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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the prohibitions on carrying concealed firearms or firearms in a vehicle and carrying firearms on a public way do not apply to parole agents and parole supervisors who meet certain qualifications and conditions.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes provision that limits the types of firearms that parole agents or parole supervisors may carry off-duty to .38 and .40 caliber firearms.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes provision that if death or injury to a person or damage to property occurs as the result of the use of a firearm that the parole agent or parole supervisor is authorized to carry off-duty, the parole agent or parole supervisor must submit to a drug test within 24 hours after the incident.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Deletes in the definition of "peace officer" the requirement that an officer of the United States Department of Defense must have at least the minimum training prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for peace officers of units of local government. Effective immediately.
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