SB2828 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2828

Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Daniel Biss

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/10-1-18.2

from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-18.2

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning home rule preemption.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 10-1-18.2 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/10-1-18.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-1-18.2)

Sec. 10-1-18.2. Home rule preemption. No municipality, including a municipality that is a home rule unit, may regulate the the period of time or establish or enforce a statute of limitations relating to charges brought against a police officer before a Police Board, Civil Service Commission, or other board or officer empowered by law or ordinance to investigate police misconduct if the charge is based upon an allegation of the use of unreasonable force by a police officer. The statute of limitations established in Sections 10-1-18 and 10-1-18.1 for those charges are an exclusive exercise of powers and functions by the State under paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

(Source: P.A. 87-1239.)