Full Text of SB0189 94th General Assembly
SB0189 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0189
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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50 ILCS 705/10.4 new |
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50 ILCS 710/1 |
from Ch. 85, par. 515 |
50 ILCS 710/2.5 new |
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50 ILCS 720/2 |
from Ch. 85, par. 562 |
50 ILCS 720/4 |
from Ch. 85, par. 564 |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Authorizes the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to initiate, administer, and conduct annual firearm certification courses for retired law enforcement officers that are qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon. Amends the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act. Provides that the annual range qualification for peace officers shall consist of range fire approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Changes the definition of "peace officer" to include any retired law enforcement officer who is qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon. Amends the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service Training Act. Includes retired law enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon among the law enforcement personnel to whom a Mobile Team In-Service Training Unit may provide in-service training in order to be eligible for State funding. Effective July 1, 2005.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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 |
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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 |
| as
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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