100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4662

 

Introduced , by Rep. Margo McDermed

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2
730 ILCS 110/17
730 ILCS 110/17.1 new
730 ILCS 125/26.1 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently-employed and qualified-retired county correctional officers and county probation officers in a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants to carry their own firearms off-duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Provides that currently-employed and qualified-retired county correctional officers and county probation officers shall carry a photographic identification and a valid annual firearm certificate while carrying their own firearms off-duty. Limited to correctional officers who have custody and control over inmates in an adult correctional facility and probation officers for adult probationers.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
924-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10the following:
11        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
17    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
18    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
21    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
22    of their official duty.
23        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

 

 

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1    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
2    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
3    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
4    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
5    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
6    employment.
7        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
8    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
9    employed by a private security contractor, private
10    detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
11    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
12    if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
13    provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
14    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
15    2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
16    duties of their employment or commuting between their homes
17    and places of employment. A person shall be considered
18    eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
19    required 20 hours of training for a private security
20    contractor, private detective, or private alarm
21    contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
22    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
23    agency and 20 hours of required firearm training, and has
24    been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
25    Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
26    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the

 

 

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1    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
2    cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
3    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
4    Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card shall be
5    carried by the private security contractor, private
6    detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the
7    licensed private security contractor, private detective,
8    or private alarm contractor agency at all times when he or
9    she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by
10    his or her firearm control card.
11        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
12    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
13    of persons employed and private property related to such
14    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
15    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
16    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
17    a security guard, is a member of a security force
18    registered with the Department of Financial and
19    Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
20    has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
21    and supervised by the Department of Financial and
22    Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
23    hours of training that includes the theory of law
24    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
25    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
26    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours

 

 

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1    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
2    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
3    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
4    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
5    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
6    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
7    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
8    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
9    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
10    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
11    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
12        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
13    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
14    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
15    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
16    any investigation for the Commission.
17        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
18    security guard for the protection of other employees and
19    property related to such financial institution, while
20    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
21    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
22    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
23    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
24    is a member of a security force registered with the
25    Department; provided that any person so employed has
26    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and

 

 

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1    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
2    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
3    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
4    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
5    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
6    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
7    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
8    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
9    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
10    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
11    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
12    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
13    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
14    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card
15    shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he
16    or she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted
17    by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this
18    subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, savings
19    and loan association, credit union or company providing
20    armored car services.
21        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
22    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
23    performance of his duties.
24        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
25    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
26        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's

 

 

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1    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
2    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
3    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
4    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
5        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
6    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
7        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
8    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
9    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
10    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
11    of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
12    received weapons training according to requirements of the
13    Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
14        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
15    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
16    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
17    Sheriff.
18        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
19    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
20    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
21    who has completed the background screening and training
22    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
23    Regulatory Commission.
24        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
25    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
26    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.

 

 

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1    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
2to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
3or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
4license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
5the commission of the offense.
6    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
724-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
8        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
9    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
10    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
11    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
12    using their firearms on those target ranges.
13        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
14    while parading, with the special permission of the
15    Governor.
16        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
17    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
18        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
19    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
20        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
21    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
22    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
23    permission.
24    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
25of the following:
26        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their

 

 

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1    official duties.
2        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
3    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
4    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
5        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
6    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
7    the performance of their official duty.
8        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
9    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
10    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
11    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
12    are not immediately accessible.
13        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
14    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
15    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
16    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
17    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
18    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
19    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
20    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
21    This exemption does not authorize the general private
22    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
23    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
24    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
25    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
26    business described in this paragraph.

 

 

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1        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
2    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
3    accessible.
4        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
5    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
6    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
7    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
8    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
9    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
10    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
11    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
12    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
13    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
14    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
15        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
16    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
17    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
18    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
19    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
20    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
21        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
22    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
23    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
24    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
25    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
26    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification

 

 

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1    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
2    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
3    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
4    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
5    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
6    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
7possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
8officer.
9    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
10manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
11subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
12    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
13Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
14organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
15at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
16private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
17    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
18to:
19        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
21    the performance of their official duty.
22        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
23    ordnance.
24        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
25    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
26    ammunition or explosive ordnance.

 

 

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1        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
2    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
3    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
4    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
5    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
6    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
7    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
8    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
9    by an exempted manufacturer.
10    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
11persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
12attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
13silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
14for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
15engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
16firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
17that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
18manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
19firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
20general private possession of any device or attachment of any
21kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
22report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
23as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
24business described in this subsection (g-5). During
25transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
26or not immediately accessible.

 

 

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1    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
224-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
3supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
4prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
5Corrections.
6    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
7officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
8or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
9own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
10kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
11report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
12maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
13duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
14    (g-8) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1524-1.6 do not apply to, or affect, any currently-employed or
16qualified-retired county correctional officer or probation
17officer, employed or retired from, a county of 3,000,000 or
18more inhabitants who meets the qualifications and conditions
19prescribed in Section 17.1 of the Probation and Probation
20Officers Act or Section 26.1 of the County Jail Act.
21    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2224-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
23athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
24Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
25competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
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1International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
2connection with such athlete's training for and participation
3in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
4Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
5and Paralympic Games.
6    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
7any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
8contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
9of proving such an exemption.
10    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
11affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
12pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
13to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
14Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
15carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
16transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
17nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
18transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
19revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
20and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
21this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
22carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
23possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
24(Source: P.A. 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
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1amended by changing Section 17 and by adding Section 17.1 as
2follows:
 
3    (730 ILCS 110/17)
4    Sec. 17. Authorization to carry weapons. Except as
5otherwise provided in Section 17.1, probation Probation
6officers may only carry weapons while in the performance of
7their official duties, or while commuting between their homes,
8places of employment, or specific locations that are part of
9their assigned duties, provided they have received the prior
10consent of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for which they
11are employed, and they have received weapons training according
12to requirements of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer
13Firearm Training Act.
14(Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
15    (730 ILCS 110/17.1 new)
16    Sec. 17.1. Probation officers in a county of 3,000,000 or
17more inhabitants; off-duty firearms.
18    (a) In this Section:
19        "Adult probationer" means a person who committed an
20    offense on or after his or her 18th birthday and who has
21    been placed on probation for that offense.
22        "County probation officer" means an employee of a
23    county probation department in a county of 3,000,000 or
24    more inhabitant within this State who has charge over adult

 

 

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1    probationers.
2        "Qualified-retired county probation officer" means a
3    former county probation officer who:
4            (1) was separated from service with the county
5        probation department in good standing;
6            (2) before the separation, was appointed as a
7        probation officer under the Probation and Probation
8        Officers Act;
9            (3) before the separation, served as a county
10        probation officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more;
11            (4) has not either:
12                (A) been officially found, as the chief county
13            probation officer shall by rule provide, by a
14            qualified medical professional employed by the
15            chief county probation officer to be unqualified
16            for reasons relating to mental health and as a
17            result of this finding will not be issued the
18            photographic identification as described in
19            paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of this Section; or
20                (B) entered into an agreement with the county
21            probation department from which the individual is
22            separated from service in which that individual
23            acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this
24            Section for reasons relating to mental health and
25            for those reasons will not receive or accept the
26            photographic identification as described in

 

 

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1            paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of this Section;
2            (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or any
3        other intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance;
4        and
5            (6) is not prohibited by State or federal law from
6        receiving a firearm.
7    (b) Paragraphs (4) and (10) of subsection (a) of Section
824-1 and Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not
9apply to currently-employed or qualified-retired county
10probation officers who meet the following conditions:
11        (1) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
12    probation officer must receive training in the use of
13    firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law
14    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
15    having successfully completed the training by the Board.
16    The Board shall determine the amount of the training and
17    the course content for the training. The
18    currently-employed or qualified-retired county probation
19    officer shall requalify for the firearms training annually
20    at a State range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement
21    Training Standards Board. The expenses of the retraining
22    shall be paid by the currently-employed or
23    qualified-retired county probation officer and moneys for
24    the costs of the requalification shall be expended at the
25    request of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
26    Board.

 

 

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1        (2) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
2    probation officer shall purchase the firearm at his or her
3    own expense and shall register the firearm with the
4    Department of State Police and with any other local law
5    enforcement agencies that require the registration.
6        (3) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
7    probation officer may not carry any county probation
8    department-issued firearm while off-duty. A person who
9    violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary
10    action by the chief county probation officer.
11        (4) County probation officers who are or were
12    discharged from employment by the chief county probation
13    officer shall no longer be considered probation officers
14    and all their rights as probation officers shall be revoked
15    permanently.
16        (5) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
17    probation officer shall carry a photographic
18    identification issued by his or her agency identifying him
19    or her as a currently-employed or qualified-retired county
20    probation officer while carrying a firearm off-duty, along
21    with a valid annual firearm certificate issued by the
22    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board stating
23    that he or she is qualified to carry a concealed weapon.
 
24    Section 15. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
25Section 26.1 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 125/26.1 new)
2    Sec. 26.1. County correctional officers in a county of
33,000,000 or more inhabitants; off-duty firearms.
4    (a) In this Section:
5    "County correctional officer" means an employee of a county
6sheriff's office in a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
7within this State or a county department of corrections in a
8county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants within this State who
9has custody and control over adult inmates in a county jail.
10    "Qualified-retired county correctional officer" means a
11former county correctional officer who:
12        (1) was separated from service with the county
13    sheriff's office in good standing;
14        (2) before the separation, was authorized by law to
15    engage in or supervise the activities of prevention,
16    detection, investigation, prosecution, or incarceration of
17    any person for any violation of law;
18        (3) before the separation, served as a county
19    correctional officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more;
20        (4) has not either:
21            (A) been officially found, as the county sheriff
22        shall by rule provide, by a qualified medical
23        professional employed by the county sheriff to be
24        unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and
25        as a result of this finding will not be issued the

 

 

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1        photographic identification as described in paragraph
2        (5) of subsection (b) of this Section; or
3            (B) entered into an agreement with the county
4        sheriff's office from which the individual is
5        separated form service in which that individual
6        acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this
7        Section for reasons relating to mental health and for
8        those reasons will not receive or accept the
9        photographic identification as described in paragraph
10        (5) of subsection (b) of this Section;
11        (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or any other
12    intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and
13        (6) is not prohibited by State or federal law from
14    receiving a firearm.
15    (b) Paragraphs (4) and (10) of subsection (a) of Section
1624-1 and Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not
17apply to currently-employed or qualified-retired county
18correctional officers who meet the following conditions:
19        (1) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
20    correctional officer must receive training in the use of
21    firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law
22    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
23    having successfully completed the training by the Board.
24    The Board shall determine the amount of the training and
25    the course content for the training. The
26    currently-employed or qualified-retired county

 

 

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1    correctional officer shall requalify for the firearms
2    training annually at a State range certified by the
3    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The
4    expenses of the retraining shall be paid by the
5    currently-employed or qualified-retired county
6    correctional officer and moneys for the costs of the
7    requalification shall be expended at the request of the
8    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
9        (2) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
10    correctional officer shall purchase the firearm at his or
11    her own expense and shall register the firearm with the
12    Department of State Police and with any other local law
13    enforcement agencies that require the registration.
14        (3) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
15    correctional officer may not carry any county
16    sheriff-issued firearm while off-duty. A person who
17    violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary
18    action by the county sheriff.
19        (4) County correctional officers who are or were
20    discharged from employment by the county sheriff shall no
21    longer be considered law enforcement officials and all
22    their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
23    permanently.
24        (5) The currently-employed or qualified-retired county
25    correctional officer shall carry a photographic
26    identification issued by his or her agency identifying him

 

 

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1    or her as a currently-employed or qualified-retired county
2    correctional officer while carrying a firearm off-duty,
3    along with a valid annual firearm certificate issued by the
4    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board stating
5    that he or she is qualified to carry a concealed weapon.