96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3573


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross - Ronald A. Wait
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/3-6013
  from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013







    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties, training, and compensation of auxiliary deputies.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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3-6013 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/3-6013)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013)


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    Sec. 3-6013. Duties, training and compensation of 
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auxiliary deputies. Auxiliary deputies shall not supplement 
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members of the the regular county
police department or regular 
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deputies in the performance of their assigned
and normal 
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duties, except as provided herein.  Auxiliary deputies may be

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assigned and directed by the sheriff to perform the following 
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duties in
the county:

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    To aid or direct traffic within the county, to aid in 
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control of natural
or human made disasters, to aid in case of 
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civil disorder as assigned and
directed by the sheriff, 
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provided, that in emergency cases which render it
impractical 
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for members of the regular county police department or regular

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deputies to perform their assigned and normal duties, the 
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sheriff is hereby
authorized to assign and direct auxiliary 
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deputies to perform such regular
and normal duties. 
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Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary deputies
shall be 
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different and distinct from those used by members of the 
 


 






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regular
county police department or regular deputies.  Such 
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auxiliary deputies
shall at all times during the performance of 
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their duties be subject to the
direction and control of the 
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sheriff of the county.  Such auxiliary deputies
shall not carry 
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firearms, except with the permission of the sheriff, and
only 
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while in uniform and in the performance of their assigned 
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duties.

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    Auxiliary deputies, prior to entering upon any of their 
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duties, shall
receive a course of training in the use of 
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weapons and other police
procedures as shall be appropriate in 
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the exercise of the powers
conferred upon them under this 
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Division, which training and
course of study shall be 
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determined and provided by the sheriff of each
county utilizing 
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auxiliary deputies, provided that, before being
permitted to 
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carry a firearm an auxiliary deputy must have the same
course 
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of training as required of peace officers in Section 2 of the

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Peace Officer Firearm Training Act.  The county authorities 
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shall require
that all auxiliary deputies be residents of the 
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county served by them.
Prior to the appointment of any 
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auxiliary deputy his or her fingerprints
shall be taken and no 
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person shall be appointed as such auxiliary deputy if
he or she 
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has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral

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turpitude.

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    Auxiliary deputies may not be paid a salary, except as 
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provided in
Section 3-6036, but may be reimbursed for actual 
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expenses incurred in
performing their assigned duty. The County 
 


 






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Board must approve such actual
expenses and arrange for 
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payment.

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    Nothing in this Division shall preclude an auxiliary deputy 
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from holding
a simultaneous appointment as an auxiliary police 
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officer pursuant to Section
3-6-5 of the Illinois Municipal 
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Code.

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(Source: P.A. 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)