SB1449 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 02898 RLC 32909 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1449

Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. Antonio Muñoz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2610/1

from Ch. 121, par. 307.1

Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain a minimum force of 2,350 State Police Officers. Provides that the Governor, in consultation with the General Assembly and the Director of State Police, shall review every 4 years, commencing 4 years from the effective date of the amendatory Act, the minimum number of State Police Officers. Provides that the Director of State Police, in conjunction with the Department of State Police Merit Board, shall add State Police Officers to the Department as needed, in order to maintain the minimum allowable number of State Police Officers. Provides that the Director shall be responsible for the management and control of the additions of State Police Officers to the Department.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2610/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.1)

Sec. 1. Department of State Police divisions; minimum force.

(a) The Department of State Police, hereinafter called the Department, shall maintain divisions in accordance with Section 2605-25 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-25). The Department, by the Director, shall appoint State policemen, also known as State Police Officers, as provided in this Act.

(b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a minimum force of 2,350 State Police Officers. The Governor, in consultation with the General Assembly and the Director of State Police, shall review every 4 years, commencing 4 years from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the minimum number of State Police Officers. The Director of State Police, in conjunction with the Department of State Police Merit Board, shall add State Police Officers to the Department as needed, in order to maintain the minimum allowable number of State Police Officers. The Director shall be responsible for the management and control of the additions of State Police Officers to the Department.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)