Bill Text: IL HB0406 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning veteran's and educational preference.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0406 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0406-Introduced.html

---

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0406 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning veteran's and educational preference.
LRB102 04312 AWJ 14330 b
A BILL FOR
HB0406 LRB102 04312 AWJ 14330 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 10-2.1-8 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8)
Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference.
Persons who have successfully obtained an associate's degree
in the the field of law enforcement, criminal justice, fire
service, or emergency medical services, or a bachelor's degree
from an accredited college or university; persons who have
been awarded a certificate attesting to the successful
completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement
Training Course as provided in the Illinois Police Training
Act and are currently serving as a law enforcement officer on a
part-time or full-time basis within the State of Illinois; and
persons who were engaged in the active military or naval
service of the United States for a period of at least one year
and who were honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or
may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
or naval service (not including, however, in the case of
offices, positions and places of employment in the police
department, persons who were convicted by court-martial of

HB0406 - 2 - LRB102 04312 AWJ 14330 b
disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted in
the refusal to perform military service on the ground of
religious or conscientious objections against war) shall be
preferred for appointments to offices, positions, and places
of employment in the fire and police departments of the
municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 2.1.
For purposes of this Section, if a person has been deployed,
then "active duty military or naval service of the United
States" includes training and service school attendance, as
defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(d), which is ordered pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 12301(d). The preference points awarded under this
Section shall not be cumulative.
This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any
municipality which is a home rule unit.
Persons who have participated in that municipality's
police explorer or cadet program may be preferred, for a
maximum of 2 points, for appointments to offices, positions,
and places of employment in municipal police departments under
the provisions of this Division.
(Source: P.A. 98-231, eff. 8-9-13.)