Full Text of HB3597 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 10.4 as follows: | 6 |
| (50 ILCS 705/10.4 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 10.4. Weapon certification for retired law | 8 |
| enforcement officers. The Board may initiate, administer, and | 9 |
| conduct annual firearm certification courses consistent with | 10 |
| the requirements enumerated in the Peace Officer Firearm | 11 |
| Training Act for retired law enforcement officers qualified | 12 |
| under federal law to carry a concealed weapon. | 13 |
| Section 10. The Peace Officer Firearm Training Act is | 14 |
| amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 2.5 as | 15 |
| follows:
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| (50 ILCS 710/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 515)
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| Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Peace | 18 |
| officer"
means (i) any person who by virtue of his office or | 19 |
| public employment is
vested by law with a primary duty to | 20 |
| maintain public order or to make
arrests for offenses, whether | 21 |
| that duty extends to all offenses or is
limited to specific | 22 |
| offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any
county or | 23 |
| municipality or (ii) any retired law enforcement officers | 24 |
| qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon . (b)
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| "Firearms" means any weapon or device defined as a firearm in | 26 |
| Section
1.1 of "An Act relating to the acquisition, possession | 27 |
| and transfer of
firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a | 28 |
| penalty for the violation
thereof and to make an appropriation | 29 |
| in connection therewith", approved
August 3, 1967, as amended.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-995.)
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| (50 ILCS 710/2.5 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 2.5. Annual range qualification. The annual range | 3 |
| qualification for peace officers shall consist of range fire | 4 |
| approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | 5 |
| Board. | 6 |
| Section 15. The Intergovernmental Law Enforcement | 7 |
| Officer's
In-Service Training Act is amended by changing | 8 |
| Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 720/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 562)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. | 11 |
| "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
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| Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
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| "Director" means the Executive Director of the Board.
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| "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board.
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| "Appointed Member" means a member of the Board appointed by | 16 |
| the Governor
pursuant to the Illinois Police Training Act and | 17 |
| designated by the Director
to serve on an Advisory Board.
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| "Mobile Team In-Service Training Unit" or "Mobile Team" | 19 |
| means
an organization formed by a combination of units of local | 20 |
| government and the
Board and established under this Act to | 21 |
| deliver in-service training at scheduled times and selected | 22 |
| sites within a geographic region to (i) local
and State law | 23 |
| enforcement officers (whether employed on a full-time or
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| part-time basis) and (ii) retired law enforcement officers | 25 |
| qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon
at | 26 |
| scheduled times and selected sites within a
geographic region .
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| "Advisory Board" means a Board composed of a representative | 28 |
| number of county
board members, mayors, chiefs of police, and | 29 |
| sheriffs of participating units of
local government, and the | 30 |
| Director, Chairman or appointed member of the
Illinois Law | 31 |
| Enforcement Training Standards Board. The composition and | 32 |
| number
of each Advisory Board will be determined by the | 33 |
| participants. Members of the
Advisory Board shall serve without |
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| compensation but may be reimbursed for
reasonable expenses | 2 |
| incurred in carrying out their duties.
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| "Unit of local government" means a unit of local government | 4 |
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defined in Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois | 5 |
| Constitution of 1970 and
includes both home rule units and | 6 |
| units which are not home rule units.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (50 ILCS 720/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 564)
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| Sec. 4. State Funding-Minimum Criteria. A Mobile Team | 10 |
| In-Service Training
Unit which meets the minimum criteria | 11 |
| established in this Section is eligible
to receive State funds | 12 |
| to help defray the costs of operation. To be eligible
a Mobile | 13 |
| Team must:
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| (1) Be established and operating pursuant to the | 15 |
| Intergovernmental
Cooperation
Section Article VII, Section 10, | 16 |
| of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and
must involve two or | 17 |
| more units of local government including at least one
county | 18 |
| and the Board.
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| (2) Establish an Advisory Board composed of elected local | 20 |
| officials and
chief law enforcement officers from | 21 |
| participating units of local government and
the Director, | 22 |
| Chairman or appointed member of the Board to
oversee the | 23 |
| operations of the Mobile Team and make such reports to the | 24 |
| Board
as the Board may require.
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| (3) Designate an elected local official to act as the | 26 |
| financial officer
of the Mobile Team for all participating | 27 |
| units of government, and to receive
and expend funds for the | 28 |
| operation of the Mobile Team.
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| (4) Limit its operations to in-service training of law | 30 |
| enforcement personnel
employed by the State, by units of local | 31 |
| government or by the Federal government or
their agencies and | 32 |
| departments in the administration of justice or retired law | 33 |
| enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a | 34 |
| concealed weapon .
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| (5) Cooperate with the Board in order to assure compliance |
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| with this Act
and to enable the Board to fulfill its duties | 2 |
| under this Act, and to supply
the Board with such information | 3 |
| as the Board deems necessary therefor.
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| (6) Receive funding of up to 50% of the total approved | 5 |
| budget of the Mobile
Team from the participating units of local | 6 |
| government.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-585.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 9 |
| 2005.
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