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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4104 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Smiddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 805/805-535 | was 20 ILCS 805/63b2.2 |
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Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall implement measures to ensure that the Office of Law Enforcement establishes and maintains a sworn police force of at least 175 personnel by July 1, 2020. Provides that accrual of sworn conservation police officers along with necessary support staff shall be added incrementally beginning with Fiscal Year 2016 with subsequent additions established until the goal is reached. Provides that, anytime the number of sworn officers drops below a minimum of 165, the Department shall immediately implement hiring procedures to reestablish the number of sworn officers back to 175.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Natural Resources |
5 | | (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois |
6 | | is amended by changing Section 805-535 as follows:
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7 | | (20 ILCS 805/805-535) (was 20 ILCS 805/63b2.2)
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8 | | Sec. 805-535. Conservation Police Officers. In addition to
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9 | | the arrest powers prescribed by law, Conservation
Police |
10 | | Officers are conservators of the peace and as such have all |
11 | | powers
possessed by policemen, except that they may exercise |
12 | | those powers
anywhere
in this State. Conservation Police |
13 | | Officers acting under the authority
of this Section are |
14 | | considered employees of the Department and are subject
to its |
15 | | direction, benefits, and legal protection.
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16 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall implement |
17 | | measures to ensure that the Office of Law Enforcement |
18 | | establishes and maintains a sworn police force of at least 175 |
19 | | personnel by July 1, 2020. Accrual of sworn conservation police |
20 | | officers along with necessary support staff shall be added |
21 | | incrementally beginning with Fiscal Year 2016 with subsequent |
22 | | additions established until the goal is reached. Anytime the |
23 | | number of sworn officers drops below a minimum of 165, the |