Full Text of HB3932 99th General Assembly
HB3932 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3932 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 1020/1 | from Ch. 144, par. 1951 |
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Amends the Private College Campus Police Act. Provides that a campus police department subject to this Act shall disclose to the public any information that a law enforcement agency would have to disclose under the Freedom of Information Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Private College Campus Police Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 1020/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1951)
| 7 | | 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
| 13 | | 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 the Peace Officer and Probation Officer | 21 | | Firearm Training Act.
Members of the campus police department | 22 | | shall have the powers of municipal
peace officers and county | 23 | | sheriffs, including the power to make arrests
under the |
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| 1 | | circumstances prescribed in Section 107-2 of the Code of
| 2 | | Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended, for violations of state | 3 | | statutes or
municipal or county ordinances, including the | 4 | | ability to regulate and control traffic on the public way | 5 | | contiguous to the college or university property, for the | 6 | | protection of
students, employees, visitors and their | 7 | | property, and the property branches, and interests of the | 8 | | college or university, in the county where the college or | 9 | | university is located. Campus police shall have no authority to | 10 | | serve civil process.
| 11 | | Members of the campus police department at a private | 12 | | college or private
university shall not be eligible to | 13 | | participate in any State, county or
municipal retirement fund | 14 | | and shall not be reimbursed for training with
state funds. the | 15 | | uniforms, vehicles, and badges of such officers shall be
| 16 | | distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency | 17 | | where the main campus is located.
| 18 | | The Board of Trustees shall provide liability insurance | 19 | | coverage for each
member of the campus police department | 20 | | without cost to the member, which
insures the member against | 21 | | any liability which arises out of or in the
course of the | 22 | | member's employment for no less than $250,000 of coverage,
| 23 | | unless such indemnification is provided by a program of | 24 | | self-insurance. | 25 | | A campus police department subject to this Act shall | 26 | | disclose to the public any information that a law enforcement |
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| 1 | | agency would have to disclose under the Freedom of Information | 2 | | Act.
| 3 | | For the purposes of this Section, "private college" or | 4 | | "private
university" means: (1) any college or university which | 5 | | is not owned or
controlled by the State or any political | 6 | | subdivision thereof, and (2) which
provides a program of | 7 | | education in residence leading to a baccalaureate
degree, or | 8 | | which provides a program of education in residence, for which
| 9 | | the baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite, leading to an | 10 | | academic or
professional degree, and (3) which is accredited by | 11 | | the
North Central Association or other nationally recognized | 12 | | accrediting agency.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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