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310 ILCS 10/8.1c new
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. In a municipality
with more than 500,000 inhabitants, creates a Citizens Review
Board to monitor housing authority police, with 3 members
appointed by the Governor, 2 members appointed by the
presiding officer of the municipality, and one member
appointed by each of the legislative leaders of the General
Assembly. Authorizes the Board to suspend, terminate, or take
other disciplinary action against an officer who verbally or
physically abused a tenant or tenant's guest or invitee while
on or off duty or who entered the residence of a tenant
unlawfully. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Housing Authorities Act by adding
2 Section 8.1c.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by
6 adding Section 8.1c as follows:
7 (310 ILCS 10/8.1c new)
8 Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review
9 Board is established for the housing authority in any
10 municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to monitor the
11 housing authority police force.
12 The Board shall consist of 9 members with 5 appointed by
13 the executive director of the housing authority, 2 appointed
14 by the housing authority's Central Advisory Council, and 2
15 appointed by the housing authority's Senior Advisory Council.
16 The initial terms of the members shall be one, 2, 3, 4, and
17 5 years for the members appointed by the executive director,
18 one and 2 years for the members appointed by the Central
19 Advisory Council, and one and 2 years for the members
20 appointed by the Senior Advisory Council. The appointing
21 authority shall determine which initial term each appointee
22 shall serve. Each successor of the initial members shall
23 serve for a term of 4 years. The initial appointments to the
24 Board shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of 1997. The Board shall select one of
26 its members to serve as chairperson. The Board may, after
27 notice and a hearing, remove by majority vote a member of the
28 Board who has been found guilty of neglect of duty or
29 malfeasance. If a member of the Board resigns or is removed,
30 the official or body that would appoint the member's
31 successor shall appoint a person to serve the remainder of
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1 the member's term. After a member's term expires, the member
2 shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and
3 qualified.
4 Subject to collective bargaining agreements, the Board
5 has the authority, after holding a hearing, to suspend,
6 terminate, or take other disciplinary action against a
7 housing authority police officer if:
8 (1) the officer is found by the Board to have
9 physically abused a tenant or his or her guest while the
10 officer was on duty;
11 (2) the officer is found by the Board to have
12 entered the residence of a housing authority tenant and
13 was neither (i) executing a legally issued arrest warrant
14 or search warrant for that residence nor (ii) otherwise
15 lawfully present in the residence; or
16 (3) the officer is found by the Board to have
17 physically abused a person on or off housing authority
18 property while performing his or her duty as a housing
19 authority police officer.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.