Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 4/1/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2459

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2459 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is
5amended by reenacting and changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 725/8)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2016)
8    Sec. 8. Commission on Police Professionalism.
9    (a) Recognizing the need to review performance standards
10governing the professionalism of law enforcement agencies and
11officers in the 21st century, the General Assembly hereby
12creates the Commission on Police Professionalism.
13    (b) The Commission on Policing Standards and
14Professionalism shall be composed of the following members:
15        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
16    of the Senate;

 

 

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1        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
2    Minority Leader;
3        (3) one member of the House of Representatives
4    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
5        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
6    appointed by the House Minority Leader;
7        (5) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
8    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
9    by the Governor;
10        (6) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
11    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
12    by the President of the Senate;
13        (7) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
14    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
15    by the Senate Minority Leader;
16        (8) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
17    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
18    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
19        (9) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
20    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
21    by the House Minority Leader;
22        (10) the Director of State Police, or his or her
23    designee;
24        (11) the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement
25    Training Standards Board, or his or her designee;
26        (12) the Director of a statewide organization

 

 

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1    representing Illinois sheriffs;
2        (13) the Director of a statewide organization
3    representing Illinois chiefs of police;
4        (14) the Director of a statewide fraternal
5    organization representing sworn law enforcement officers
6    in this State;
7        (15) the Director of a benevolent association
8    representing sworn police officers in this State;
9        (16) the Director of a fraternal organization
10    representing sworn law enforcement officers within the
11    City of Chicago; and
12        (17) the Director of a fraternal organization
13    exclusively representing sworn Illinois State Police
14    officers.
15    (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
16House of Representatives shall each appoint a joint chairperson
17to the Commission. The Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
18shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
19    (d) The Commission shall meet regularly to review the
20current training and certification process for law enforcement
21officers, review the duties of the various types of law
22enforcement officers, including auxiliary officers, review the
23standards for the issuance of badges, shields, and other police
24and agency identification, and examine whether law enforcement
25officers should be licensed. For the purposes of this
26subsection (d), "badge" means an officer's department issued

 

 

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1identification number associated with his or her position as a
2police officer with that Department.
3    (e) The Commission shall submit a report of its findings
4and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly and
5Governor on or before September 30 March 31, 2016.
6    (f) This Section is repealed on October April 1, 2016.
7    (g) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
8        (1) this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly
9    manifests the intention of the General Assembly to extend
10    the repeal of this Section and have this Section continue
11    in effect until October 1, 2016; and
12        (2) any construction of this Section that results in
13    the repeal of this Section on March 31, 2016 would be
14    inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General
15    Assembly.
16It is hereby declared to be the intent of the General Assembly
17that this Section not be subject to repeal on March 31, 2016.
18    This Section shall be deemed to have been in continuous
19effect since August 12, 2015 (the effective date of Public Act
2099-352), and it shall continue to be in effect henceforward
21until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously enacted
22amendments to this Section taking effect on or after March 31,
232016 are hereby validated. All actions taken in reliance on or
24pursuant to this Section by the Commission or any other person
25or entity are hereby validated.
26    In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of this

 

 

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1Section, it is set forth in full and reenacted by this
2amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. This reenactment
3is intended as a continuation of this Section. It is not
4intended to supersede any amendment to this Section that is
5enacted by the 99th General Assembly.
6    This Section applies to all actions made on or before the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
8Assembly.
9(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 8-12-15; 99-494, eff. 12-17-15.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".