Full Text of HB2242 94th General Assembly
HB2242eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 14 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2610/14) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.14)
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| Sec. 14. Except as is otherwise provided in this Act, no | 8 |
| Department of
State Police officer shall be removed, demoted or | 9 |
| suspended except for
cause, upon written charges filed with the | 10 |
| Board by the Director and a hearing
before the Board thereon | 11 |
| upon not less than 10 days' notice at a place to
be designated | 12 |
| by the chairman thereof. At such hearing, the accused shall
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| afforded full opportunity to be heard in his or her own defense | 14 |
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to produce proof in his or her defense. Anyone filing a | 15 |
| complaint against a State Police Officer must have the | 16 |
| complaint supported by a sworn affidavit.
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| Before any such officer may be interrogated or examined by | 18 |
| or before the
Board, or by a departmental agent or investigator | 19 |
| specifically assigned
to conduct an internal investigation, | 20 |
| the results of which hearing,
interrogation
or examination may | 21 |
| be the basis for filing charges seeking his or her
suspension | 22 |
| for more than 15 days or his or her removal or discharge,
he or | 23 |
| she shall be advised in writing as to what specific improper or
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| illegal act he or she is alleged to have committed; he or she | 25 |
| shall
be advised in writing that his or her admissions made in | 26 |
| the course
of the hearing, interrogation or examination may be | 27 |
| used as the basis for
charges seeking his or her suspension, | 28 |
| removal or discharge; and he
or she shall be advised in writing | 29 |
| that he or she has a right to
counsel of his or her choosing, | 30 |
| who may be present to advise him or
her at any hearing, | 31 |
| interrogation or examination. A complete record of
any hearing, | 32 |
| interrogation or examination shall be made, and a complete
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| transcript or electronic recording thereof shall be made | 2 |
| available to such
officer without charge and without delay.
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| The Board shall have the power to secure by its subpoena
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| both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the | 5 |
| production of books
and papers in support of the charges and | 6 |
| for the defense. Each member of
the Board or a designated | 7 |
| hearing officer shall have the power to administer
oaths or | 8 |
| affirmations. If the charges against an accused are established
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| by a preponderance of evidence, the Board shall make a finding | 10 |
| of guilty
and order either removal, demotion, suspension for a | 11 |
| period of not more
than 180 days, or such other disciplinary | 12 |
| punishment as may be prescribed
by the rules and regulations of | 13 |
| the Board which, in the opinion of the members
thereof, the | 14 |
| offense merits. Thereupon the
Director shall direct such | 15 |
| removal or other punishment as ordered by the
Board and if the | 16 |
| accused refuses to abide by any such disciplinary
order, the | 17 |
| Director shall remove him or her forthwith.
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| If the accused is found not guilty or has served a period | 19 |
| of suspension
greater than prescribed by the Board, the Board | 20 |
| shall order that the officer receive compensation for the | 21 |
| period involved.
The award of compensation shall include | 22 |
| interest at the rate of 7% per
annum.
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| The Board may include in its order appropriate sanctions | 24 |
| based upon the
Board's rules and regulations. If the Board | 25 |
| finds that a party has made
allegations or denials without | 26 |
| reasonable cause or has engaged in frivolous
litigation for the | 27 |
| purpose of delay or needless increase in the cost of
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| litigation, it may order that party to pay the other party's | 29 |
| reasonable
expenses, including costs and reasonable attorney's | 30 |
| fees. The State of
Illinois and the Department shall be subject | 31 |
| to these sanctions in the same
manner as other parties.
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| In case of the neglect or refusal of any person to obey a | 33 |
| subpoena issued
by the Board, any circuit court, upon | 34 |
| application
of any member of the Board, may order such person | 35 |
| to appear before the Board
and give testimony or produce | 36 |
| evidence, and any failure to obey such order
is punishable by |
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| the court as a contempt thereof.
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| The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all | 3 |
| amendments and
modifications thereof, and the rules adopted | 4 |
| pursuant thereto, shall apply
to and govern all proceedings for | 5 |
| the judicial review of any order of the
Board rendered pursuant | 6 |
| to the provisions of this Section.
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| Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a policy | 8 |
| making
officer, as defined in the Employee Rights Violation | 9 |
| Act, of the Department
of State Police shall be discharged from | 10 |
| the Department of State Police as
provided in the Employee | 11 |
| Rights Violation Act, enacted by the 85th General
Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-306, eff. 1-1-96.)
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