Bill Text: IL SB2778 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a deputy sheriff applicant who is a veteran and who was discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before applying may request examination to occur before the next scheduled examination date and, if requested, shall be examined no later than 2 weeks following receipt of the application. Provides that, once the applicant passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on the eligibility list. Provides that nothing in the provisions waives eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference points during the application process or employment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0623 [SB2778 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2778-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0623 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 3-7008 and 3-8010 and by adding Section 3-6008.5 as | ||||
follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/3-6008.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-6008.5. Veteran testing. An applicant who is a | ||||
veteran, as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was | ||||
discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions | ||||
no later than 6 months before applying may request examination | ||||
to occur before the next scheduled examination date and, if | ||||
requested, may be examined as soon as possible prior to the | ||||
next examination date following receipt of the application. | ||||
Once the applicant passes the examination and all other | ||||
requirements to be on an eligibility list, the applicant shall | ||||
be immediately placed on the eligibility list. Nothing in this | ||||
Section waives eligibility for the applicant to receive | ||||
military preference points during the application process or | ||||
employment.
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(55 ILCS 5/3-7008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008) | ||||
Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy | ||||
sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs | ||
not employed as county police officers or county corrections | ||
officers and of employees in the Department of Corrections | ||
shall be made from those applicants who have been certified by | ||
the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification | ||
for appointment in one department shall not constitute | ||
certification for appointment in another department. | ||
Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment | ||
and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application | ||
process. All persons so appointed shall, at the time of their | ||
appointment, be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of | ||
age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement | ||
studies at an accredited college or university. Any person | ||
appointed subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of | ||
such law enforcement studies shall not have power of arrest, | ||
nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or | ||
she reaches 21 years of age. Any person appointed shall be a | ||
citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally | ||
authorized to work in the United States under federal law and | ||
is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase | ||
or otherwise possess a firearm, or an individual against whom | ||
immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship | ||
and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for | ||
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and who is authorized under | ||
federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess | ||
a firearm. In addition, all persons so appointed shall be not | ||
more than the maximum age limit fixed by the Board from time to | ||
time, be of sound mind and body, be of good moral character, | ||
have not been convicted of a crime which the Board considers to | ||
be detrimental to the applicant's ability to carry out his or | ||
her duties, possess such prerequisites of training, education | ||
and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe, | ||
and shall be required to pass successfully mental, physical, | ||
psychiatric and other tests and examinations as may be | ||
prescribed by the Board. Preference shall be given in such | ||
appointments to persons who have honorably served in the | ||
military or naval services of the United States. All | ||
appointees shall serve a probationary period of 12 months and | ||
during that period may be discharged at the will of the | ||
Sheriff. However, civil service employees of the house of | ||
correction who have certified status at the time of the | ||
transfer of the house of correction to the County Department | ||
of Corrections are not subject to this probationary period, | ||
and they shall retain their job titles, such tenure privileges | ||
as are now enjoyed and any subsequent title changes shall not | ||
cause reduction in rank or elimination of positions. | ||
An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in | ||
38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally | ||
under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before | ||
applying may request examination to occur before the next | ||
scheduled examination date and, if requested, may be examined | ||
as soon as possible prior to the next examination date | ||
following receipt of the application. Once the applicant | ||
passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an | ||
eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on | ||
the eligibility list. Nothing in this paragraph waives | ||
eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference | ||
points during the application process or employment. | ||
(Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24.)
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