103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1127 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. LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1127 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 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. LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1127 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 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. LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b A BILL FOR HB1127LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127 LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127 LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 changing Section 10-2.1-8 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8) 7 Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference. 8 Persons who have successfully obtained an associate's degree 9 in the the field of law enforcement, criminal justice, fire 10 service, or emergency medical services, or a bachelor's degree 11 from an accredited college or university; persons who have 12 been awarded a certificate attesting to the successful 13 completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement 14 Training Course as provided in the Illinois Police Training 15 Act and are currently serving as a law enforcement officer on a 16 part-time or full-time basis within the State of Illinois; and 17 persons who were engaged in the active military or naval 18 service of the United States for a period of at least one year 19 and who were honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or 20 may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military 21 or naval service (not including, however, in the case of 22 offices, positions and places of employment in the police 23 department, persons who were convicted by court-martial of 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1127 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 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. LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b A BILL FOR 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8 from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8 LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127 LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127- 2 -LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127 - 2 - LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b HB1127 - 2 - LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b 1 disobedience of orders, where such disobedience consisted in 2 the refusal to perform military service on the ground of 3 religious or conscientious objections against war) shall be 4 preferred for appointments to offices, positions, and places 5 of employment in the fire and police departments of the 6 municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 2.1. 7 For purposes of this Section, if a person has been deployed, 8 then "active duty military or naval service of the United 9 States" includes training and service school attendance, as 10 defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(d), which is ordered pursuant to 10 11 U.S.C. 12301(d). The preference points awarded under this 12 Section shall not be cumulative. 13 This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any 14 municipality which is a home rule unit. 15 Persons who have participated in that municipality's 16 police explorer or cadet program may be preferred, for a 17 maximum of 2 points, for appointments to offices, positions, 18 and places of employment in municipal police departments under 19 the provisions of this Division. 20 (Source: P.A. 98-231, eff. 8-9-13.) HB1127 - 2 - LRB103 04957 AWJ 49968 b