101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5841

 

Introduced 11/10/2020, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Police Training Act is applicable to the training, certification, licensing, decertification, and revocation of licenses of State Police officers one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified beginning one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the chief of police in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more shall be elected beginning with the 2021 consolidated election and shall be known as the Superintendent of Police. Provides for the eligibility, bond, oath, recall, impeachment, and training required of the Superintendent of Police. Limits home rule powers. Requires, after the initial election of the Superintendent of Police, all police officers to give bond in the amount of $100,000. Repeals the provisions, except the bond and recall provisions, on January 1, 2031. Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code requiring municipalities with police departments and counties to create an elected community accountability board that acts as the civilian accountability entity to the sheriff's department and police departments. Allows municipalities or counties under 10,000 to enter into an intergovernmental agreement to form a joint community accountability board. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions are effective one year after the amendatory Act becomes law.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning police.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Law Enforcement Criminal Sexual Assault
5Investigation Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 815/10)
7    Sec. 10. Investigation of officer-involved criminal
8assault; requirements.
9    (a) Each law enforcement agency shall have a written policy
10regarding the investigation of officer-involved criminal
11sexual assault that involves a law enforcement officer employed
12by that law enforcement agency.
13    (b) Each officer-involved criminal sexual assault
14investigation shall be conducted by at least 2 investigators or
15an entity comprised of at least 2 investigators, one of whom
16shall be the lead investigator. The investigators shall have
17completed a specialized sexual assault and sexual abuse
18investigation training program approved by the Illinois Law
19Enforcement Training Standards Board or similar training
20approved by the Department of State Police. No investigator
21involved in the investigation may be employed by the law
22enforcement agency that employs the officer involved in the
23officer-involved criminal sexual assault, unless the

 

 

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1investigator is employed by the Department of State Police or a
2municipality with a population over 1,000,000 and is not
3assigned to the same division or unit as the officer involved
4in the criminal sexual assault.
5    (c) Upon receipt of an allegation or complaint of an
6officer-involved criminal sexual assault, a municipality with
7a population over 1,000,000 shall promptly notify an
8independent agency, created by ordinance of the municipality,
9tasked with investigating incidents of police misconduct.
10(Source: P.A. 100-515, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
11    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
12Section 2A-1.2 as follows:
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
14    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
15designated.
16    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
17even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
18shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
19        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
20    United States;
21        (2) United States Senator and United States
22    Representative;
23        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
24        (4) State Senator and State Representative;

 

 

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1        (5) County elected officers, including State's
2    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
3    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
4    Executive;
5        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
6        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
7    counties or educational service regions in which that
8    office has been abolished;
9        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
10    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
11    newly created judicial offices;
12        (9) (Blank);
13        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
14    Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, and elected Trustee
15    of other Sanitary Districts;
16        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
17    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
18    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
19    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
20    political parties.
21    (b) At the general primary election:
22        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
23    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
24    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
25    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
26    made by caucus.

 

 

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1        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
2    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
3    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
4    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
5    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
6    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
7    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
8    is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
9    primary shall also be on the ballot.
10        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
11    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
12    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
13    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
14    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
15    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
16    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
17    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
18    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
19    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
20    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
21    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
22    weeks preceding that election.
23        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
24    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
25    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
26    the year in which the general primary is held shall be

 

 

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1    elected.
2    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
3odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
4        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
5    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
6    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
7    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
8    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
9    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
10    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
11    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
12    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
13    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
14    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
15    by such ordinance;
16        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
17        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
18        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
19        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
20        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
21    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
22    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
23    requires election of candidates of political parties;
24        (7) Township officers, including township park
25    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
26    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township

 

 

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1    Assessors;
2        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
3        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
4    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
5        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
6    River Waterway Management Agency;
7        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
8    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
9    Act;
10        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
11    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
12    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
13    counties or educational service regions having a
14    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
15    boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
16    districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
17        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
18        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
19        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
20    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
21        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
22    Districts;
23        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
24    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
25    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
26    political parties.

 

 

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1        (18) County and municipal community accountability
2    board members.
3    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
4odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
5nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
6election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
7of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
8except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
9subsection (c).
10    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
11odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
12shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
13mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
14to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
15elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
16required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
17nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
18candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
19of political parties.
20    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
21odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
22elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
23an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
24pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
25    (e) (Blank).
26    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public

 

 

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1questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
2any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
3by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
4    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
5established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
6the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
7to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
8election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
9provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
10officers shall be subject to the referendum.
11    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
12officials established in this Article, any community college
13district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
14to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
15hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
16members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
17effective date of the new district.
18    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
19any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
20to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
21held in the precinct on that date.
22    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
23the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
24(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 8-23-19.)
 
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1Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections
22605-5, 2605-54, 2605-85, 2605-90, 2605-96, 2605-97, and
32605-98, and 2605-375 and by adding Section 2605-53.5 as
4follows:
 
5    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-5)
6    Sec. 2605-5. Definitions. In this Law:
7    "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
8Standards Board.
9    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
10    "Director" means the Director of State Police.
11    "Missing endangered senior" means an individual 65 years of
12age or older or a person with Alzheimer's disease or related
13dementias who is reported missing to a law enforcement agency
14and is, or is believed to be:
15        (1) a temporary or permanent resident of Illinois;
16        (2) at a location that cannot be determined by an
17    individual familiar with the missing individual; and
18        (3) incapable of returning to the individual's
19    residence without assistance.
20(Source: P.A. 96-442, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
21    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-53.5 new)
22    Sec. 2605-53.5. Applicability of the Illinois Police
23Training Act. The provisions of the Illinois Police Training
24Act are applicable to the training, certification, licensing,

 

 

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1decertification, and revocation of licenses of State Police
2officers.
 
3    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-54)
4    Sec. 2605-54. Training policy; persons arrested while
5under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Board Department
6shall adopt a policy and provide training to State Police
7officers concerning response and care for persons under the
8influence of alcohol or drugs. The policy shall be consistent
9with the Substance Use Disorder Act and shall provide guidance
10for the arrest of persons under the influence of alcohol or
11drugs, proper medical attention if warranted, and care and
12release of those persons from custody. The policy shall provide
13guidance concerning the release of persons arrested under the
14influence of alcohol or drugs who are under the age of 21 years
15of age which shall include, but not be limited to, language
16requiring the arresting officer to make a reasonable attempt to
17contact a responsible adult who is willing to take custody of
18the person who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
19(Source: P.A. 100-537, eff. 6-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
20    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-85)
21    Sec. 2605-85. Training; cultural diversity. The Board
22Department shall provide training and continuing education to
23State Police officers concerning cultural diversity, including
24sensitivity toward racial and ethnic differences. This

 

 

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1training and continuing education shall include, but not be
2limited to, an emphasis on the fact that the primary purpose of
3enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code is safety and equal
4and uniform enforcement under the law.
5(Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
 
6    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-90)
7    Sec. 2605-90. Training; death and homicide investigations.
8The Board Department shall provide training in death and
9homicide investigation for State police officers. Only State
10police officers who successfully complete the training may be
11assigned as lead investigators in death and homicide
12investigations. Satisfactory completion of the training shall
13be evidenced by a certificate issued to the officer by the
14Department.
15    The Board Director shall develop a process for waiver
16applications for those officers whose prior training and
17experience as homicide investigators may qualify them for a
18waiver. The Board Director may issue a waiver at his or her
19discretion, based solely on the prior training and experience
20of an officer as a homicide investigator.
21(Source: P.A. 96-1111, eff. 1-1-12; 97-553, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-96)
23    Sec. 2605-96. Training; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
24(PTSD). The Board Department shall conduct or approve a

 

 

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1training program in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for
2State police officers. The purpose of that training shall be to
3equip State police officers to identify the symptoms of PTSD
4and to respond appropriately to individuals exhibiting those
5symptoms.
6(Source: P.A. 97-1040, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-97)
8    Sec. 2605-97. Training; opioid antagonists. The Board
9Department shall conduct or approve a training program for
10State police officers in the administration of opioid
11antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of
12Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act that is in
13accordance with that Section. As used in this Section 2605-97,
14the term "State police officers" includes full-time or
15part-time State troopers, police officers, investigators, or
16any other employee of the Department exercising the powers of a
17peace officer.
18(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
19    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-98)
20    Sec. 2605-98. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
21    (a) The Board Department of State Police shall conduct or
22approve training programs in trauma-informed responses and
23investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse, which
24include, but is not limited to, the following:

 

 

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1        (1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
2        (2) understanding the role trauma has played in a
3    victim's life;
4        (3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
5        (4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive,
6    and nonjudgmental manner;
7        (5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the
8    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
9        (6) understanding cultural perceptions and common
10    myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse; and
11        (7) report writing techniques in accordance with the
12    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section.
13    (b) This training must be presented in all full and
14part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1,
152018.
16    (c) The Board Department must present this training to all
17State police officers within 3 years after the effective date
18of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly and must
19present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual abuse
20response and report writing training requirements every 3
21years.
22    (d) The Board Department must provide to all State police
23officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse
24investigations, specialized training on sexual assault and
25sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after the effective
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1must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual
2abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
3    (e) Instructors providing this training shall have
4successfully completed training on evidence-based,
5trauma-informed, victim-centered responses to cases of sexual
6assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to
7sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
8    (f) The Board Department shall adopt rules, in consultation
9with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the
10Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, to
11determine the specific training requirements for these
12courses, including, but not limited to, the following:
13        (1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report
14    writing and immediate response to sexual assault and sexual
15    abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered
16    interview techniques, which have been demonstrated to
17    minimize retraumatization, for all State police officers;
18    and
19        (2) evidence-based curriculum standards for
20    trauma-informed, victim-centered investigation and
21    interviewing techniques, which have been demonstrated to
22    minimize retraumatization, for cases of sexual assault and
23    sexual abuse for all State Police officers who conduct
24    sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations.
25(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-375)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
2    Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies
3Data System (LEADS).
4    (a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
5Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing
6electronic access by authorized entities to criminal justice
7data repositories and effecting an immediate law enforcement
8response to reports of missing persons, including lost, missing
9or runaway minors, lost or missing individuals with
10developmental or intellectual disabilities, and missing
11endangered seniors. The Department shall implement an
12automatic data exchange system to compile, to maintain, and to
13make available to other law enforcement agencies for immediate
14dissemination data that can assist appropriate agencies in
15recovering missing persons and provide access by authorized
16entities to various data repositories available through LEADS
17for criminal justice and related purposes. To assist the
18Department in this effort, funds may be appropriated from the
19LEADS Maintenance Fund. Funds may be appropriated from the
20LEADS Maintenance Fund to the Department to finance any of its
21lawful purposes or functions in relation to defraying the
22expenses associated with establishing, maintaining, and
23supporting the issuance of electronic citations.
24    (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
25Department shall provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for
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1missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the
2following:
3        (1) Relevant information obtained from the
4    notification concerning the missing person, including all
5    of the following:
6            (A) a physical description of the missing person;
7            (B) the date, time, and place that the missing
8        person was last seen; and
9            (C) the missing person's address.
10        (2) Information gathered by a preliminary
11    investigation, if one was made.
12        (3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in
13    charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based
14    on the evidence and information received.
15    (b-5) The Department of State Police shall:
16        (1) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide
17    or regional alert would be used in situations relating to
18    the disappearances of individuals, based on criteria and in
19    a format established by the Department. Such a format shall
20    include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing
21    person and the suspected circumstance of the
22    disappearance.
23        (2) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of
24    missing persons shall be entered as soon as the minimum
25    level of data specified by the Department is available to
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1    entry of the data exists.
2        (3) Compile and retain information regarding lost,
3    abducted, missing, or runaway minors in a separate data
4    file, in a manner that allows that information to be used
5    by law enforcement and other agencies deemed appropriate by
6    the Director, for investigative purposes. The information
7    shall include the disposition of all reported lost,
8    abducted, missing, or runaway minor cases.
9        (4) Compile and maintain an historic data repository
10    relating to lost, abducted, missing, or runaway minors and
11    other missing persons, including, but not limited to, lost
12    or missing individuals with developmental or intellectual
13    disabilities and missing endangered seniors, in order to
14    develop and improve techniques utilized by law enforcement
15    agencies when responding to reports of missing persons.
16        (5) Create a quality control program regarding
17    confirmation of missing person data, timeliness of entries
18    of missing person reports into LEADS, and performance
19    audits of all entering agencies.
20    (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
21shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel
22of State and local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons
23Identification Act.
24    (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties
25prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject
26to appropriation.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-662, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
2    Section 20. The State Police Act is amended by changing
3Sections 8, 40, and 45 as follows:
 
4    (20 ILCS 2610/8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 307.8)
5    Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided in the Illinois Police
6Training Act, the The Board shall exercise jurisdiction over
7the certification for appointment and promotion, and over the
8discipline, removal, demotion and suspension of Department of
9State Police officers. Pursuant to recognized merit principles
10of public employment, the Board shall formulate, adopt, and put
11into effect rules, regulations and procedures for its operation
12and the transaction of its business. The Board shall establish
13a classification of ranks of persons subject to its
14jurisdiction and shall set standards and qualifications for
15each rank. Each Department of State Police officer appointed by
16the Director shall be classified as a State Police officer as
17follows: trooper, sergeant, master sergeant, lieutenant,
18captain, major, or Special Agent. In case of a conflict between
19this Act and the Illinois Police Training Act, the provisions
20of the Illinois Police Training Act shall prevail.
21(Source: P.A. 100-49, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 2610/40)
23    Sec. 40. Training; administration of epinephrine.

 

 

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1    (a) This Section, along with Section 10.19 of the Illinois
2Police Training Act, may be referred to as the Annie LeGere
3Law.
4    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "epinephrine
5auto-injector" means a single-use device used for the automatic
6injection of a pre-measured dose of epinephrine into the human
7body prescribed in the name of the Department.
8    (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
9Department may conduct or approve a training program for State
10Police officers to recognize and respond to anaphylaxis,
11including, but not limited to:
12        (1) how to recognize symptoms of an allergic reaction;
13        (2) how to respond to an emergency involving an
14    allergic reaction;
15        (3) how to administer an epinephrine auto-injector;
16        (4) how to respond to an individual with a known
17    allergy as well as an individual with a previously unknown
18    allergy;
19        (5) a test demonstrating competency of the knowledge
20    required to recognize anaphylaxis and administer an
21    epinephrine auto-injector; and
22        (6) other criteria as determined in rules adopted by
23    the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
24    Department.
25    (d) The Department may authorize a State Police officer who
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1carry, administer, or assist with the administration of
2epinephrine auto-injectors whenever he or she is performing
3official duties.
4    (e) The Department must establish a written policy to
5control the acquisition, storage, transportation,
6administration, and disposal of epinephrine auto-injectors
7before it allows any State Police officer to carry and
8administer epinephrine auto-injectors.
9    (f) A physician, physician physician's assistant with
10prescriptive authority, or advanced practice registered nurse
11with prescriptive authority may provide a standing protocol or
12prescription for epinephrine auto-injectors in the name of the
13Department to be maintained for use when necessary.
14    (g) When a State Police officer administers an epinephrine
15auto-injector in good faith, the officer and the Department,
16and its employees and agents, including a physician, physician
17physician's assistant with prescriptive authority, or advanced
18practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority who
19provides a standing order or prescription for an epinephrine
20auto-injector, incur no civil or professional liability,
21except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any
22injury or death arising from the use of an epinephrine
23auto-injector.
24(Source: P.A. 99-711, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
25100-648, eff. 7-31-18; revised 1-14-20.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2610/45)
2    Sec. 45. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
3Prevention Act; training. The Department shall comply with the
4Health Care Violence Prevention Act. The Illinois Law
5Enforcement Training Standards Board and shall provide an
6appropriate level of training for its officers concerning the
7Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
8(Source: P.A. 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1186, eff. 4-5-19.)
 
9    Section 25. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
10changing Sections 2, 6, 6.1, 8.1, and 8.2 and adding Section
116.3 as follows:
 
12    (50 ILCS 705/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
13    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
14context otherwise requires:
15    "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
16Standards Board.
17    "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
18unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
19include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
20department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
21the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
22university, college or public community college.
23    "Police training school" means any school located within
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1offers a course in police or county corrections training and
2has been approved by the Board.
3    "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
4enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
5minimum basic training requirements at a police training school
6to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a local
7law enforcement officer.
8    "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
9part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
10complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
11eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law
12enforcement officer.
13    "Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement officer
14who has completed his or her probationary period and is
15permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
16enforcement officer by a participating local governmental unit
17or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
18employed by a participating State-controlled university,
19college, or public community college.
20    "Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement officer
21who has completed his or her probationary period and is
22employed on a part-time basis as a law enforcement officer by a
23participating unit of local government or as a campus policeman
24by a participating State-controlled university, college, or
25public community college.
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1State or local governmental agency who is primarily responsible
2for prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
3criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
4political subdivision of this State or (ii) any member of a
5police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2
6of the Railroad Police Act.
7    "Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement
8officer or full-time county corrections officer who is enrolled
9in an approved training course.
10    "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
11county corrections officer required to successfully complete
12initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
13training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
14full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
15    "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
16corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
17and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
18corrections officer by a participating local governmental
19unit.
20    "County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of the
21sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
22custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
23    "Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
24court security officer required to successfully complete
25initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
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1security officer.
2    "Permanent court security officer" means a court security
3officer who has completed his or her probationary period and is
4employed as a court security officer by a participating local
5governmental unit.
6    "Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
7Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
8(Source: P.A. 94-846, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 705/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
10    Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and
11certification of schools. The Board shall select and certify
12schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of
13providing basic training for probationary police officers,
14probationary county corrections officers, and court security
15officers and of providing advanced or in-service training for
16permanent police officers or permanent county corrections
17officers, which schools may be either publicly or privately
18owned and operated. In addition, the Board has the following
19power and duties:
20        a. To require local governmental units to furnish such
21    reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
22    fully implement this Act.
23        b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
24    standards relating to the training of probationary local
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1    corrections officers, and in-service training of permanent
2    police officers.
3        c. To provide appropriate licensure or certification
4    to those probationary officers who successfully complete
5    the prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
6        d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for
7    county sheriffs.
8        e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no
9    applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
10    applicant is a person of good character and has not been
11    convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, a felony
12    offense, any of the misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50, 11-6,
13    11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2,
14    28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the
15    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
16    subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the
17    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
18    subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of
19    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 5 or 5.2 of
20    the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving moral
21    turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
22    which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
23    felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Board may appoint
24    investigators who shall enforce the duties conferred upon
25    the Board by this Act.
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1    officers employed by the State or a unit of local
2    government.
3(Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
4    (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
5    Sec. 6.1. Revocation of license or decertification
6Decertification of full-time and part-time police officers.
7    (a) The Board must review police officer conduct and
8records to ensure that no police officer is licensed certified
9or provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been
10convicted of or pleads guilty to , or entered a plea of guilty
11to, a felony offense under the laws of this State or any other
12state which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
13felony. The Board must also ensure that no police officer is
14licensed certified or provided a valid waiver if that police
15officer has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to,
16on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999
17of any misdemeanor specified in this Section or if committed in
18any other state would be an offense similar to Section 11-1.50,
1911-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1,
2017-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the
21Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, to
22subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the
23Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
24subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
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1Cannabis Control Act. The Board must appoint investigators to
2enforce the duties conferred upon the Board by this Act.
3    (b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief
4executive officer of every local law enforcement agency or
5department within this State to report to the Board any arrest,
6conviction, or plea of guilty of any officer for an offense
7identified in this Section.
8    (c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time
9and part-time police officer in this State to report to the
10Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief
11executive officer, of his or her arrest, conviction, or plea of
12guilty for an offense identified in this Section. Any full-time
13or part-time police officer who knowingly makes, submits,
14causes to be submitted, or files a false or untruthful report
15to the Board must have his or her license certificate or waiver
16immediately decertified or revoked.
17    (d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is
18immune from liability for submitting, disclosing, or releasing
19information of arrests, convictions, or pleas of guilty in this
20Section as long as the information is submitted, disclosed, or
21released in good faith and without malice. The Board has
22qualified immunity for the release of the information.
23    (e) Whenever a Any full-time or part-time police officer
24with a license certificate or waiver issued by the Board who is
25convicted ofor pleads guilty to , or entered a plea of guilty
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1or waiver is automatically revoked by operation of law
2immediately becomes decertified or no longer has a valid
3waiver. The decertification and invalidity of waivers occurs as
4a matter of law. Failure of a convicted person to report to the
5Board his or her conviction as described in this Section or any
6continued law enforcement practice after receiving a
7conviction is a Class 4 felony.
8    (f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have
9all the powers possessed by policemen in cities and by
10sheriff's, and these investigators may exercise those powers
11anywhere in the State. An investigator shall not have peace
12officer status or exercise police powers unless he or she
13successfully completes the basic police training course
14mandated and approved by the Board or the Board waives the
15training requirement by reason of the investigator's prior law
16enforcement experience, training, or both. The Board shall not
17waive the training requirement unless the investigator has had
18a minimum of 5 years experience as a sworn officer of a local,
19State, or federal law enforcement agency.
20    (g) The Board must request and receive information and
21assistance from any federal, state, or local governmental
22agency as part of the authorized criminal background
23investigation. The Department of State Police must process,
24retain, and additionally provide and disseminate information
25to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
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1before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant,
3law enforcement applicant, or law enforcement officer whose
4fingerprint identification cards are on file or maintained by
5the Department of State Police. The Federal Bureau of
6Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history
7record information contained in its files pertaining to law
8enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified
9basic law enforcement academy as described in this Act based on
10fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees
11to the Department of State Police for each fingerprint card
12submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph 22
13of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
14    (h) A police officer who has been certified, licensed, or
15granted a valid waiver shall also be decertified, have his or
16her license revoked, or have his or her waiver revoked upon a
17determination by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
18that he or she, while under oath, has knowingly and willfully
19made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
20of the offense of murder. If an appeal is filed, the
21determination shall be stayed.
22        (1) In the case of an acquittal on a charge of murder,
23    a verified complaint may be filed:
24            (A) by the defendant; or
25            (B) by a police officer with personal knowledge of
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1        The complaint must allege that a police officer, while
2    under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
3    as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
4    murder. The verified complaint must be filed with the
5    Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement
6    Training Standards Board within 2 years of the judgment of
7    acquittal.
8        (2) Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the
9    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
10    review the verified complaint and determine whether the
11    verified complaint is frivolous and without merit, or
12    whether further investigation is warranted. The Illinois
13    Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify the
14    officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
15    Relations Board State Panel of the filing of the complaint
16    and any action taken thereon. If the Executive Director of
17    the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
18    determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and
19    without merit, it shall be dismissed. The Executive
20    Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
21    Standards Board has sole discretion to make this
22    determination and this decision is not subject to appeal.
23    (i) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
24Enforcement Training Standards Board determines that the
25verified complaint warrants further investigation, he or she
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1for this purpose. This task force shall consist of 8 sworn
2police officers: 2 from the Illinois State Police, 2 from the
3City of Chicago Police Department, 2 from county police
4departments, and 2 from municipal police departments. These
5investigators shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in
6conducting criminal investigations. The investigators shall be
7appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
8Enforcement Training Standards Board. Any officer or officers
9acting in this capacity pursuant to this statutory provision
10will have statewide police authority while acting in this
11investigative capacity. Their salaries and expenses for the
12time spent conducting investigations under this paragraph
13shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
14Standards Board.
15    (j) Once the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
16Enforcement Training Standards Board has determined that an
17investigation is warranted, the verified complaint shall be
18assigned to an investigator or investigators. The investigator
19or investigators shall conduct an investigation of the verified
20complaint and shall write a report of his or her findings. This
21report shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the
22Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
23    Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the Illinois
24Labor Relations Board State Panel shall review the
25investigative report and determine whether sufficient evidence
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1complaint. If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
2Relations Board State Panel determines upon his or her review
3of the investigatory report that a hearing should not be
4conducted, the complaint shall be dismissed. This decision is
5in the Executive Director's sole discretion, and this dismissal
6may not be appealed.
7    If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
8Board State Panel determines that there is sufficient evidence
9to warrant a hearing, a hearing shall be ordered on the
10verified complaint, to be conducted by an administrative law
11judge employed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
12Panel. The Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
13Board State Panel shall inform the Executive Director of the
14Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
15person who filed the complaint of either the dismissal of the
16complaint or the issuance of the complaint for hearing. The
17Executive Director shall assign the complaint to the
18administrative law judge within 30 days of the decision
19granting a hearing.
20    (k) In the case of a finding of guilt on the offense of
21murder, if a new trial is granted on direct appeal, or a state
22post-conviction evidentiary hearing is ordered, based on a
23claim that a police officer, under oath, knowingly and
24willfully made false statements as to a material fact going to
25an element of the offense of murder, the Illinois Labor
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1whether the officer should be decertified or have his or her
2license or waiver revoked if an interested party requests such
3a hearing within 2 years of the court's decision. The complaint
4shall be assigned to an administrative law judge within 30 days
5so that a hearing can be scheduled.
6    At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded the
7opportunity to:
8        (1) Be represented by counsel of his or her own
9    choosing;
10        (2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
11        (3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
12        (4) Request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board
13    State Panel compel the attendance of witnesses and
14    production of related documents including but not limited
15    to court documents and records.
16    Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified
17complaint shall be referred to the Department of Financial and
18Professional Regulation. That office shall prosecute the
19verified complaint at the hearing before the administrative law
20judge. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
21shall have the opportunity to produce evidence to support the
22verified complaint and to request the Illinois Labor Relations
23Board State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
24production of related documents, including, but not limited to,
25court documents and records. The Illinois Labor Relations Board
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1the attendance of and testimony of witnesses and the production
2of related documents including, but not limited to, court
3documents and records and shall have the power to administer
4oaths.
5    The administrative law judge shall have the responsibility
6of receiving into evidence relevant testimony and documents,
7including court records, to support or disprove the allegations
8made by the person filing the verified complaint and, at the
9close of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law
10judge finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence to
11support the verified complaint that the police officer has,
12while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
13as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
14murder, the administrative law judge shall make a written
15recommendation of dismissal to the Illinois Labor Relations
16Board State Panel. If the administrative law judge finds that
17there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer
18has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false
19statements as to a material fact that goes to an element of the
20offense of murder, the administrative law judge shall make a
21written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor
22Relations Board State Panel. The hearings shall be transcribed.
23The Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
24Standards Board shall be informed of the administrative law
25judge's recommended findings and decision and the Illinois
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1recommendation.
2    (l) An officer named in any complaint filed pursuant to
3this Act shall be indemnified for his or her reasonable
4attorney's fees and costs by his or her employer. These fees
5shall be paid in a regular and timely manner. The State, upon
6application by the public employer, shall reimburse the public
7employer for the accused officer's reasonable attorney's fees
8and costs. At no time and under no circumstances will the
9accused officer be required to pay his or her own reasonable
10attorney's fees or costs.
11    (m) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid
12status because of the filing or processing of the verified
13complaint until there is a final non-appealable order
14sustaining his or her guilt and his or her license or
15certification is revoked. Nothing in this Act, however,
16restricts the public employer from pursuing discipline against
17the officer in the normal course and under procedures then in
18place.
19    (n) The Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall
20review the administrative law judge's recommended decision and
21order and determine by a majority vote whether or not there was
22clear and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while
23under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to
24a material fact going to the offense of murder. Within 30 days
25of service of the administrative law judge's recommended
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1recommended decision and order and briefs in support of their
2exceptions with the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
3The parties may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in
4support of the responses no later than 15 days after the
5service of the exceptions. If exceptions are filed by any of
6the parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
7shall review the matter and make a finding to uphold, vacate,
8or modify the recommended decision and order. If the Illinois
9Labor Relations Board State Panel concludes that there is clear
10and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while under
11oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
12material fact going to an element of the offense murder, the
13Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall inform the
14Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
15Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall revoke
16the accused officer's, license, or waiver certification. If the
17accused officer appeals that determination to the Appellate
18Court, as provided by this Act, he or she may petition the
19Appellate Court to stay the revocation of his or her
20certification, license, or waiver pending the court's review of
21the matter.
22    (o) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
23Panel's findings or determinations shall set any precedent in
24any of its decisions decided pursuant to the Illinois Public
25Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
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1    (p) A party aggrieved by the final order of the Illinois
2Labor Relations Board State Panel may apply for and obtain
3judicial review of an order of the Illinois Labor Relations
4Board State Panel, in accordance with the provisions of the
5Administrative Review Law, except that such judicial review
6shall be afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the
7district in which the accused officer resides. Any direct
8appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days
9from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed
10was served upon the party affected by the decision.
11    (q) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the
12criminal prosecution in which the police officer allegedly,
13while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
14as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
15murder may file a verified complaint pursuant to this Section.
16For purposes of this Section, "interested parties" shall be
17limited to the defendant and any police officer who has
18personal knowledge that the police officer who is the subject
19of the complaint has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully
20made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
21of the offense of murder.
22    (r) Semi-annual reports. The Executive Director of the
23Illinois Labor Relations Board shall submit semi-annual
24reports to the Governor, President, and Minority Leader of the
25Senate, and to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
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1        (1) the number of verified complaints received since
2    the date of the last report;
3        (2) the number of investigations initiated since the
4    date of the last report;
5        (3) the number of investigations concluded since the
6    date of the last report;
7        (4) the number of investigations pending as of the
8    reporting date;
9        (5) the number of hearings held since the date of the
10    last report; and
11        (6) the number of officers decertified or whose
12    licenses have been revoked since the date of the last
13    report.
14(Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 705/6.3 new)
16    Sec. 6.3. Conversion of certificates to licenses.
17    (a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Board's
19recognition of persons who have successfully completed the
20prescribed minimum standard basic training course for police
21officers shall be known as licensure rather than certification.
22    (b) If a person has successfully completed the prescribed
23minimum standard basic training course for police officers and
24holds a valid certification to that effect one year after the
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1Assembly, that certification shall be deemed to be a license
2for the purposes of this Act.
3    (c) If, one year after the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, a person holds a
5valid waiver from one of the certification requirements of this
6Act for police officers, that waiver shall be deemed a waiver
7from the corresponding licensure requirement of this Act.
8    (d) The Board shall replace the certificates or other
9evidences of certification or waiver for police officers in use
10one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11101st General Assembly with new credentials reflecting the
12change in nomenclature instituted by this amendatory Act of the
13101st General Assembly.
 
14    (50 ILCS 705/8.1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
15    Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections
16officers.
17    (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a
18permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined
19in this Act, nor shall any person receive, after the effective
20date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as
21a county corrections officer, unless that person has been
22awarded, within 6 months of his or her initial full-time
23employment, a license or certificate attesting to his or her
24successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law
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1prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded a license or
2certificate attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of
3a training program of similar content and number of hours and
4which course has been found acceptable by the Board under the
5provisions of this Act; or by reason of extensive prior law
6enforcement or county corrections experience the basic
7training requirement is determined by the Board to be illogical
8and unreasonable.
9    If such training is required and not completed within the
10applicable 6 months, then the officer must forfeit his or her
11position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from the
12Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver shall be
13issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in no case
14shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6 months. Any
15hiring agency that fails to train a law enforcement officer
16within this period shall be prohibited from employing this
17individual in a law enforcement capacity for one year from the
18date training was to be completed. If an agency again fails to
19train the individual a second time, the agency shall be
20permanently barred from employing this individual in a law
21enforcement capacity.
22    (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
23that a law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental
24agency at the time of the effective date of this amendatory
25Act, either as a probationary police officer or as a permanent
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1the provisions of this Section. No provision of this Section
2shall be construed to mean that a county corrections officer
3employed by a local governmental agency at the time of the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, either as a
5probationary county corrections or as a permanent county
6corrections officer, shall require licensure or certification
7under the provisions of this Section. No provision of this
8Section shall be construed to apply to certification of elected
9county sheriffs.
10    (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
11officers or probationary part-time police officers.
12(Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
13    (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
14    Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
15    (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police officer
16must obtain from the Board a license or certificate (i)
17attesting to his or her successful completion of the part-time
18police training course; (ii) attesting to his or her
19satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
20content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by
21the Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting
22to the Board's determination that the part-time police training
23course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior
24law enforcement experience. A person hired on or after the
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1Assembly must obtain this license or certificate within 18
2months after the initial date of hire as a probationary
3part-time police officer in the State of Illinois. The
4probationary part-time police officer must be enrolled and
5accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after
6active employment by any department in the State. A person
7hired on or after January 1, 1996 and before the effective date
8of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain
9this license or certificate within 18 months after the date of
10hire. A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this
11license or certificate within 24 months after the effective
12date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
13    The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board
14extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be issued
15only for good and justifiable reasons, and the probationary
16part-time police officer may not practice as a part-time police
17officer during the waiver period. If training is required and
18not completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
19any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit
20his or her position.
21    (b) (Blank).
22    (c) The part-time police training course referred to in
23this Section shall be of similar content and the same number of
24hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
25provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the
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1Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a
2manner prescribed by the Board.
3    (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall adopt
4rules defining what constitutes employment on a part-time
5basis.
6(Source: P.A. 92-533, eff. 3-14-02.)
 
7    Section 30. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
83-6041 as follows:
 
9    (55 ILCS 5/3-6041 new)
10    Sec. 3-6041. County community accountability board.
11    (a) A community accountability board shall be established
12by ordinance of the county board no later than 90 days after
13the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
14Assembly and the community accountability board shall be
15comprised of at least 3 residents of the county elected at a
16special election as provided in the Election Code as soon as
17possible after the adoption of the ordinance. The ordinance may
18require each member to be elected at-large or from different
19areas of the county. Members elected at the special election
20shall serve until their successor is elected and qualified at
21the 2023 consolidated election. Members elected at the 2023
22consolidated election and thereafter shall serve 2-year terms.
23If a vacancy occurs, the county board shall appoint a
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1    Instead of an individual county community accountability
2board, counties of under 10,000 residents may, by
3intergovernmental agreement no later than 90 days after the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
5Assembly, create a joint county community accountability board
6with at least one resident member elected from each county in
7the agreement. If a vacancy occurs, the county board from the
8county in which the member was elected shall appoint a
9replacement to serve the remainder of the member's term.
10    A joint county community accountability board may be
11created to replace individual county community accountability
12boards of counties of under 10,000 residents or
13intergovernmental agreements may be dissolved to create
14individual county community accountability boards more than 90
15days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
16101st General Assembly.
17    A person who is a current or former member of a sheriff's
18department, or is a parent, spouse, sibling, or child of a
19person who is a current or former member of a sheriff's
20department, is not eligible to serve as a member of the board.
21    (b) The ordinance or intergovernmental agreement shall
22outline the powers and duties of each community accountability
23board as the civilian accountability entity to the sheriff's
24department. The duties may include, but are not limited to:
25        (1) Conducting its own investigations, including
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1    sheriff department misconduct and render its own decisions
2    on disciplining and firing deputies.
3        (2) Appointing sheriff's office merit commission
4    members.
5        (3) Working on community law enforcement initiatives.
6        (4) Developing restorative justice programs.
7    (c) Each community accountability board shall hold
8meetings at least every other month to discuss its business and
9to provide a forum for residents to address concerns about
10policing in the municipality.
11    (d) The county shall provide administrative and other
12support to the community accountability board. For joint
13community accountability boards, the intergovernmental
14agreement shall state which county or counties shall provide
15administrative and other support to the community
16accountability board.
17    (e) The provisions of this Section are notwithstanding any
18other provision of law.
19    (f) Except for counties with a community accountability
20board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
21General Assembly, a home rule county may not regulate community
22accountability boards in a manner inconsistent with this
23Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
24Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
25concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
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1    Section 35. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
2adding Sections 3.1-20-7, 3.1-20-8, 3.1-20-9, 11-1-2.2, and
311-1-15 as follows:
 
4    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-7 new)
5    Sec. 3.1-20-7. Election of Superintendent of Police.
6Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a municipality
7with a population of 1,000,000 or more the chief of police, who
8shall be known as the Superintendent of Police, shall be
9elected as follows:
10        (1) The Superintendent of Police shall be elected at
11    the 2021 consolidated election for a one-year term and,
12    beginning with the 2022 general election, for a four-year
13    term. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the
14    Superintendent of Police, it shall be filled by the mayor
15    with the advice and consent of the city council. The person
16    so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term of
17    the Superintendent of Police elected.
18        (2) Every Superintendent of Police shall be
19    commissioned by the Governor; but no commission shall issue
20    except upon the certificate of the county clerk of the
21    proper county, of the due election or appointment of such
22    Superintendent of Police, and that he or she has filed his
23    or her bond and taken the oath of office, as hereinafter
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1        (3) On or after the effective date of this amendatory
2    Act of the 101st General Assembly, except as otherwise
3    provided in this Section, a person is not eligible to be
4    elected or appointed to the office of Superintendent of
5    Police, unless that person meets all of the following
6    requirements:
7            (A) is a United States citizen; and
8            (B) has been a resident of the municipality for at
9        least one year.
10        (4) The Superintendent of Police shall enter upon the
11    duties of his or her office on the first day in the month
12    of December following his or her election on which the
13    office of the Superintendent of Police is required, by
14    statute or by action of the corporate authorities of the
15    municipality, to be open.
16        (5) Before entering upon the duties of his or her
17    office, he or she shall give bond, with 2 or more
18    sufficient sureties (or, if the municipality is
19    self-insured, the municipality through its self-insurance
20    program may provide bonding), to be approved by the circuit
21    court for his or her county, in the penal sum of $100,000,
22    payable to the people of the State of Illinois, conditioned
23    that he or she will faithfully discharge all the duties
24    required, or to be required of him or her by law, as such
25    Superintendent of Police; which bond shall be filed in the
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1    of the county clerk of his or her county. Copies of such
2    bonds, certified by the county clerk, or of the record
3    thereof, certified by the clerk of the circuit court, shall
4    be received as evidence.
5        (6) He or she shall also, before entering upon the
6    duties of his or her office, take and subscribe the oath or
7    affirmation prescribed by Section 3 of Article XIII of the
8    Constitution, which shall be filed in the office of the
9    county clerk of his or her county.
10        (7) If any person elected or appointed to the office of
11    Superintendent of Police shall fail to give bond or take
12    the oath required of him or her within 30 days after he or
13    she is appointed or declared elected, the office shall be
14    deemed vacant.
15        (8) Each Superintendent of Police shall obtain at least
16    20 hours of training, approved by the Illinois Law
17    Enforcement Training Standards Board, relating to law
18    enforcement and the operation of a Superintendent of
19    Police's office each year. Reasonable expenses incurred by
20    the Superintendent of Police in obtaining such training
21    shall be reimbursed by the municipality upon presentation
22    by the Superintendent of Police to the city council of a
23    certificate of completion from the person or entity
24    conducting such training.
25        (9) No municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or
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1    Superintendent of Police in a manner inconsistent with this
2    Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i)
3    of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on
4    the concurrent exercise by home rule units of power and
5    functions exercised by the State.
6        (10) A Superintendent of Police elected or appointed
7    under this Section shall exercise all powers provided by
8    law for the chief of police for the municipality for which
9    he or she is elected or appointed.
10    This Section is repealed on January 1, 2031. On the date of
11repeal, the Superintendent of Police then serving shall
12complete his or her term and shall be replaced by appointment
13of the city council.
 
14    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-8 new)
15    Sec. 3.1-20-8. Recall of Superintendent of Police.
16    (a) The recall of the Superintendent of Police in a
17municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more may be
18proposed by a petition signed by a number of electors equal in
19number to at least 15% of the total votes cast for
20Superintendent of Police in the last election that the
21Superintendent of Police was elected, with at least 50
22signatures from each ward. A petition shall have been signed by
23the petitioning electors not more than 150 days after an
24affidavit has been filed with the board of election
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1petition to recall the Superintendent of Police. The affidavit
2may be filed no sooner than 6 months after the beginning of the
3Superintendent of Police's term of office or appointment. The
4affidavit shall have been signed by the proponent of the recall
5petition and at least 2 aldermen.
6    (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure
7for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition
8shall be as provided by law. If the petition is valid and
9sufficient, the board of election commissioners shall certify
10the petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition
11was filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the
12office of Superintendent of Police?" must be submitted to the
13electors at a special recall election called by the board of
14election commissioners, to occur not more than 100 days after
15certification of the petition. A recall petition certified by
16the board of election commissioners may not be withdrawn and
17another recall petition may not be initiated against the
18Superintendent of Police during the remainder of the current
19term of office or appointment. Any recall petition or recall
20election pending on the date of the next election at which a
21candidate for Superintendent of Police is elected is void.
22    (c) If a petition to recall the Superintendent of Police
23has been filed with the board of election commissioners and the
24Superintendent of Police is an elected position, a person
25eligible to serve as Superintendent of Police may propose his
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1a petition signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the city,
2signed not more than 50 days after a recall petition has been
3filed with the board of election commissioners. All such
4petitions, and procedure with respect thereto, shall conform in
5other respects to the provisions of the election and ballot
6laws then in force in the municipality concerning the
7nomination of independent candidates for public office by
8petition. If the successor election petition is valid and
9sufficient, the board of election commissioners shall certify
10the petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition
11to recall the Superintendent of Police was filed.
12    If the Superintendent of Police is removed by the special
13recall election and the Superintendent of Police is an elected
14position, the names of candidates for Superintendent of Police
15must be submitted to the electors at a special successor
16primary election called by the board of election commissioners
17to be held 60 days after the special recall election. If no
18candidate receives a majority of the votes in the special
19successor primary election, a special runoff election shall be
20held no later than 60 days after the special successor primary
21election, and only the names of the candidates receiving the
22highest and second highest number of votes at the special
23successor primary election shall appear on the ballot. If more
24than one candidate received the highest or second highest
25number of votes at the special successor primary election, the
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1highest number of votes shall appear on the ballot at the
2special runoff election. The candidate receiving the highest
3number of votes at the special runoff election shall be
4declared elected.
5    If the Superintendent of Police is removed by the special
6recall election and the Superintendent of Police is appointed,
7other than as provided in Section 3.1-20-9, then the city
8council shall appoint a new Superintendent of Police.
9    (d) The Superintendent of Police is immediately removed
10upon certification of the special recall election results if a
11majority of the electors voting on the question vote to recall
12the Superintendent of Police. If the Superintendent of Police
13is removed, then the First Deputy Superintendent shall serve as
14Interim Superintendent of Police until: (i) the Superintendent
15of Police elected at the special successor primary election or
16special runoff election is qualified and the candidate who
17receives a majority of votes in the special primary election or
18the candidate who receives the highest number of votes in the
19special runoff election is elected Superintendent of Police for
20the balance of the term; or (ii) the Superintendent of Police
21is appointed by the city council as provided in subsection (c).
22    (e) This Section may not be used to recall a Superintendent
23of Police serving a one-year term elected at the 2021
24consolidated election.
 
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1    Sec. 3.1-20-9. Impeachment of Superintendent of Police.
2The city council in a municipality with a population of
31,000,000 or more may, by 2/3 of the members then serving on
4the city council, impeach the elected Superintendent of Police
5for cause by vote of 2/3 of the aldermen then serving. Upon
6impeachment, the Superintendent of Police is immediately
7removed and the First Deputy Superintendent shall serve as
8Interim Superintendent of Police until the mayor appoints a
9Superintendent of Police to serve the remainder of the
10impeached Superintendent of Police's term.
11    This Section is repealed on January 1, 2031.
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-2.2 new)
13    Sec. 11-1-2.2. Police officer bonds.
14    (a) As used in this Section, "police officer" means any
15police officer employed by a municipality, other than the
16Superintendent of Police, including, but not limited to, the
17following ranks: deputy Superintendents, chiefs, commanders,
18directors, coordinators, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, and
19police officers
20    (b) No later than 30 days after the initial election of a
21Superintendent of Police under Section 3.1-20-7, or before
22entering upon the duties of his or her office if employed after
23the initial election of the Superintendent of Police, each
24police officer employed by a municipality with a population of
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1sureties (or, if the municipality is self-insured, the
2municipality through its self-insurance program may provide
3bonding), to be approved by the circuit court for his or her
4county, in the penal sum of $100,000, payable to the people of
5the State of Illinois, conditioned that he or she will
6faithfully discharge all the duties required, or to be required
7of him or her by law, as a police officer; which bond shall be
8filed in the circuit court, and a copy thereof also filed in
9the office of the county clerk of his or her county. Copies of
10such bonds, certified by the county clerk, or of the record
11thereof, certified by the clerk of the circuit court, shall be
12received as evidence.
13    (c) A municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more
14may not have bond requirements inconsistent with this Section.
15This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
16of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
17exercise by home rule units of power and functions exercised by
18the State.
19    (d) This Section is not affected by the repeal of Section
203.1-20-7.
 
21    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-15 new)
22    Sec. 11-1-15. Municipal community accountability board.
23    (a) In municipalities with a police department, a community
24accountability board shall be established by ordinance by the
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1this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly and the board
2shall be comprised of at least 3 residents of the municipality
3elected at a special election as provided in the Election Code
4as soon as possible after the adoption of the ordinance. The
5ordinance may require each member to be elected at-large or
6from different districts, wards, or areas of the municipality.
7Members elected at the special election shall serve until their
8successor is elected and qualified at the 2023 consolidated
9election. Members elected at the 2023 consolidated election and
10thereafter shall serve 2-year terms. If a vacancy occurs, the
11corporate authorities of the municipality shall appoint a
12replacement to serve the remainder of the member's term.
13    Instead of an individual municipal community
14accountability board, municipalities of under 10,000 residents
15may, by intergovernmental agreement no later than 90-days after
16the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
17Assembly, create a joint municipal community accountability
18board with at least one resident member elected from each
19municipality in the agreement. If a vacancy occurs, the
20corporate authorities of the municipality from which the member
21was elected shall appoint a replacement to serve the remainder
22of the member's term.
23    A joint municipal community accountability board may be
24created to replace individual municipal community
25accountability boards of municipalities of under 10,000
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1create individual municipal community accountability boards
2more than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory
3Act of the 101st General Assembly.
4    A person who is a current or former member of a police
5department, or is a parent, spouse, sibling, or child of a
6current or former member of a police department, is not
7eligible to serve as a member of the board.
8    (b) The ordinance or intergovernmental agreement shall
9outline the powers and duties of each board as the civilian
10accountability entity to the police department. The duties may
11include, but are not limited to:
12        (1) Conducting its own investigations, including
13    having its own investigative force as funding permits, into
14    police misconduct and render its own decisions on
15    disciplining and firing officers.
16        (2) Appointing police board members.
17        (3) Working on community policing initiatives.
18        (4) Developing restorative justice programs.
19    (c) Each board shall hold meetings at least every other
20month to discuss its business and to provide a forum for
21residents to address concerns about policing in the
22municipality.
23    (d) The municipality shall provide administrative and
24other support to the board. For joint community accountability
25boards, the intergovernmental agreement shall state which
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1and other support to the board.
2    (e) The provisions of this Section are notwithstanding any
3other provision of law.
4    (f) Except for municipalities with a community
5accountability board on the effective date of this amendatory
6Act of the 101st General Assembly, a home rule municipality may
7not regulate community accountability boards in a manner
8inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
9under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
10Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
11units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
12    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
13Section 8.45 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
15    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
16of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
17implementation of any mandate created by Section 3-6041 of
18Section 30 and Section 11-1-15 of Section 35 of this amendatory
19Act of the 101st General Assembly.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law, except that Sections 5 and 15 and Sections 2, 6,
226.1, 8.1, and 8.2 of Section 25 take effect one year after this
23Act becomes law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 815/10
4    10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
5    20 ILCS 2605/2605-5
6    20 ILCS 2605/2605-53.5 new
7    20 ILCS 2605/2605-54
8    20 ILCS 2605/2605-85
9    20 ILCS 2605/2605-90
10    20 ILCS 2605/2605-96
11    20 ILCS 2605/2605-97
12    20 ILCS 2605/2605-98
13    20 ILCS 2605/2605-375was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part
14    20 ILCS 2610/8from Ch. 121, par. 307.8
15    20 ILCS 2610/40
16    20 ILCS 2610/45
17    50 ILCS 705/2from Ch. 85, par. 502
18    50 ILCS 705/6from Ch. 85, par. 506
19    50 ILCS 705/6.1
20    50 ILCS 705/6.3 new
21    50 ILCS 705/8.1from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
22    50 ILCS 705/8.2
23    55 ILCS 5/3-6041 new
24    65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-7 new
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1    65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-9 new
2    65 ILCS 5/11-1-2.2 new
3    65 ILCS 5/11-1-15 new
4    30 ILCS 805/8.45 new