 
or promotional eligible registers
that may hereafter be created 
by adding to the final grade average which
they received or 
will receive as the result of any promotional examination

commencing prior to September 1, 1949, six-tenths of one point 
for each 6
months or fraction thereof of military or naval 
service not exceeding 30
months, and by adding to the final 
grade average which they will receive as
the result of any 
promotional examinations held commencing on or after
September 
1, 1949 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months or fraction

thereof of active military or naval service not exceeding 30 
months. The numerical
result thus attained shall be applied by 
the civil service commission in
determining the position of 
such persons on any eligible list which has
been created or 
will be created as the result of any promotional
examination 
held hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and

appointment from such eligible list.

    No person shall receive the preference for a promotional 
appointment
granted by this Section after he has received one 
promotion from an
eligible list on which he was allowed such 
preference and which was
prepared as a result of an examination 
held on or after September 1, 1949.

    No person entitled to preference or credit for military or 
naval service
hereunder shall be required to furnish evidence 
or record of honorable
discharge from the armed forces before 
the publication or posting of any
eligible register or list 
resulting from the examination. Such preference
shall be given 
after the posting or publication of any eligible list or

register resulting from such examination and before any 
certifications or
appointments are made from such list or 
register.

(Source: P.A. 76-69.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.