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| 1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Supreme Court Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11 as follows:
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| 6 | (705 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 37, par. 16)
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| 7 | Sec. 11. Marshals. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The office of marshal for the Supreme Court is
hereby | ||||||
| 9 | created,
such marshals to be selected by the Supreme Court, | ||||||
| 10 | and the
duties of such marshals
shall be to attend upon its | ||||||
| 11 | sittings and to perform
such other
duties, under the order and | ||||||
| 12 | direction of the said court, as are usually
performed by | ||||||
| 13 | sheriffs of courts. The salary of such marshals
shall be fixed
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| 14 | by the judges of the Supreme Court, such salary to be payable | ||||||
| 15 | from
the State treasury, upon bills of particulars, signed by | ||||||
| 16 | any one of the
judges of the Supreme Court. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Marshals are peace officers and have all the powers | ||||||
| 18 | possessed by police officers in cities and by sheriffs. | ||||||
| 19 | Marshals may exercise these powers throughout the State. No | ||||||
| 20 | marshal has peace officer status or may exercise police powers | ||||||
| 21 | unless: (i) he or she successfully completes the basic police | ||||||
| 22 | training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law | ||||||
| 23 | Enforcement Training Standards Board; or (ii) the Illinois Law | ||||||
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| 1 | Enforcement Training Standards Board waives the training | ||||||
| 2 | requirement by reason of the marshal's prior law enforcement | ||||||
| 3 | experience or training or both.
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| 4 | (c) The office of marshal for the Supreme Court may also | ||||||
| 5 | employ court security officers to be responsible for | ||||||
| 6 | maintaining the security of any courthouse or courtroom | ||||||
| 7 | occupied by the Supreme or Appellate Court of this State. A | ||||||
| 8 | court security officer has the authority to arrest in the same | ||||||
| 9 | manner as authorized by similarly certified officers of a | ||||||
| 10 | county sheriff. However, the arrest powers of the court | ||||||
| 11 | security officer are limited to the performance of the | ||||||
| 12 | official duties of the court security officer. A court | ||||||
| 13 | security officer who is trained and qualified as permitted by | ||||||
| 14 | law may carry a weapon at his or her place of employment and to | ||||||
| 15 | and from his or her place of employment. No court security | ||||||
| 16 | officer authorized under this Section may exercise arrest | ||||||
| 17 | powers or carry a firearm unless: (i) he or she successfully | ||||||
| 18 | completes the basic court security officer training course | ||||||
| 19 | mandated and approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | ||||||
| 20 | Standards Board; or (ii) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | ||||||
| 21 | Standards Board waives the training requirement by reason of | ||||||
| 22 | the individual's prior experience or training or both. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 100-151, eff. 8-18-17.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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