ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
SECTION 1. Section 2-152-410 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
2-152-410 Mandatory appointment and retirement ages for police officers and firefighters.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
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(e) r4e Except as otherwise provided herein, no person above the age of 38 may receive initial appointment as a probationary career service firefighter or firefighter/EMT with the fire depailment and no person above the age of 40 may receive initial appointment as a probationary career service police officer with the police department. Provided, however, that these age restrictions shall not apply (o initial appointment as a probationary career service police officer or firefighter or firefighter/EMT from employment lists in existence on the date of passage of this ordinance; nor shall these age restrictions apply to any qualified veteran. In the case of qualified veterans, no person above the age of 43 may receive initial appointment as a probationary career service 'firefighter or firefighter/EMT with the fire department or as a probationary career service 'police officer with die police department. Nothing herein shall prohibit the rehiring ofany person formerly employed by the police department as a police officer or fire department as a firefighter or firefighter/EMT, subject to the requirements of rules promulgated by the commissioner of human resources.
As used in this subsection (e), the term "qualified veteran(s)" means any person who, within forty-eight months of the, date of application for employment, or offer of employment, as a career service firefighter dr fircl'ighter/EMT with the fire department or as a career service police officer with the police departmental) served on active duty in the armed forces ofthe United States, the Illinois National Guard, or any reser...
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