101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4335

 

Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/8.1  from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff unless he or she has a certificate attesting to his or her successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Officers Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act making a conforming change.


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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 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 or her
19satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
20content and number of hours and which course has been found
21acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or by
22reason of extensive 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 months, then the officer must forfeit his or her
4position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from the
5Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver shall be
6issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in no case
7shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6 months. Any
8hiring agency that fails to train a law enforcement officer
9within this period shall be prohibited from employing this
10individual in a law enforcement capacity for one year from the
11date training was to be completed. If an agency again fails to
12train the individual a second time, the agency shall be
13permanently barred from employing this individual in a law
14enforcement capacity.
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. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
5    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6Section 3-6001.5 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5)
8    Sec. 3-6001.5. Sheriff qualifications. A On or after the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
10Assembly, except as otherwise provided in this Section, a
11person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office
12of sheriff, unless that person meets all of the following
13requirements:
14        (1) Is a United States citizen.
15        (2) Has been a resident of the county for at least one
16    year.
17        (3) Is not a convicted felon.
18        (4) Has a certificate attesting to his or her
19    successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law
20    Enforcement Officers Training Course as prescribed by the
21    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a
22    substantially similar training program of another state or
23    the federal government. This paragraph does not apply to a
24    sheriff currently serving on the effective date of this

 

 

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1    amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
2(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)