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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1183 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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, |
| 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) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-2.1-9. Original appointments; Preferences; |
| 8 | | Limitation. |
| 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 |
| 14 | | of any municipality coming under the provisions of this |
| 15 | | Division 2.1 by adding to the final grade average which they |
| 16 | | receive or will receive as the result of any examination held |
| 17 | | for original entrance, 5 points. The board shall also give |
| 18 | | preference to persons eligible under subsection (b) as |
| 19 | | provided in that subsection. The numerical result thus |
| 20 | | attained shall be applied by the board of fire and police |
| 21 | | commissioners in determining the position of such persons on |
| 22 | | any eligibility list which has been created as the result of |
| 23 | | any examination for original entrance for purposes of |
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| 1 | | preference in certification and appointment from such |
| 2 | | eligibility list. The board shall strike off the names of |
| 3 | | candidates for original appointment after such names have been |
| 4 | | on the list for more than 2 years. |
| 5 | | (b) All persons who, on or after the effective date of this |
| 6 | | amendatory Act of 1993, have been paid-on-call certified |
| 7 | | firefighters II, paramedics, or any combination of those |
| 8 | | capacities, of the municipality shall be awarded 0.5 point for |
| 9 | | each year of successful service in one or more of those |
| 10 | | capacities, up to a maximum of 5 points at the time of |
| 11 | | examination for original appointment to the classified service |
| 12 | | of the fire department. Certified firefighters III shall be |
| 13 | | awarded one point per year up to a maximum of 5 points. |
| 14 | | Applicants from outside the municipality who were employed as |
| 15 | | full-time firefighters or firefighter-paramedics by a fire |
| 16 | | protection district or another municipality for at least 2 |
| 17 | | years shall have the same preference as paid-on-call |
| 18 | | personnel. These additional points presuppose a rating scale |
| 19 | | totalling 100 points available for the eligibility list. If |
| 20 | | more or fewer points are used in the rating scale for the |
| 21 | | eligibility list, the points awarded under this subsection |
| 22 | | shall be increased or decreased by a factor equal to the total |
| 23 | | possible points available for the examination divided by 100. |
| 24 | | No person entitled to additional points under this |
| 25 | | subsection shall be required to claim that preference or |
| 26 | | credit before an examination is held. The preference shall be |
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| 1 | | given after the posting or publication of the eligibility |
| 2 | | list. To qualify for the preference, applicants who are |
| 3 | | eligible for credit under this subsection shall make a claim |
| 4 | | for that credit, in writing, within 10 days after the posting |
| 5 | | of the eligibility list, or the claim shall be deemed waived. |
| 6 | | Upon request by the board of fire and police commissioners, |
| 7 | | the governing body of the municipality or (in the case of |
| 8 | | applicants from outside the municipality) the governing body |
| 9 | | of any fire protection district or any other municipality |
| 10 | | shall certify to the board of fire and police commissioners, |
| 11 | | within 10 days of the request, the number of years of |
| 12 | | successful paid-on-call service of any person. A candidate may |
| 13 | | not receive preference points under this subsection if the |
| 14 | | amount of points awarded would place the candidate before a |
| 15 | | veteran on the eligibility list. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 88-440.) |