Public Act 0971 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0549 Enrolled LRB097 04360 RLJ 44399 b

Public Act 097-0971

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Metro East Police District Act.

Section 3. Definitions.

"Commission" means the Metro East Police District Commission.

"District" means the Metro East Police District.

Section 5. Creation of district. There is created within the County of St. Clair a special district, named the Metro East Police District. The territory of the District shall include the City of East Saint Louis, the Village of Washington Park, the Village of Alorton, and the Village of Brooklyn. The District is created to advance the cause of public safety and law enforcement for the residents of the District.

Section 10. Metro East Police District Commission.

(a) The governing and administrative powers of the Metro East Police District shall be vested in a body politic and corporate named the Metro East Police District Commission, whose powers are the following:

(1) To apply for, accept and expend grants, loans, or appropriations from the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or federal agency or instrumentality, any unit of local government, or any other person or entity to be used for any of the purposes of the District. The Commission may enter into any agreement with the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or federal instrumentality, any unit of local government, or any other person or entity in relation to grants, matching grants, loans, or appropriations. The Commission may provide grants, loans, or appropriations for law enforcement purposes to any unit of local government within the District.

(2) To enter into contracts or agreements with persons or entities for the supply of goods or services as may be necessary for the purposes of the District.

(3) To acquire fee simple title to real property lying within the District and personal property required for its purposes, by gift, purchase, contract, or otherwise for law enforcement purposes including evidence storage, records storage, equipment storage, detainment facilities, training facilities, office space and other purposes of the District. Title shall be taken in the name of the Commission. The Commission may acquire by lease any real property located within the District and personal property found by the Commission to be necessary for its purposes and to which the Commission finds that it need not acquire fee simple title for carrying out of those purposes. The Commission has no eminent domain powers or quick-take powers under this provision.

(4) To establish by resolution rules and regulations that the police departments within the District may adopt concerning: officer ethics; the carry and use of weapons; search and seizure procedures; procedures for arrests with and without warrants; alternatives to arrest; the use of officer discretion; strip searches and body cavity searches; profiling; use of reasonable force; use of deadly force; use of authorized less than lethal weapons; reporting uses of force; weapons and ammunition; weapons proficiency and training; crime analysis; purchasing and requisitions; department property; inventory and control; issue and reissue; recruitment; training attendance; lesson plans; remedial training; officer training record maintenance; department animals; response procedures; pursuit of motor vehicles; roadblocks and forcible stops; missing or mentally ill persons; use of equipment; use of vehicle lights and sirens; equipment specifications and maintenance; vehicle safety restraints; authorized personal equipment; protective vests and high risk situations; mobile data access; in-car video and audio; case file management; investigative checklists; informants; cold cases; polygraphs; shift briefings; interviews of witnesses and suspects; line-ups and show-ups; confidential information; juvenile operations; offenders, custody, and interrogation; crime prevention and community interface; critical incident response and planning; hostage negotiation; search and rescue; special events; personnel, equipment, and facility inspections; victim/witness rights, preliminary contact, and follow up; next of kin notification; traffic stops and approaches; speed-measuring devices; DUI procedures; traffic collision reporting and investigation; citation inventory, control and administration; escorts; towing procedures; detainee searches and transportation; search and inventory of vehicles; escape prevention procedures and detainee restraint; sick, injured, and disabled detainees; vehicle safety; holding facility standards; collection and preservation of evidence including but not limited to photos, video, fingerprints, computers, records, DNA samples, controlled substances, weapons, and physical evidence; police report standards and format; submission of evidence to laboratories; follow up of outstanding cases; and application for charges with the State's Attorney, United States Attorney, Attorney General, or other prosecuting authority.

Any police department located within the Metro East Police District that does not adopt any rule or regulation established by resolution by the Commission shall not be eligible to receive funds from the Metro East Police District Fund.

The adoption of any policies or procedures pursuant to this Section shall not be inconsistent with any rights under current collective bargaining agreements, the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act or other laws governing collective bargaining.

(5) No later than one year after the effective date of this Act, to assume for police departments within the District the authority to make application for and accept financial grants or contributions of services from any public or private source for law enforcement purposes.

(6) To develop a comprehensive plan for improvement and maintenance of law enforcement facilities within the District.

(7) To advance police departments within the District towards accreditation by the national Commission for the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) within 3 years after creation of the District.

(b) The Commission shall consist of 14 appointed members and 3 ex-officio members. Seven members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall represent an organization that represents the largest number of police officers employed by the municipalities described by Section 5 of this Act. Four members shall be appointed by the Mayor of East Saint Louis, with the advice and consent of the city council. One member each shall be appointed by the Village Presidents of Washington Park, Alorton, and Brooklyn, with the advice and consent of the respective village boards. All appointed members shall hold office for a term of 2 years ending on December 31 and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Mayor of East Saint Louis, with the approval of the city council, may serve as one of the members appointed for East Saint Louis, and the Village Presidents of Washington Park, Alorton, and Brooklyn, with the approval of their respective boards, may serve as the member for their respective municipalities.

A member may be removed by his or her appointing authority for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

The Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee, the State's Attorney of St. Clair County, or his or her designee, and the Director of the Southern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, or his or her designee, shall serve as ex-officio members. Ex-officio members may only vote on matters before the Commission in the event of a tie vote.

(c) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the Commission occurring by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or inability or refusal to act of any of the members of the Commission shall be filled by the authority that had appointed the particular member, and for the unexpired term of office of that particular member.

(d) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the election of a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer, for the adoption of a budget, and monthly for other business as may be necessary. The Commission shall establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers by rule. The chair, or any 9 members of the Commission, may call special meetings of the Commission. Each member shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The Commission may not transact business at a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at the meeting a quorum consisting of at least 9 members. Meetings may be held by telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other consistent with the Open Meetings Act.

(e) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report covering its operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and a statement of its program for the next 2 years, as provided by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.

(f) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the Commission in the same manner as the Auditor General conducts audits of State agencies under the Illinois State Auditing Act.

(g) The Commission is a public body for purposes of the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.

(h) This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 15. Disposition of money; income fund. There is created in the custody of the Illinois Finance Authority the Metro East Police District Fund. All moneys received by the Commission shall be deposited in the Fund. The Commission is authorized to use all money received for all purposes and powers set forth in this Act, provided that the Commission and the Illinois Finance Authority enter into an intergovernmental agreement to use the moneys deposited into the Fund solely for the purposes set forth in this Act. The Auditor General shall, at least biennially, audit or cause to be audited all records and accounts of the Commission pertaining to the operation of the District.

Section 20. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31, 2019.

Section 50. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by adding Section 825-115 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3501/825-115 new)

Sec. 825-115. Metro East Police District Fund. The Authority and the Metro East Police District Commission may jointly administer the Metro East Police District Fund. All moneys received by the Commission shall be deposited in the Fund. Upon request of the Commission, the Authority shall provide to the Commission moneys deposited in the Fund, provided that the Commission and the Authority enter into an intergovernmental agreement to use the moneys deposited into the Fund solely for the purposes set forth in the Metro East Police District Act. This Section is repealed on December 31, 2019.

Section 55. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by adding Section 3-1.5 as follows:

(30 ILCS 5/3-1.5 new)

Sec. 3-1.5. Metro East Police District. The Auditor General shall conduct audits as provided in Sections 10 and 15 of the Metro East Police District Act. This Section is repealed on December 31, 2019.

Section 60. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1101.5 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1101.5 new)

Sec. 5-1101.5. Metro East Police District. In addition to any fine imposed under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, St. Clair County may adopt a mandatory fine of $100 to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision for a felony or a violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when the offense was committed within the corporate limits of a municipality that is located within the Metro East Police District. The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the fines as provided in this subsection and must remit the fines to the Metro East Police District Fund created under Section 15 of the Metro East Police District Act. This Section is repealed on December 31, 2019.

Section 65. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-74.4-12 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-12 new)

Sec. 11-74.4-12. Metro East Police District. A municipality may use moneys from the special tax allocation fund to hire police officers, if the corporate authorities of the municipality determine by ordinance or resolution that, as a result of the development associated with the tax increment financing, more police officers are needed to protect the public health and safety of the residents, and the municipality is: (i) within the territory of the Metro East Police District created under the Metro East Police District Act, or (ii) contiguous to 2 or more municipalities within the territory of the Metro East Police District and having a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants, according to the 2000 federal census. The moneys used to hire police officers may amount to no more than 10% of the funds available.

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