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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 3-30, 3-42.1, and 3-42.2 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 805/3-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-30)
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7 | Sec. 3-30.
The board of any community college district has | ||||||
8 | the powers enumerated in
Sections 3-31 through 3-43 of this | ||||||
9 | Act . This enumeration of powers is not exclusive but
the board | ||||||
10 | may exercise all other powers, not inconsistent with this Act,
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11 | that may be requisite or proper for the maintenance, operation | ||||||
12 | and
development of any college or colleges under the | ||||||
13 | jurisdiction of the board.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 78-669.)
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15 | (110 ILCS 805/3-42.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.1)
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16 | Sec. 3-42.1. (a) To appoint law enforcement officer and | ||||||
17 | non-law enforcement officer members of the community college | ||||||
18 | district police department or department of public safety. | ||||||
19 | (b) Members of the community college district police | ||||||
20 | department or department of public safety who are law | ||||||
21 | enforcement officers, as defined in the Illinois Police | ||||||
22 | Training Act, shall be peace officers under the laws of this |
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1 | State. As such, law enforcement officer members of these | ||||||
2 | departments shall have all of the powers of police officers in | ||||||
3 | cities and sheriffs in counties, including the power to make | ||||||
4 | arrests on view or on warrants for violations of State statutes | ||||||
5 | and to enforce county or city ordinances in all counties that | ||||||
6 | lie within the community college district, when such is | ||||||
7 | required for the protection of community college personnel, | ||||||
8 | students, property, or interests. Such officers shall have no | ||||||
9 | power to serve and execute civil process. | ||||||
10 | As peace officers in this State, all laws pertaining to | ||||||
11 | hiring, training, retention, service authority, and discipline | ||||||
12 | of police officers, under State law, shall apply. Law | ||||||
13 | enforcement officer members must complete the minimum basic | ||||||
14 | training requirements of a police training school under the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Police Training Act. Law enforcement officer members | ||||||
16 | who
have successfully completed an Illinois Law Enforcement | ||||||
17 | Training and Standards Board certified firearms course shall be | ||||||
18 | equipped with appropriate firearms and auxiliary weapons. | ||||||
19 | (c) Non-law enforcement officer members of the community | ||||||
20 | college police, public safety, or security departments whose | ||||||
21 | job requirements include performing patrol and security type | ||||||
22 | functions shall, within 6 months after their initial hiring | ||||||
23 | date or the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
24 | General Assembly, whichever is later, be required to | ||||||
25 | successfully complete the 20-hour basic security training | ||||||
26 | course
required by (i) the Department of Financial and |
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1 | Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation | ||||||
2 | for Security Officers, (ii) by the International Association of | ||||||
3 | College Law Enforcement Administrators, or (iii) campus | ||||||
4 | protection officer training program or a similar course
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5 | certified and approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | ||||||
6 | and Standards Board. They shall also be permitted to become | ||||||
7 | members of an Illinois State Training Board Mobile Training | ||||||
8 | Unit and shall complete 8 hours in continuing training, related | ||||||
9 | to their specific position of employment, each year. The board | ||||||
10 | may establish reasonable eligibility requirements for | ||||||
11 | appointment and retention of non-law enforcement officer | ||||||
12 | members. | ||||||
13 | All non-law enforcement officer members authorized to | ||||||
14 | carry weapons, other than firearms, shall receive training on | ||||||
15 | the proper deployment and use of force regarding such weapons. | ||||||
16 | persons to be members of the Security Department of the
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17 | community college. Members of the Security Department shall be | ||||||
18 | conservators
of the peace and as such have all powers possessed | ||||||
19 | by policemen in cities,
and sheriffs in counties, including the | ||||||
20 | power to make arrests on view or
warrants of violations of | ||||||
21 | State statutes and city or county ordinances of
the counties in | ||||||
22 | which the community college is located, when such is
required | ||||||
23 | for the protection of community college properties and | ||||||
24 | interest,
and its students and personnel, and within such | ||||||
25 | counties when specifically
requested by appropriate State or | ||||||
26 | local law enforcement officials. Such
officers have no power to |
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1 | serve and execute civil process.
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2 | The local community college board may establish reasonable
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3 | eligibility requirements for appointment to the security
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4 | department relating to residence, health, habits and moral | ||||||
5 | character.
However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless | ||||||
6 | that person is at least
21 years of age and possesses a high | ||||||
7 | school diploma or the equivalent.
No person may be appointed to | ||||||
8 | or retained in the security department unless
that person is of | ||||||
9 | good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or
a person | ||||||
10 | convicted of a
felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. All | ||||||
11 | community college security
department personnel authorized to | ||||||
12 | carry weapons shall receive a
course of training in the legal | ||||||
13 | and practical use of such weapons and shall
also be instructed | ||||||
14 | in and understand the provisions of Article 7 of the "Criminal
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15 | Code of 1961", as now or hereafter amended, which pertain to | ||||||
16 | justifiable use
of force.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 79-1002.)
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18 | (110 ILCS 805/3-42.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.2)
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19 | Sec. 3-42.2.
(a) To establish parking regulations, to | ||||||
20 | regulate, and
control the speed of, travel on all paths, | ||||||
21 | driveways and roadways which
are owned and maintained by, and | ||||||
22 | within the property of, the community
college district, to | ||||||
23 | prohibit the use of such paths, driveways and
roadways for | ||||||
24 | racing or speeding purposes, to exclude therefrom traffic
and | ||||||
25 | vehicles, and to prescribe such fines and penalties for the
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1 | violation of such traffic regulations as cities and villages | ||||||
2 | are allowed
to prescribe for the violation of their traffic | ||||||
3 | ordinances.
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4 | (b) To establish such other regulations as are determined | ||||||
5 | to be necessary for the protection of community college | ||||||
6 | students, staff, visitors, properties, and interests or for the | ||||||
7 | proper maintenance, operation, or development of any community | ||||||
8 | college or colleges under the jurisdiction of the board, and to | ||||||
9 | prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of these | ||||||
10 | regulations. | ||||||
11 | (c) Fines and penalties recovered under this Section shall | ||||||
12 | be paid, collected
and used in accordance with the policy of | ||||||
13 | the local community college board.
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14 | (d) The local community college board may enforce the | ||||||
15 | provisions of this Section
by use of members of the police | ||||||
16 | department, public safety department, or security department | ||||||
17 | Security Department of the community college
or by agreeing in | ||||||
18 | writing with a municipality, county or the State for its
law | ||||||
19 | enforcement officers to provide such enforcement.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 81-311.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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