102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2065
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Jim Durkin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-20  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-20

     Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning auxiliary police officers.
  


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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 Municipal Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.1-30-20 as follows:
 


6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-20)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-20)




7    Sec. 3.1-30-20. Auxiliary police officers. 

8    (a) Auxiliary police officers shall
not be members of the 
9the regular police department of the municipality.
Auxiliary 
10police officers shall not supplement members of the regular

11police department of any municipality in the performance of 
12their
assigned and normal duties, except as otherwise provided 
13in this Code.
Auxiliary police officers shall only be assigned 
14to perform the following
duties in a municipality:
(i) to aid 
15or direct traffic within the
municipality, (ii) to aid in 
16control of natural or man made disasters, and
(iii) to aid
in 
17case of civil disorder as directed by the chief of police.
When 
18it is impractical for members of the regular
police department 
19to perform those normal and regular police duties, however,

20the
chief of police of the regular police department may

21assign auxiliary police officers to perform those normal and 
22regular police
duties. Identification symbols worn by 
23auxiliary police officers shall be
different and distinct from 
 
 
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1those used by members of the regular police
department.  
2Auxiliary police officers shall at all times during the

3performance of their duties be subject to the direction and 
4control of
the chief of police of the municipality.  Auxiliary 
5police officers

shall not carry firearms, except with the 
6permission of the chief of
police and while in uniform and in 
7the performance of their duties.
Auxiliary police officers, 
8when on duty, shall also be conservators of the
peace and shall 
9have the powers specified in Section 3.1-15-25.

10    (b) Auxiliary police officers, before entering upon any of 
11their duties,
shall receive a course of training in the use of 
12weapons and other
police procedures appropriate for the 
13exercise of the powers
conferred upon them under this Code.  
14The training and course of study
shall be determined and 
15provided by the corporate authorities of each
municipality 
16employing auxiliary police officers. Before being permitted to 
17carry a firearm, however, an auxiliary police officer must 
18have the same course of training as required of peace officers 
19under Section 2 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer 
20Firearm Training Act. The municipal authorities may
require 
21that all auxiliary police officers be residents of the 
22municipality
served by them.  Before the appointment of an 
23auxiliary police officer, the
person's fingerprints shall be 
24taken, and no person shall be appointed as an
auxiliary police 
25officer if that person has been convicted of a felony or other

26crime
involving moral turpitude.

 
 
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1    (c) The Line of Duty Compensation Act
shall be applicable 
2to auxiliary police officers

upon their death in the line of 
3duty described in this Code. 

4(Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)