Full Text of HB2507 96th General Assembly
HB2507eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Private College Campus Police Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 1020/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1951)
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| Sec. 1.
The Board of Trustees of a private college or | 8 |
| private
university, may appoint persons to be members of a | 9 |
| campus police
department. The Board shall assign duties, | 10 |
| including the enforcement of
college or university | 11 |
| regulations, and prescribe the oath of office. With
respect to | 12 |
| any such campus police department established for police
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| protection, the members of such campus police department shall | 14 |
| be persons
who have successfully completed the Minimum | 15 |
| Standards Basic Law Enforcement
Training Course offered at a | 16 |
| police training school established under the
Illinois Police | 17 |
| Training Act, as such Act may be now or hereafter amended.
All | 18 |
| members of such campus police departments must also | 19 |
| successfully
complete the Firearms Training for Peace Officers | 20 |
| established under an Act
in Relation To Firearms Training for | 21 |
| Peace Officers, as such Act may be now
or hereafter amended.
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| Members of the campus police department shall have the powers | 23 |
| of municipal
peace officers and county sheriffs, including the |
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| power to make arrests
under the circumstances prescribed in | 2 |
| Section 107-2 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963, as | 3 |
| amended, for violations of state statutes or ,
municipal or | 4 |
| county ordinances, including the ability to regulate and | 5 |
| control traffic on the public way contiguous to the provided, | 6 |
| however, that such powers may be
exercised only on college or | 7 |
| university property, for the protection of
students, | 8 |
| employees, visitors and their property, and the property | 9 |
| branches, and interests of the college or university, in the | 10 |
| county where the college or university is located of the
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| college or university, unless otherwise authorized by a county | 12 |
| or
municipality . Campus police shall have no authority to serve | 13 |
| civil process.
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| Members of the campus police department at a private | 15 |
| college or private
university shall not be eligible to | 16 |
| participate in any State, county or
municipal retirement fund | 17 |
| and shall not be reimbursed for training with
state funds. the | 18 |
| uniforms, vehicles, and badges of such officers shall be
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| distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency | 20 |
| where the main campus is located.
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| The Board of Trustees shall provide liability insurance | 22 |
| coverage for each
member of the campus police department | 23 |
| without cost to the member, which
insures the member against | 24 |
| any liability which arises out of or in the
course of the | 25 |
| member's employment for no less than $250,000 of coverage,
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| unless such indemnification is provided by a program of |
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| self-insurance.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "private college" or | 3 |
| "private
university" means: (1) any college or university which | 4 |
| is not owned or
controlled by the State or any political | 5 |
| subdivision thereof, and (2) which
provides a program of | 6 |
| education in residence leading to a baccalaureate
degree, or | 7 |
| which provides a program of education in residence, for which
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| the baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite, leading to an | 9 |
| academic or
professional degree, and (3) which is accredited by | 10 |
| the
North Central Association or other nationally recognized | 11 |
| accrediting agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
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