Bill Text: IL SB1854 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that "affected department" does not include a municipality with a population over 1,000,000, unless specifically provided for. Provides that any multi-component promotion exam administered by a fire department in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 must be completed within 120 days after the date on which the first component is administered. Sets forth the required written notices a municipality must send to each applicant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1854-Introduced.html
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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 Fire Department Promotion Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5 and by adding Section 70 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 742/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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8 | "Affected department" or "department" means a full-time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | municipal fire
department that is subject to a collective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | bargaining agreement or the fire
department operated by a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | full-time fire protection district. The terms do not
include | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | fire departments
operated by the State, a university, or , | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | unless otherwise specifically provided for, a municipality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | with a population over
1,000,000 or any unit of local | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | government other than a municipality or fire
protection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | district. The terms also do not include a combined department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | that
was providing both police and firefighting services on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | January 1, 2002.
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19 | "Appointing authority" means the Board of Fire and Police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Commissioners,
Board of Fire Commissioners, Civil Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Commissioners, Superintendent
or Department Head, Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Protection District Board of Trustees, or other
entity having | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the authority to administer and grant promotions in an affected
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1 | department.
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2 | "Promotion" means any appointment or advancement to a rank | ||||||
3 | within the
affected department (1) for which an examination was | ||||||
4 | required before January 1,
2002; (2) that is included within a | ||||||
5 | bargaining unit; or (3) that is the next
rank immediately above | ||||||
6 | the highest rank included within a bargaining unit,
provided | ||||||
7 | such rank is not the only rank between the Fire Chief and the | ||||||
8 | highest
rank included within the bargaining unit, or is a rank | ||||||
9 | otherwise excepted under
item (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of | ||||||
10 | this definition. "Promotion" does not
include appointments (i) | ||||||
11 | that are for fewer than 180 days; (ii) to the
positions
of | ||||||
12 | Superintendent, Chief, or other chief executive officer; (iii) | ||||||
13 | to an
exclusively administrative or executive rank for which an | ||||||
14 | examination is not
required; (iv) to a rank that was exempted | ||||||
15 | by a home rule municipality prior to
January 1, 2002, provided | ||||||
16 | that after the effective date of this Act no home
rule | ||||||
17 | municipality may exempt any future or existing ranks from the | ||||||
18 | provisions
of this Act; or (v) to an administrative rank | ||||||
19 | immediately below the
Superintendent, Chief, or other chief | ||||||
20 | executive officer of an affected
department, provided such rank | ||||||
21 | shall not be held by more than 2 persons and
there is a
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22 | promoted rank immediately below it. Notwithstanding the | ||||||
23 | exceptions to the
definition of "promotion" set forth in items | ||||||
24 | (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of
this definition, promotions | ||||||
25 | shall include any appointments to ranks covered by
the terms of | ||||||
26 | a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective |
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1 | date
of this Act.
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2 | "Preliminary promotion list" means the rank order of | ||||||
3 | eligible candidates
established in accordance with subsection | ||||||
4 | (b) of Section 20 prior to
applicable veteran's
preference | ||||||
5 | points. A person on the preliminary promotion list who is | ||||||
6 | eligible
for veteran's preference under the laws and agreements | ||||||
7 | applicable to the
appointing authority may file a written | ||||||
8 | application for that preference within
10 days after the | ||||||
9 | initial posting of the preliminary promotion list. The
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10 | preference shall be calculated in accordance with Section 55 | ||||||
11 | and applied as
an addition to the person's total point score on | ||||||
12 | the examination. The
appointing authority shall make | ||||||
13 | adjustments to the preliminary promotion
list based on any | ||||||
14 | veteran's preference claimed and the final adjusted
promotion | ||||||
15 | list shall then be posted by the appointing authority.
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16 | "Rank" means any position within the chain of command of a | ||||||
17 | fire department to
which employees are regularly assigned to | ||||||
18 | perform duties related to providing
fire suppression, fire | ||||||
19 | prevention, or emergency services.
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20 | "Final adjusted promotion list" means the promotion list | ||||||
21 | for the position
that is in effect on the date the position is | ||||||
22 | created or the vacancy
occurs. If there is no final adjusted | ||||||
23 | promotion list in effect for that
position on that date, or if | ||||||
24 | all persons on the current final adjusted
promotion list for | ||||||
25 | that position refuse the promotion, the affected
department | ||||||
26 | shall not make a permanent
promotion until a new final adjusted |
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1 | promotion list has been prepared in
accordance with this Act, | ||||||
2 | but may make a temporary appointment to fill the
vacancy. | ||||||
3 | Temporary appointments shall not exceed 180 days.
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4 | Each component of the promotional test shall be scored on a | ||||||
5 | scale of 100
points. The component scores shall then be reduced | ||||||
6 | by the weighting factor
assigned to the component on the test | ||||||
7 | and the scores of all components shall be
added to produce a | ||||||
8 | total score based on a scale of 100 points.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 93-411, eff. 8-4-03.)
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10 | (50 ILCS 742/70 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 70. Municipalities with populations over 1,000,000. | ||||||
12 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a fire department | ||||||
13 | in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 is exempt | ||||||
14 | from the provisions of the Fire Department Promotion Act. Any | ||||||
15 | promotion examination that consists of more than one component, | ||||||
16 | must be completed in its entirety within 120 days after the | ||||||
17 | date on which the first component is administered to | ||||||
18 | promotional applicants. Upon completion of the administration | ||||||
19 | of the last component of a multi-component promotion | ||||||
20 | examination, or upon completion of the administration of a | ||||||
21 | single component promotion examination, the municipality has | ||||||
22 | 90 days to provide to each applicant written notice of that | ||||||
23 | applicant's (i) score on each component of the examination and | ||||||
24 | (ii) combined or aggregated score on a multi-component | ||||||
25 | examination.
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