(65 ILCS 5/4-5-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-7)
Sec. 4-5-7.
(a) In all cities in which Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45 are
in effect, all municipal officers, assistants, and employees, except those
specified in Sections 4-5-2 through 4-5-5, and in paragraph (b) of this
Section shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections
10-1-1 through 10-1-45. For the purpose of the performance of the duties
imposed upon, and the exercise of the powers and authority vested in, the
head of a department or office by Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45, the
commissioner of each department, specified in Section 4-5-2, shall be
considered the head of the department or office under Sections 10-1-1
through 10-1-45.
(b) In all municipalities in which Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23 are
in effect, all officers and members of the fire and police departments of
those municipalities, including the chief of police and chief of the fire
department, shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections
10-2-1 through 10-2-23.
(c) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any city which adopts the
commission form of municipal government from adopting Sections 10-1-1
through 10-1-45, or, when of the required population, from adopting
Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23, or from adopting Sections 10-2-1 through
10-2-23 and Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45.
(d) In all municipalities which are treated as having adopted Sections
10-2-1 through 10-2-23 before January 1, 1942, and which have also adopted
the commission form of municipal government before January 1, 1942,
Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23 shall continue in force in that
municipality in like manner as such sections would have continued in force
therein if the commission form of municipal government had not been adopted
therein. But the council shall have the right and power to appoint and
discharge the board of fire and police commissioners.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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