SB2150 Summary

• Amends firefighter appointment procedures in the Illinois Municipal Code, Fire Protection District Act, and related statutes to clarify examination and hiring requirements for full-time fire departments.

• Removes outdated references to "this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly" and replaces them with the specific effective date of August 4, 2011 (Public Act 97-251) for consistency across fire department hiring sections.

• Corrects spelling error by changing "prerequites" to "prerequisites" in qualification standards for fire department applicants.

• Makes minor technical amendments to language regarding preference point scoring and certification procedures for civil service commissions and boards of fire commissioners.

• Takes effect upon becoming law and applies to municipalities with fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants and fire protection districts that have not elected alternative hiring procedures.