Full Text of SB1884 102nd General Assembly
SB1884 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1884 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 2610/9 | from Ch. 121, par. 307.9 |
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Amends the State Police Act. Provides that preference for the hiring of a Department of State Police officer shall be given to the son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, brother, or sister of a law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Illinois | 5 | | State Police Line of Duty Preference Act of 2021. | 6 | | Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing | 7 | | Section 9 as follows:
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
| 9 | | Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
| 10 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 11 | | appointment of
Department of State Police officers shall be | 12 | | made from those applicants who
have been certified by the | 13 | | Board as being qualified for appointment. All
persons so | 14 | | appointed shall, at the time of their appointment, be not less | 15 | | than
21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully | 16 | | completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an | 17 | | accredited college or university. Any person
appointed | 18 | | subsequent to successful completion of an associate's degree | 19 | | or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university | 20 | | shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be | 21 | | permitted
to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years | 22 | | of age. In addition,
all persons so certified for appointment |
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| 1 | | shall be of sound mind and body, be of
good moral character, be | 2 | | citizens of the United States, have no criminal
records, | 3 | | possess such prerequisites of training, education, and | 4 | | experience as
the Board may from time to time prescribe so long | 5 | | as persons who have an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at | 6 | | an accredited college or university are not disqualified, and | 7 | | shall be required to pass
successfully such mental and | 8 | | physical tests and examinations as may be
prescribed by the | 9 | | Board. All persons who meet one of the following requirements | 10 | | are deemed to have met the collegiate educational | 11 | | requirements: | 12 | | (i) have been honorably discharged and who have been | 13 | | awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign | 14 | | Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign | 15 | | Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global War on Terrorism | 16 | | Expeditionary Medal by the United States Armed Forces; | 17 | | (ii) are active members of the Illinois National Guard | 18 | | or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces | 19 | | and who have been awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, | 20 | | Kosovo Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, | 21 | | Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global | 22 | | War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal as a result of | 23 | | honorable service during deployment on active duty; | 24 | | (iii) have been honorably discharged who served in a | 25 | | combat mission by proof of hostile fire pay or imminent | 26 | | danger pay during deployment on active duty; or |
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| 1 | | (iv) have at least 3 years of full active and | 2 | | continuous military duty and received an honorable | 3 | | discharge before hiring. | 4 | | Preference shall be given in such appointments to
persons | 5 | | who have honorably served in the military or naval services of | 6 | | the
United States or to the son, daughter, stepson, | 7 | | stepdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, brother, or sister of a | 8 | | law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty as | 9 | | defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty Compensation Act . All | 10 | | appointees shall serve a probationary period of 12 months
from | 11 | | the date of appointment and during that period may be | 12 | | discharged at the
will of the Director. However, the Director | 13 | | may in his or her sole discretion
extend the probationary | 14 | | period of an officer up to an additional 6 months when
to do so | 15 | | is deemed in the best interest of the Department. Nothing in | 16 | | this subsection (a) limits the Board's ability to prescribe | 17 | | education prerequisites or requirements to certify Department | 18 | | of State Police officers for promotion as provided in Section | 19 | | 10 of this Act.
| 20 | | (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, | 21 | | after July 1,
1977 and before July 1, 1980, the Director of | 22 | | State Police may appoint and
promote not more than 20 persons | 23 | | having special qualifications as special
agents as he or she | 24 | | deems necessary to carry out the Department's objectives. Any
| 25 | | such appointment or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
| 26 | | (c) During the 90 days following the effective date of |
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| 1 | | this amendatory Act
of 1995, the Director of State Police may | 2 | | appoint up to 25 persons as State
Police officers. These | 3 | | appointments shall be made in accordance with the
requirements | 4 | | of this subsection (c) and any additional criteria that may be
| 5 | | established by the Director, but are not subject to any other | 6 | | requirements of
this Act. The Director may specify the initial | 7 | | rank for each person appointed
under this subsection.
| 8 | | All appointments under this subsection (c) shall be made | 9 | | from personnel
certified by the Board. A person certified by | 10 | | the Board and appointed by the
Director under this subsection | 11 | | must have been employed by the Illinois Commerce
Commission on | 12 | | November 30, 1994 in a job title
subject to the Personnel Code | 13 | | and in a position for which the person was
eligible to earn | 14 | | "eligible creditable service" as a "noncovered employee", as
| 15 | | those terms are defined in Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | 16 | | Code.
| 17 | | Persons appointed under this subsection (c) shall | 18 | | thereafter be subject to
the same requirements and procedures | 19 | | as other State police officers. A person
appointed under this | 20 | | subsection must serve a probationary period of 12 months
from | 21 | | the date of appointment, during which he or she may be | 22 | | discharged at the
will of the Director.
| 23 | | This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the | 24 | | Director's authority to
appoint other State Police officers | 25 | | under subsection (a) of this Section.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 100-11, eff. 7-1-17; 101-374, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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