101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2591

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/8.1  from Ch. 85, par. 508.1

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act concerning certification by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that if the certification is not completed during the initial 6-month period or under the 90-day extension, the applicant must wait one full calendar year before testing becomes available again under that same agency. Provides that if an applicant is hired with another department, that recruit must wait one full calendar year with the original department he or she tested with prior to a lateral transfer. Makes technical changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/8.1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
7    Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections
8officers.
9    (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a
10permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined
11in this Act nor shall any person receive, after the effective
12date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as
13a county corrections officer unless that person has been
14awarded, within 6 six months of his or her initial full-time
15employment, a certificate attesting to his or her successful
16completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement and
17County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Board;
18or has been awarded a certificate attesting to his satisfactory
19completion of a training program of similar content and number
20of hours and which course has been found acceptable by the
21Board under the provisions of this Act; or by reason of
22extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections
23experience the basic training requirement is determined by the

 

 

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1Board to be illogical and unreasonable.
2    If such training is required and not completed within the
3applicable 6 six months, then the officer must forfeit his or
4her position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from
5the Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver
6shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in
7no case shall not extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6
8six months. If the certification is not completed during the
9initial 6-month period or under the 90-day extension, the
10applicant must wait one full calendar year before testing
11becomes available again under that same agency. If an applicant
12is hired with another department, that recruit must wait one
13full calendar year with the original department he or she
14tested with prior to a lateral transfer.
15    (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
16that a law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental
17agency at the time of the effective date of this amendatory
18Act, either as a probationary police officer or as a permanent
19police officer, shall require certification under the
20provisions of this Section. No provision of this Section shall
21be construed to mean that a county corrections officer employed
22by a local governmental agency at the time of the effective
23date of this amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary
24county corrections or as a permanent county corrections
25officer, shall require certification under the provisions of
26this Section. No provision of this Section shall be construed

 

 

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1to apply to certification of elected county sheriffs.
2    (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
3officers or probationary part-time police officers.
4(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)