Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/10-1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-8) Sec. 10-1-8. In the event that any applicant for an office or place in the civil service (who has been found eligible for appointment and whose name has been placed upon the register provided for in this Division 1) has not been appoi…

(65 ILCS 5/10-1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-9) Sec. 10-1-9. Every applicant who desires to take any civil service examination provided by this Division 1 may be required, at the time of making application, to pay to the municipality a fee, as hereinafter provided, to defray the ex…

(65 ILCS 115/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Income tax deduction. (a) A business entity may receive a deduction against income subject to State taxes for a contribution to a designated zone organization if the project for which the contribution is made has been specifically approved by the d…

(65 ILCS 115/10-10.2) Sec. 10-10.2. Accounting. (a) Any business receiving tax incentives due to its location within a River Edge Redevelopment Zone must annually report to the Department of Revenue information reasonably required by the Department to enable the Department of Rev…

(65 ILCS 115/10-10.3) Sec. 10-10.3. River Edge Construction Jobs Credit. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2021, a business entity may receive a tax credit against the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to 50% (or 75% if the project is located i…

(65 ILCS 115/10-10.4) Sec. 10-10.4. Certified payroll. Any taxpayer seeking River Edge construction job tax credits must: (1) annually, until construction is completed, submit a report that, at a minimum, describes the projected project scope, timeline, and anticipated budget; on…

(65 ILCS 115/10-2) Sec. 10-2. Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares that those municipalities adjacent to or surrounding river areas often lack critical tools to safely revive and redevelop environmentally-challenged properties that will stimulate economic revitalizat…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-1) Sec. 10-2.1-1. Appointment-Terms of office. In every municipality with a population of at least 5,000 and not more than 250,000 which is not subject to Division 1 of this Article, and in every municipality with a population of les…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-10) Sec. 10-2.1-10. Promotional preferences. Every member of the classified service of the fire or police department of any municipality coming under the provisions of this Division 2.1 who was engaged in a military or naval service…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-11) Sec. 10-2.1-11. Promotional examinations-Credits to veterans.) The board of fire and police commissioners shall give preference for promotional appointment to persons designated in Section 10-2.1-10 whose names appear on promoti…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-12) Sec. 10-2.1-12. Preference-time for allowance. No person entitled to preference or credit for military or naval service shall be required to claim military credit for service in the armed forces before any examination held under…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-13) Sec. 10-2.1-13. Notice of examination. Notice of the time and place of every examination shall be given by the board by a publication at least 2 weeks preceding the examination, in one or more newspapers published in the municip…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-14) Sec. 10-2.1-14. Register of eligibles. The board of fire and police commissioners shall prepare and keep a register of persons whose general average standing, upon examination, is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-15) Sec. 10-2.1-15. The board, by its rules, shall provide for promotion in the fire and police departments on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service and examination, and shall provide in all cases, where it is prac…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-16) Sec. 10-2.1-16. Temporary appointments. In order to prevent a stoppage of public business, to meet extraordinary exigencies, or to prevent material impairment of either the police or fire department, the board may make temporary…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-17) Sec. 10-2.1-17. Removal or discharge; investigation of charges; retirement. Except as hereinafter provided, no officer or member of the fire or police department of any municipality subject to this Division 2.1 shall be removed …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-17.5) Sec. 10-2.1-17.5. Disability as a cause for discharge; prohibited. A physical or mental disability that constitutes, in whole or in part, the basis of an application for benefits under Article 3 of the Illinois Pension Code may not be used, in whole or in …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-18) Sec. 10-2.1-18. Fire or police departments - Reduction of force - Reinstatement. When the force of the fire department or of the police department is reduced, and positions displaced or abolished, seniority shall prevail and the…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-19) Sec. 10-2.1-19. Annual report-budget request. Annually, at any time the corporate authorities may provide, the board of fire and police commissioners shall submit to the mayor or president a report of its activities, and of the …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-2) Sec. 10-2.1-2. First appointments. Within 30 days after this Division 2.1 becomes effective in a municipality, the mayor or president, as the case may be, shall appoint the first members of the board. One of the members shall be a…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-20) Sec. 10-2.1-20. Secretary of board-duties-seal of board. The board may employ a secretary, or may designate one of its own members to act as secretary. The secretary (1) shall keep the minutes of the board's proceedings, (2) sha…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-21) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-21) Sec. 10-2.1-21. Rooms and funds for operation of boards. The corporate authorities shall provide suitable rooms for the board of fire and police commissioners, and shall allow reasonable use of public buildings for holding exami…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-22) Sec. 10-2.1-22. Compensation of secretary and members of board. The secretary may be paid a reasonable compensation for his services, to be fixed by the corporate authorities. The corporate authorities may also fix the compensat…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-23) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-23) Sec. 10-2.1-23. Disability or military leave-Grant by board. A person holding a position in a fire or police department who is injured while in the performance of his duties and because of such injury is temporarily unable to co…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-24) Sec. 10-2.1-24. Return to active duty. A person who has been on disability or military leave granted by the board and who wishes to return to active duty in his certified position shall be credited with seniority for the period …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-25) Sec. 10-2.1-25. Attorney for board. The municipal attorney, in the event there is a separate attorney designated as a prosecutor for such municipality, shall represent the board unless the board is authorized by the municipality…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-26) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-26) Sec. 10-2.1-26. Application of the Act. The provisions of this Division shall apply only to full-time firemen and full-time policemen of a regularly constituted fire or police department and not to any other personnel of any kin…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-27) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-27) Sec. 10-2.1-27. Adoption. The electors of any municipality with less than 5,000 inhabitants may adopt this Division 2.1 in the following manner: Whenever the electors of such a municipality equal in number to 20% of the number o…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-28) Sec. 10-2.1-28. Savings clause-construction. The repeal of a statute or part thereof by this Act shall not affect any action pending or rights existing at the time this Act takes effect. The provisions of this Act insofar as the…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-29) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-29) Sec. 10-2.1-29. Governing provisions. This Division is subject to the provisions of the "Illinois Police Training Act", approved August 18, 1965 and the provisions of the "Illinois Fire Protection Training Act", certified Novemb…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-3) Sec. 10-2.1-3. Qualifications - Oath - Bond - Removal. The members of the board shall be considered officers of the municipality, and shall file an oath and a fidelity bond in such amount as may be required by the governing body o…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-30) Sec. 10-2.1-30. Any full time member of a regular fire department of a Fire Protection District which was discontinued and whose obligations were assumed by a municipality under Section 21 of "An Act in Relation to Fire Protecti…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-31) Sec. 10-2.1-31. Emergency medical technician licensure. The corporate authorities of any municipality may require that all firefighters hired by the municipality on or after January 1, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 95-935) be licensed as an EMT, EMT…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-4) Sec. 10-2.1-4. Fire and police departments; appointment of members; certificates of appointments. The board of fire and police commissioners shall appoint all officers and members of the fire and police departments of the municipa…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-5) Sec. 10-2.1-5. Rules-publications. The board shall make rules (1) to carry out the purpose of this Division 2.1, and (2) for appointments and removals in accordance with the provisions of this Division 2.1. The board, from time to…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-5.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-5.1) Sec. 10-2.1-5.1. No municipality covered under this Division 2.1 may make or enforce any rule or ordinance which will in any way inhibit or prohibit any employee from exercising his full political rights to engage in political…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6) Sec. 10-2.1-6. Examination of applicants; disqualifications. (a) All applicants for a position in either the fire or police department of the municipality shall be under 35 years of age, shall be subject to an examination that sha…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6.1) Sec. 10-2.1-6.1. A classifiable set of the fingerprints of every person who is now employed, or who hereafter becomes employed, as a full time member of a regular fire or police department of any municipality in this State, wh…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-6.2) Sec. 10-2.1-6.2. Whenever the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and resp…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6.3) Sec. 10-2.1-6.3. Original appointments; full-time fire department. (a) Applicability. Unless a commission elects to follow the provisions of Section 10-2.1-6.4, this Section shall apply to all original appointments to an affected full-time fire department. …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6.4) Sec. 10-2.1-6.4. Alternative procedure; original appointment; full-time firefighter. (a) Authority. The Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC), as defined in Section 50 of the Fire Department Promotion Act, may establish a community outreach program to…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-7) Sec. 10-2.1-7. Exemption from examination. Any full time member of a regular fire or police department of any municipality which comes under the provisions of this Division or adopts this Division 2.1 or which has adopted any of t…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-7.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-7.1) Sec. 10-2.1-7.1. Persons transferred from the employment of a fire protection district by virtue of an Act entitled "An Act in Relation to Fire Protection Districts" under Section 21 as now or hereafter amended, shall without …

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-8) Sec. 10-2.1-8. Veteran's and educational preference. Persons who have successfully obtained an associate's degree in the field of law enforcement, criminal justice, fire service, or emergency medical services, or a bachelor's degr…

(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-9) Sec. 10-2.1-9. Original appointments; Preferences; Limitation. (a) The board of fire and police commissioners shall give preference for original appointment to persons designated in Section 10-2.1-8 whose names appear on any regis…

(65 ILCS 115/10-3) Sec. 10-3. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. "River Edge Redevelopment Zone" means an area of the State certified by the Department as a River Edge Redevelopment Zone pursuant to this Act. …

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-1) Sec. 10-3-1. The salary to be paid to a policeman in any municipality with 5,000 or more inhabitants but with less than 25,000 inhabitants, shall be not less than $500 per month. The salary to be paid to a policeman in any municipalit…

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-10) Sec. 10-3-10. The firemen's arbitration board shall conduct hearings with dispatch for the purpose of hearing evidence relevant to the subject of the dispute and shall, as soon as practicable, report its findings and recommendations…

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-11) Sec. 10-3-11. Members of the firemen's arbitration board shall serve without compensation, but the expenses of any hearings conducted by such board shall be borne by the municipality. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/10-3-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-3-12) Sec. 10-3-12. (a) A fireman who is an elected state officer of a statewide labor organization that is a representative of municipal firemen in Illinois shall be granted leave by the municipality, without loss of pay or benefits and …