Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Creates a hiring preference of up to 20 points for a person who has performed fire suppression service for a department as a firefighter apprentice and otherwise meets the qualifications for original appointment as a firefighter. Requires the firefighter to have completed a minimum of 600 hours of specified fire suppression work in order to be considered for the preference. Provides that the Joint Apprenticeship Committee shall evaluate the merit of the applicant's performance and determine the preference points to be awarded. Modifies how preferences are computed after addition of the apprentice preference. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0489 [HB2854 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2019-08-27	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2019-06-05	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2019-03-26	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2019-02-14	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2019-04-29	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2019-03-07	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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