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SB1380ham002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Filed: 10/19/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1380

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1380 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is
5amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 725/8)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 1, 2016)
8    Sec. 8. Commission on Police Professionalism.
9    (a) Recognizing the need to review performance standards
10governing the professionalism of law enforcement agencies and
11officers in the 21st century, the General Assembly hereby
12creates the Commission on Police Professionalism.
13    (b) The Commission on Policing Standards and
14Professionalism shall be composed of the following members:
15        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
16    of the Senate;

 

 

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1        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
2    Minority Leader;
3        (3) one member of the House of Representatives
4    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
5        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
6    appointed by the House Minority Leader;
7        (5) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
8    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
9    by the Governor;
10        (6) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
11    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
12    by the President of the Senate;
13        (7) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
14    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
15    by the Senate Minority Leader;
16        (8) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
17    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
18    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
19        (9) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
20    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
21    by the House Minority Leader;
22        (10) the Director of State Police, or his or her
23    designee;
24        (11) the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement
25    Training Standards Board, or his or her designee;
26        (12) the Director of a statewide organization

 

 

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1    representing Illinois sheriffs;
2        (13) the Director of a statewide organization
3    representing Illinois chiefs of police;
4        (14) the Director of a statewide fraternal
5    organization representing sworn law enforcement officers
6    in this State;
7        (15) the Director of a benevolent association
8    representing sworn police officers in this State;
9        (16) the Director of a fraternal organization
10    representing sworn law enforcement officers within the
11    City of Chicago; and
12        (17) the Director of a fraternal organization
13    exclusively representing sworn Illinois State Police
14    officers.
15    (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
16House of Representatives shall each appoint a joint chairperson
17to the Commission. The Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
18shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
19    (d) The Commission shall meet regularly to review the
20current training and certification process for law enforcement
21officers, review the duties of the various types of law
22enforcement officers, including auxiliary officers, review the
23standards for the issuance of badges, shields, and other police
24and agency identification, and examine whether law enforcement
25officers should be licensed. For the purposes of this
26subsection (d), "badge" means an officer's department issued

 

 

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1identification number associated with his or her position as a
2police officer with that Department.
3    (e) The Commission shall submit a report of its findings
4and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly and
5Governor on or before March 31, 2016 January 31, 2016.
6    (f) This Section is repealed on April 1, 2016 February 1,
72016.
8(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 8-12-15.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".