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Rep. Pam Roth
Filed: 3/13/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1710
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1710 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 10-2.1-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference.
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| 8 | | Persons who have successfully
obtained an associate's degree in |
| 9 | | the field of law enforcement, criminal
justice, fire service, |
| 10 | | or emergency medical services, or a bachelor's degree
from an |
| 11 | | accredited college or university; persons who
have been awarded |
| 12 | | a certificate attesting to the successful completion
of the |
| 13 | | Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course as |
| 14 | | provided in
the Illinois Police Training Act and are currently |
| 15 | | serving as a law enforcement
officer on a part-time or |
| 16 | | full-time basis within the State of Illinois; and persons who |
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| 1 | | were engaged in
the active military or naval service of the |
| 2 | | United States for a period of at least
one year and who were |
| 3 | | honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or may
hereafter |
| 4 | | be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or naval |
| 5 | | service
(not including, however, in the case of offices, |
| 6 | | positions and places of
employment in the police department, |
| 7 | | persons who were convicted by
court-martial of disobedience of |
| 8 | | orders, where such disobedience consisted
in the refusal to |
| 9 | | perform military service on the ground of religious or
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| 10 | | conscientious objections against war) shall be preferred for |
| 11 | | appointments
to offices, positions, and places of employment in |
| 12 | | the fire and police
departments of the municipality coming |
| 13 | | under the provisions of this
Division 2.1. For purposes of this |
| 14 | | Section, if a person has been deployed, then "active duty |
| 15 | | military or naval service of the United States" includes |
| 16 | | training and service school attendance, as defined in 10 U.S.C. |
| 17 | | 101(d), which is ordered pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 12301(d). The |
| 18 | | preference points awarded under this Section shall not be
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| 19 | | cumulative.
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| 20 | | This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any |
| 21 | | municipality which is
a home rule unit. |
| 22 | | Persons who have participated in that municipality's |
| 23 | | police explorer or cadet program may be preferred, for a |
| 24 | | maximum of 2 points, for appointments to offices, positions, |
| 25 | | and places of employment in municipal police departments under |
| 26 | | the provisions of this Division.
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