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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Metro
5East Police District Act.
 
6    Section 3. Definitions.
7    "Commission" means the Metro East Police District
8Commission.
9    "District" means the Metro East Police District.
 
10    Section 5. Creation of district. There is created within
11the County of St. Clair a special district, named the Metro
12East Police District. The territory of the District shall
13include the City of East Saint Louis, the Village of Washington
14Park, the Village of Alorton, and the Village of Brooklyn. The
15District is created to advance the cause of public safety and
16law enforcement for the residents of the District.
 
17    Section 10. Metro East Police District Commission.
18    (a) The governing and administrative powers of the Metro
19East Police District shall be vested in a body politic and
20corporate named the Metro East Police District Commission,
21whose powers are the following:

 

 

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1        (1) To apply for, accept and expend grants, loans, or
2    appropriations from the State of Illinois, the federal
3    government, any State or federal agency or
4    instrumentality, any unit of local government, or any other
5    person or entity to be used for any of the purposes of the
6    District. The Commission may enter into any agreement with
7    the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or
8    federal instrumentality, any unit of local government, or
9    any other person or entity in relation to grants, matching
10    grants, loans, or appropriations. The Commission may
11    provide grants, loans, or appropriations for law
12    enforcement purposes to any unit of local government within
13    the District.
14        (2) To enter into contracts or agreements with persons
15    or entities for the supply of goods or services as may be
16    necessary for the purposes of the District.
17        (3) To acquire fee simple title to real property lying
18    within the District and personal property required for its
19    purposes, by gift, purchase, contract, or otherwise for law
20    enforcement purposes including evidence storage, records
21    storage, equipment storage, detainment facilities,
22    training facilities, office space and other purposes of the
23    District. Title shall be taken in the name of the
24    Commission. The Commission may acquire by lease any real
25    property located within the District and personal property
26    found by the Commission to be necessary for its purposes

 

 

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1    and to which the Commission finds that it need not acquire
2    fee simple title for carrying out of those purposes. The
3    Commission has no eminent domain powers or quick-take
4    powers under this provision.
5        (4) To establish by resolution rules and regulations
6    that the police departments within the District may adopt
7    concerning: officer ethics; the carry and use of weapons;
8    search and seizure procedures; procedures for arrests with
9    and without warrants; alternatives to arrest; the use of
10    officer discretion; strip searches and body cavity
11    searches; profiling; use of reasonable force; use of deadly
12    force; use of authorized less than lethal weapons;
13    reporting uses of force; weapons and ammunition; weapons
14    proficiency and training; crime analysis; purchasing and
15    requisitions; department property; inventory and control;
16    issue and reissue; recruitment; training attendance;
17    lesson plans; remedial training; officer training record
18    maintenance; department animals; response procedures;
19    pursuit of motor vehicles; roadblocks and forcible stops;
20    missing or mentally ill persons; use of equipment; use of
21    vehicle lights and sirens; equipment specifications and
22    maintenance; vehicle safety restraints; authorized
23    personal equipment; protective vests and high risk
24    situations; mobile data access; in-car video and audio;
25    case file management; investigative checklists;
26    informants; cold cases; polygraphs; shift briefings;

 

 

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1    interviews of witnesses and suspects; line-ups and
2    show-ups; confidential information; juvenile operations;
3    offenders, custody, and interrogation; crime prevention
4    and community interface; critical incident response and
5    planning; hostage negotiation; search and rescue; special
6    events; personnel, equipment, and facility inspections;
7    victim/witness rights, preliminary contact, and follow up;
8    next of kin notification; traffic stops and approaches;
9    speed-measuring devices; DUI procedures; traffic collision
10    reporting and investigation; citation inventory, control
11    and administration; escorts; towing procedures; detainee
12    searches and transportation; search and inventory of
13    vehicles; escape prevention procedures and detainee
14    restraint; sick, injured, and disabled detainees; vehicle
15    safety; holding facility standards; collection and
16    preservation of evidence including but not limited to
17    photos, video, fingerprints, computers, records, DNA
18    samples, controlled substances, weapons, and physical
19    evidence; police report standards and format; submission
20    of evidence to laboratories; follow up of outstanding
21    cases; and application for charges with the State's
22    Attorney, United States Attorney, Attorney General, or
23    other prosecuting authority.
24        Any police department located within the Metro East
25    Police District that does not adopt any rule or regulation
26    established by resolution by the Commission shall not be

 

 

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1    eligible to receive funds from the Metro East Police
2    District Fund.
3        The adoption of any policies or procedures pursuant to
4    this Section shall not be inconsistent with any rights
5    under current collective bargaining agreements, the
6    Illinois Public Labor Relations Act or other laws governing
7    collective bargaining.
8        (5) No later than one year after the effective date of
9    this Act, to assume for police departments within the
10    District the authority to make application for and accept
11    financial grants or contributions of services from any
12    public or private source for law enforcement purposes.
13        (6) To develop a comprehensive plan for improvement and
14    maintenance of law enforcement facilities within the
15    District.
16        (7) To advance police departments within the District
17    towards accreditation by the national Commission for the
18    Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) within 3
19    years after creation of the District.
20    (b) The Commission shall consist of 14 appointed members
21and 3 ex-officio members. Seven members shall be appointed by
22the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of
23whom shall represent an organization that represents the
24largest number of police officers employed by the
25municipalities described by Section 5 of this Act. Four members
26shall be appointed by the Mayor of East Saint Louis, with the

 

 

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1advice and consent of the city council. One member each shall
2be appointed by the Village Presidents of Washington Park,
3Alorton, and Brooklyn, with the advice and consent of the
4respective village boards. All appointed members shall hold
5office for a term of 2 years ending on December 31 and until
6their successors are appointed and qualified. The Mayor of East
7Saint Louis, with the approval of the city council, may serve
8as one of the members appointed for East Saint Louis, and the
9Village Presidents of Washington Park, Alorton, and Brooklyn,
10with the approval of their respective boards, may serve as the
11member for their respective municipalities.
12    A member may be removed by his or her appointing authority
13for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
14    The Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her
15designee, the State's Attorney of St. Clair County, or his or
16her designee, and the Director of the Southern Illinois Law
17Enforcement Commission, or his or her designee, shall serve as
18ex-officio members. Ex-officio members may only vote on matters
19before the Commission in the event of a tie vote.
20    (c) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the
21Commission occurring by reason of the death, resignation,
22disqualification, removal, or inability or refusal to act of
23any of the members of the Commission shall be filled by the
24authority that had appointed the particular member, and for the
25unexpired term of office of that particular member.
26    (d) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for

 

 

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1the election of a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer,
2for the adoption of a budget, and monthly for other business as
3may be necessary. The Commission shall establish the duties and
4responsibilities of its officers by rule. The chair, or any 9
5members of the Commission, may call special meetings of the
6Commission. Each member shall take an oath of office for the
7faithful performance of his or her duties. The Commission may
8not transact business at a meeting of the Commission unless
9there is present at the meeting a quorum consisting of at least
109 members. Meetings may be held by telephone conference or
11other communications equipment by means of which all persons
12participating in the meeting can communicate with each other
13consistent with the Open Meetings Act.
14    (e) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, no
15later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report
16covering its operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and
17a statement of its program for the next 2 years, as provided by
18Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.
19    (f) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
20Commission in the same manner as the Auditor General conducts
21audits of State agencies under the Illinois State Auditing Act.
22    (g) The Commission is a public body for purposes of the
23Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
24    (h) This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
25Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
26concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions

 

 

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1exercised by the State.
 
2    Section 15. Disposition of money; income fund. There is
3created in the custody of the Illinois Finance Authority the
4Metro East Police District Fund. All moneys received by the
5Commission shall be deposited in the Fund. The Commission is
6authorized to use all money received for all purposes and
7powers set forth in this Act, provided that the Commission and
8the Illinois Finance Authority enter into an intergovernmental
9agreement to use the moneys deposited into the Fund solely for
10the purposes set forth in this Act. The Auditor General shall,
11at least biennially, audit or cause to be audited all records
12and accounts of the Commission pertaining to the operation of
13the District.
 
14    Section 20. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31,
152019.
 
16    Section 50. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended
17by adding Section 825-115 as follows:
 
18    (20 ILCS 3501/825-115 new)
19    Sec. 825-115. Metro East Police District Fund. The
20Authority and the Metro East Police District Commission may
21jointly administer the Metro East Police District Fund. All
22moneys received by the Commission shall be deposited in the

 

 

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1Fund. Upon request of the Commission, the Authority shall
2provide to the Commission moneys deposited in the Fund,
3provided that the Commission and the Authority enter into an
4intergovernmental agreement to use the moneys deposited into
5the Fund solely for the purposes set forth in the Metro East
6Police District Act. This Section is repealed on December 31,
72019.
 
8    Section 55. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
9adding Section 3-1.5 as follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 5/3-1.5 new)
11    Sec. 3-1.5. Metro East Police District. The Auditor General
12shall conduct audits as provided in Sections 10 and 15 of the
13Metro East Police District Act. This Section is repealed on
14December 31, 2019.
 
15    Section 60. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
165-1101.5 as follows:
 
17    (55 ILCS 5/5-1101.5 new)
18    Sec. 5-1101.5. Metro East Police District. In addition to
19any fine imposed under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of
20Corrections, St. Clair County may adopt a mandatory fine of
21$100 to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of guilty or a
22grant of supervision for a felony or a violation of Section

 

 

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111-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when the offense was
2committed within the corporate limits of a municipality that is
3located within the Metro East Police District. The clerk of the
4circuit court shall collect the fines as provided in this
5subsection and must remit the fines to the Metro East Police
6District Fund created under Section 15 of the Metro East Police
7District Act. This Section is repealed on December 31, 2019.
 
8    Section 65. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
9adding Section 11-74.4-12 as follows:
 
10    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-12 new)
11    Sec. 11-74.4-12. Metro East Police District. A
12municipality may use moneys from the special tax allocation
13fund to hire police officers, if the corporate authorities of
14the municipality determine by ordinance or resolution that, as
15a result of the development associated with the tax increment
16financing, more police officers are needed to protect the
17public health and safety of the residents, and the municipality
18is: (i) within the territory of the Metro East Police District
19created under the Metro East Police District Act, or (ii)
20contiguous to 2 or more municipalities within the territory of
21the Metro East Police District and having a population of more
22than 5,000 inhabitants, according to the 2000 federal census.
23The moneys used to hire police officers may amount to no more
24than 10% of the funds available.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21, 2013.