Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

Filed: 4/17/2024

 

 


 

 


 
10300HB4585ham001LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4585

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4585 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-1136 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1136)
7    Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not establish
8or adopt an order, policy, ordinance, or resolution that would
9require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number
10of citations within a designated period of time or require a
11law enforcement officer to meet an arrest quota. These
12prohibitions do . This prohibition shall not affect the
13conditions of any federal or State grants or funds awarded to
14the county and used to fund traffic enforcement programs.
15    A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law
16enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of

 

 

10300HB4585ham001- 2 -LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1citations issued or arrests completed by the law enforcement
2officer to the number of citations issued or arrests completed
3by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job
4duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a county from
5evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the law
6enforcement officer's points of contact.
7    For the purposes of this Section:
8        (1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact
9    made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's
10    duties, including, but not limited to, the number of
11    traffic stops completed, calls for service, pedestrian
12    stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime
13    prevention measures, including community caretaking, order
14    maintenance, consensual encounters, foot patrols, and
15    business checks. "Points of contact" does shall not
16    include either the issuance of citations, arrests
17    completed, or the number of citations issued, or the
18    number of arrests completed by a law enforcement officer.
19        (2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff,
20    undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or
21    other person employed by the county as a peace officer.
22        (3) "Arrest quota" means a requirement regarding the
23    number of arrests completed by a law enforcement officer,
24    assessing value or points for an arrest for violation of a
25    rule, petty offense, misdemeanor offense, or felony
26    offense, or a proportion of those arrests completed

 

 

10300HB4585ham001- 3 -LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1    relative to the arrests completed by another law
2    enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers.
3    A county may not use citations or arrests as criterion for
4law enforcement officers for promotion, demotion, dismissal,
5discipline, or the earning of benefits or merit pay provided
6by the county. In evaluating the performance of a law
7enforcement officer, overall job performance shall be
8considered and not the volume of citations issued or arrests
9completed. An evaluation may include, but is not limited to,
10attendance, punctuality, acceptance of feedback, work safety,
11self-sufficiency, performance under stress, communication
12skills, leadership, investigative skills, de-escalation,
13commendations, demeanor, formal training, education, and
14professional judgment.
15    A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or
16assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner
17inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and
18limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
19(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
20    A person or exclusive bargaining representative who is or
21whose members are aggrieved by a violation of this Section may
22bring a civil action in an appropriate circuit court for
23declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the
24violation. If the person or the exclusive bargaining
25representative is the prevailing party, the court shall award
26a prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and

 

 

10300HB4585ham001- 4 -LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1additional relief the court deems appropriate. This paragraph
2does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law
3of this State.
4(Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
5    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6changing Section 11-1-12 as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12)
8    Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not
9establish or adopt an order, policy, ordinance, or resolution
10that would require a police officer to issue a specific number
11of citations within a designated period of time or require a
12police officer to meet an arrest quota. These prohibitions do .
13This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any
14federal or State grants or funds awarded to the municipality
15and used to fund traffic enforcement programs.
16    A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a
17police officer's job performance, compare the number of
18citations issued or arrests completed by the police officer to
19the number of citations issued or arrests completed by any
20other police officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in
21this Section shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a
22police officer based on the police officer's points of
23contact.
24    For the purposes of this Section: ,

 

 

10300HB4585ham001- 5 -LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1    "Arrest quota" means a requirement regarding the number of
2arrests completed by a police officer, assessing value or
3points for an arrest for violation of a rule, petty offense,
4misdemeanor offense, or felony offense, or a proportion of
5those arrests completed relative to the arrests completed by
6another police officer or group of police officers.
7    "Points points of contact" means any quantifiable contact
8made in the furtherance of the police officer's duties,
9including, but not limited to, the number of traffic stops
10completed, calls for service, pedestrian stops completed,
11arrests, written warnings, and crime prevention measures,
12including community caretaking, order maintenance, consensual
13encounters, foot patrols, and business checks. "Points of
14contact" does shall not include either the issuance of
15citations, arrests completed, or the number of citations
16issued, or the number of arrests completed by a police
17officer.
18    A municipality may not use citations or arrests as
19criterion for police officers for promotion, demotion,
20dismissal, discipline, or the earning of benefits or merit pay
21provided by the municipality. In evaluating the performance of
22a police officer, overall job performance shall be considered
23and not the volume of citations issued or arrests completed.
24An evaluation may include, but is not limited to, attendance,
25punctuality, acceptance of feedback, work safety,
26self-sufficiency, performance under stress, communication

 

 

10300HB4585ham001- 6 -LRB103 35769 AWJ 72390 a

1skills, leadership, investigative skills, de-escalation,
2commendations, demeanor, formal training, education, and
3professional judgment.
4    A home rule municipality may not establish requirements
5for or assess the performance of police officers in a manner
6inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and
7limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
8(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
9    A person or exclusive bargaining representative who is or
10whose members are aggrieved by a violation of this Section may
11bring a civil action in an appropriate circuit court for
12declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the
13violation. If the person or the exclusive bargaining
14representative is the prevailing party, the court shall award
15a prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and
16additional relief the court deems appropriate. This paragraph
17does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law
18of this State.
19(Source: P.A. 100-1001, eff. 1-1-19.)".