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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
53-6012.1 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6012.1)



7    Sec. 3-6012.1. Court security officers. The sheriff of any 
8county in
Illinois with
less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may 
9hire court security officers in such
number as the county
board 
10shall from time to time deem necessary.  Court security officers 
11may be
designated by the Sheriff to attend courts and perform 
12the functions set forth
in
3-6023.  Court security officers 
13shall have the authority to arrest; however,
such arrest powers 
14shall be limited to performance of their official duties as

15court security officers.  Court security officers may carry 
16weapons, upon which
they have been trained and qualified as 
17permitted by law, at their place of
employment and to and from 
18their place of employment with the consent of the
Sheriff.  The 
19court security officers shall be sworn officers of the Sheriff

20and shall be primarily responsible for the security of the 
21courthouse and its
courtrooms.  The court security officers 
22shall be under the sole control of
the sheriff of the county in 
23which they are hired.  No court security officer shall be 
 
 
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1subject to the jurisdiction of a Sheriff's Merit Commission 
2unless the officer was hired through the Sheriff's Merit 
3Commission's certified applicant process under Section 3-8010 
4of the Counties Code. If a county has a Sheriff's
Merit 
5Commission, court security officers shall be subject to its 
6jurisdiction
for disciplinary purposes.  They are not regular 
7appointed deputies under
Section 3-6008.  The position of court 
8security officer shall not be considered
a rank when seeking 
9initial appointment as deputy sheriff under Section
3-8011.

10    Every court security officer hired on or after the 
11effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996
shall serve a 
12probationary period of 12 months during which time they may
be 
13discharged at the will of the Sheriff.

14(Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)