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Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Filed: 3/21/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3751
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3751 on page 1, |
| 3 | | immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 3. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Sections 3-6033 and 3-7008 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-6033) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6033)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-6033. Citizenship and residence. The It is unlawful |
| 8 | | for the
sheriff of any county of fewer than 1,000,000 |
| 9 | | inhabitants, or the corporate
authorities of any municipality |
| 10 | | may city, town or village to authorize, empower, employ, or
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| 11 | | permit a any person to act as deputy sheriff or special |
| 12 | | policeman for the
purpose of preserving the peace, who is not a |
| 13 | | citizen of the United States or is legally authorized to work |
| 14 | | in the United States under federal law.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-357.)
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| 1 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-7008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008)
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| 2 | | Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy |
| 3 | | sheriffs in the
Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs |
| 4 | | not employed as county police
officers or county corrections |
| 5 | | officers and of employees in the Department
of Corrections |
| 6 | | shall be made from those applicants who have been certified
by |
| 7 | | the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification |
| 8 | | for
appointment in one department shall not constitute |
| 9 | | certification for
appointment in another department. |
| 10 | | Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment |
| 11 | | and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application |
| 12 | | process. All persons so appointed shall, at the
time of their |
| 13 | | appointment, be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of
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| 14 | | age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement |
| 15 | | studies at
an accredited college or university. Any person |
| 16 | | appointed subsequent to
successful completion of 2 years of |
| 17 | | such law enforcement studies shall not
have power of arrest, |
| 18 | | nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms,
until he or |
| 19 | | she reaches 21 years of age. In addition,
all persons so |
| 20 | | appointed shall be not more than the maximum age limit fixed
by |
| 21 | | the Board from time to time, be of sound mind and body, be of |
| 22 | | good moral
character, be citizens of the United States or |
| 23 | | legally authorized to work in the United States under federal |
| 24 | | law, have not been convicted of a crime
which the Board |
| 25 | | considers to be detrimental to the applicant's ability to
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| 26 | | carry out his or her duties, possess such prerequisites of |
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| 1 | | training, education
and experience as the Board may from time |
| 2 | | to time prescribe, and shall be
required to pass successfully |
| 3 | | mental, physical, psychiatric and other tests
and examinations |
| 4 | | as may be prescribed by the Board. Preference shall be
given in |
| 5 | | such appointments to persons who have honorably served in the
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| 6 | | military or naval services of the United States. All |
| 7 | | appointees shall serve a
probationary period of 12 months and |
| 8 | | during that period may be discharged
at the will of the |
| 9 | | Sheriff. However, civil service employees of the house
of |
| 10 | | correction who have certified status at the time of the |
| 11 | | transfer of the
house of correction to the County Department |
| 12 | | of Corrections are not subject
to this probationary period, |
| 13 | | and they shall retain their job titles, such
tenure privileges |
| 14 | | as are now enjoyed and any subsequent title changes shall
not |
| 15 | | cause reduction in rank or elimination of positions.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-912, eff. 8-17-18.)".
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