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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Spaces in Public Places Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Institution of higher learning" or "institution" has the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | meaning given to that term under the Higher Education Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Assistance Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Public entrance" means the main entrance to each building, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | gymnasium, or football stadium of an institution of higher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | learning. "Public entrance" does not include a service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | entrance, secondary door, or bus loading zone entrance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Section 10. Metal detectors required. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | institution of higher learning must install and operate a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | walk-through metal detector at each public entrance of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | institution and at all entrances open to the public during any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | special event on any campus of the institution if more than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 1,000 people are present at the event. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) In consultation and cooperation with the Board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Higher Education, the Department of State Police shall provide |
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1 | training to employees of the institution in the use of | ||||||
2 | walk-through metal detectors and the protocol for responding if | ||||||
3 | contraband is detected with the use of a walk-through metal | ||||||
4 | detector. | ||||||
5 | (c) The Board of Higher Education shall, subject to | ||||||
6 | appropriation, make grants available to each institution of | ||||||
7 | higher learning to assist in the purchase and operation of | ||||||
8 | walk-through metal detectors under this Act. | ||||||
9 | Section 50. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
10 | Section 3-6023 as follows:
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11 | (55 ILCS 5/3-6023) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6023)
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12 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-987 )
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13 | Sec. 3-6023. Attendance at courts. Each sheriff shall, in | ||||||
14 | person or by
deputy, county corrections officer, or court | ||||||
15 | security officer, attend upon
all courts held in his or her | ||||||
16 | county when in session, and obey the lawful
orders and | ||||||
17 | directions of the court, and shall maintain the security of the
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18 | courthouse. As part of this duty, the sheriff shall maintain a | ||||||
19 | walk-through metal detector at each point of entry into the | ||||||
20 | courthouse. A courthouse
shall ensure that all members of the | ||||||
21 | public, other than employees of the county or individuals who | ||||||
22 | display proper credentials, who enter the courthouse at a point | ||||||
23 | of entry are subjected to screening by a walk-through metal | ||||||
24 | detector. Court services customarily performed by sheriffs |
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1 | shall be provided
by the sheriff or his or her deputies, county | ||||||
2 | corrections officers, or
court security officers, rather than | ||||||
3 | by employees of the court, unless there
are no deputies, county | ||||||
4 | corrections officers, or court security officers
available to | ||||||
5 | perform such services. The expenses of the sheriff in carrying
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6 | out his or her duties under this Section, including the | ||||||
7 | compensation of
deputies, county corrections officers, or | ||||||
8 | court security officers assigned
to such services, shall be | ||||||
9 | paid to the county from fees collected pursuant to
court order | ||||||
10 | for services of the sheriff and from any court services fees
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11 | collected by the county pursuant to Section 5-1103, as now or | ||||||
12 | hereafter
amended ; except that the Department of State Police | ||||||
13 | shall, subject to appropriation, make grants available to | ||||||
14 | assist in the purchase and operation of walk-through metal | ||||||
15 | detectors .
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16 | (Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97; 89-707, eff. 6-1-97.)
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17 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-987 )
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18 | Sec. 3-6023. Attendance at courts. Each sheriff shall, in | ||||||
19 | person or by
deputy, county corrections officer, or court | ||||||
20 | security officer, attend upon
all courts held in his or her | ||||||
21 | county when in session, and obey the lawful
orders and | ||||||
22 | directions of the court, and shall maintain the security of the
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23 | courthouse. As part of this duty, the sheriff shall maintain a | ||||||
24 | walk-through metal detector at each point of entry into the | ||||||
25 | courthouse. A courthouse
shall ensure that all members of the |
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1 | public, other than employees of the county or individuals who | ||||||
2 | display proper credentials, who enter the courthouse at a point | ||||||
3 | of entry are subjected to screening by a walk-through metal | ||||||
4 | detector. Court services customarily performed by sheriffs | ||||||
5 | shall be provided
by the sheriff or his or her deputies, county | ||||||
6 | corrections officers, or
court security officers, rather than | ||||||
7 | by employees of the court, unless there
are no deputies, county | ||||||
8 | corrections officers, or court security officers
available to | ||||||
9 | perform such services. The expenses of the sheriff in carrying
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10 | out his or her duties under this Section, including the | ||||||
11 | compensation of
deputies, county corrections officers, or | ||||||
12 | court security officers assigned
to such services, shall be | ||||||
13 | paid to the county from fees collected pursuant to
court order | ||||||
14 | for services of the sheriff and from any court services fees
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15 | collected by the county under the Criminal and Traffic | ||||||
16 | Assessment Act ; except that the Department of State Police | ||||||
17 | shall, subject to appropriation, make grants available to | ||||||
18 | assist in the purchase and operation of walk-through metal | ||||||
19 | detectors .
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)
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21 | Section 55. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
22 | 10-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows: | ||||||
23 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 10-20.69. Metal detectors required. |
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1 | (a) In this Section, "public entrance" means the main | ||||||
2 | entrance of a school building, gymnasium, or football stadium. | ||||||
3 | "Public entrance" does not include a service entrance, | ||||||
4 | secondary door, or school bus loading zone entrance. | ||||||
5 | (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a school | ||||||
6 | board shall require each school under its authority to install | ||||||
7 | and operate a walk-through metal detector at all public | ||||||
8 | entrances of the school. A school board shall also require each | ||||||
9 | school to install and operate a walk-through metal detector at | ||||||
10 | all entrances open to the public during any special event on | ||||||
11 | the grounds of the school if more than 1,000 people are present | ||||||
12 | at the event. | ||||||
13 | (c) In consultation and cooperation with the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Education, the Department of State Police shall provide | ||||||
15 | training to members of school personnel in the use of | ||||||
16 | walk-through metal detectors and the protocol for responding if | ||||||
17 | contraband is detected with the use of a walk-through metal | ||||||
18 | detector. | ||||||
19 | (d) The State Board of Education shall, subject to | ||||||
20 | appropriation, make grants available to a school district to | ||||||
21 | assist in the purchase and operation of walk-through metal | ||||||
22 | detectors under this Section. | ||||||
23 | (e) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | ||||||
24 | implement this Section. | ||||||
25 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new) |
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1 | Sec. 34-18.61. Metal detectors required. | ||||||
2 | (a) In this Section, "public entrance" means the main | ||||||
3 | entrance of a school building, gymnasium, or football stadium. | ||||||
4 | "Public entrance" does not include a service entrance, | ||||||
5 | secondary door, or school bus loading zone entrance. | ||||||
6 | (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the board | ||||||
7 | shall require each school under its authority to install and | ||||||
8 | operate a walk-through metal detector at all public entrances | ||||||
9 | of the school. The board shall also require each school to | ||||||
10 | install and operate a walk-through metal detector at all | ||||||
11 | entrances open to the public during any special event on the | ||||||
12 | grounds of the school if more than 1,000 people are present at | ||||||
13 | the event. | ||||||
14 | (c) In consultation and cooperation with the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education, the Department of State Police shall provide | ||||||
16 | training to members of school personnel in the use of | ||||||
17 | walk-through metal detectors and the protocol for responding if | ||||||
18 | contraband is detected with the use of a walk-through metal | ||||||
19 | detector. | ||||||
20 | (d) The State Board of Education shall, subject to | ||||||
21 | appropriation, make grants available to the school district to | ||||||
22 | assist in the purchase and operation of walk-through metal | ||||||
23 | detectors under this Section. | ||||||
24 | (e) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | ||||||
25 | implement this Section. |
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1 | Section 60. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
2 | Section 7.7 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (210 ILCS 85/7.7 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 7.7. Metal detectors required. | ||||||
5 | (a) In this Section, "point of entry" means an entrance | ||||||
6 | accessible to the public. "Point of entry" does not include an | ||||||
7 | ambulance entrance. | ||||||
8 | (b) A hospital licensed under this Act shall maintain a | ||||||
9 | metal detector at each point of entry into the hospital. A | ||||||
10 | hospital shall ensure that all members of the public, other | ||||||
11 | than the employees of the hospital who display proper | ||||||
12 | credentials, who enter the hospital at a point of entry are | ||||||
13 | subjected to screening by a metal detector. Individuals subject | ||||||
14 | to screening under this Section shall include, but not be | ||||||
15 | limited to, individuals in wheelchairs. | ||||||
16 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
17 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
18 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
19 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
20 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
21 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
22 | Public Act.
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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