97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5223

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Jim Sacia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a parole agent or parole supervisor shall register his or her off-duty firearms with the agency with whom the parole agent or parole supervisor is employed (rather than with the Illinois Department of State Police).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-14-1.5 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5)
7    Sec. 3-14-1.5. Parole agents and parole supervisors;
8off-duty firearms. Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and
9Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 do not apply to
10parole agents and parole supervisors who meet the following
11conditions:
12    (1) The parole agent or parole supervisor must receive
13training in the use of firearms while off-duty conducted by the
14Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and be
15certified as having successfully completing such training by
16the Board. The Board shall determine the amount of such
17training and the course content for such training. The parole
18agent or parole supervisor shall requalify for the firearms
19training annually at a State range certified by the Illinois
20Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The expenses of such
21retraining shall be paid by the parole agent or parole
22supervisor and moneys for such requalification shall be
23expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement

 

 

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1Training Standards Board.
2    (2) The parole agent or parole supervisor shall purchase
3such firearm at his or her own expense and shall register the
4firearm with the agency with whom the parole agent or parole
5supervisor is employed Illinois Department of State Police and
6with any other local law enforcement agencies that require such
7registration.
8    (3) The parole agent or parole supervisor may not carry any
9Illinois Department of Corrections State issued firearm while
10off-duty. A person who violates this paragraph (3) is subject
11to disciplinary action by the Illinois Department of
12Corrections.
13    (4) Parole agents and supervisors who are discharged from
14employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no
15longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their
16rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
17permanently.
18(Source: P.A. 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)