Full Text of HB2591 101st General Assembly
HB2591ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. John M. Cabello Filed: 4/3/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2591
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2591 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 6, 6.1, 8.1, and 10.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
| 7 | | Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and | 8 | | certification of schools. The Board shall select
and certify | 9 | | schools within the State of
Illinois for the purpose of | 10 | | providing basic training for probationary
police officers, | 11 | | probationary county corrections officers, and
court security | 12 | | officers and
of providing advanced or in-service training for | 13 | | permanent police officers
or permanent
county corrections | 14 | | officers, which schools may be either publicly or
privately | 15 | | owned and operated. In addition, the Board has the following
| 16 | | power and duties:
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| 1 | | a. To require local governmental units to furnish such | 2 | | reports and
information as the Board deems necessary to | 3 | | fully implement this Act.
| 4 | | b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum | 5 | | standards
relating to the training of probationary local | 6 | | law enforcement officers
or probationary county | 7 | | corrections officers, and in-service training of permanent | 8 | | police officers.
| 9 | | c. To provide appropriate certification to those | 10 | | probationary
officers who successfully complete the | 11 | | prescribed minimum standard basic
training course.
| 12 | | d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for | 13 | | county sheriffs.
| 14 | | e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no | 15 | | applicant is admitted
to a certified academy unless the | 16 | | applicant is a person of good character
and has not been | 17 | | convicted of , or entered a plea of guilty to, a felony | 18 | | offense, any of the
misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, | 19 | | 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1,
17-1, 17-2, | 20 | | 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the | 21 | | Criminal Code
of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | 22 | | subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the | 23 | | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or | 24 | | subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of | 25 | | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 5 or 5.2 of | 26 | | the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving
moral
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| 1 | | turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state | 2 | | which if
committed in this State would be punishable as a | 3 | | felony or a crime of
moral turpitude. The Board may appoint | 4 | | investigators who shall enforce
the duties conferred upon | 5 | | the Board by this Act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
| 8 | | Sec. 6.1. Decertification of full-time and part-time | 9 | | police officers.
| 10 | | (a) The Board must review police officer conduct and | 11 | | records to ensure that
no
police officer is certified
or | 12 | | provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been | 13 | | convicted of , or entered a plea of guilty to, a
felony offense | 14 | | under the laws of this
State or any other state which if | 15 | | committed in this State would be punishable
as a felony. The | 16 | | Board must also
ensure that no police officer is certified or | 17 | | provided a valid waiver if that
police officer has been | 18 | | convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, on or
after the | 19 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 of any | 20 | | misdemeanor
specified in this Section or if
committed in any | 21 | | other state would be an offense similar to Section 11-1.50, | 22 | | 11-6,
11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, | 23 | | 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1,
31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the
| 24 | | Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, to | 25 | | subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the |
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| 1 | | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or | 2 | | subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or | 3 | | the Criminal Code of 2012, or to Section 5 or
5.2 of the | 4 | | Cannabis Control Act. The Board must appoint investigators to
| 5 | | enforce the duties conferred upon the
Board by this Act.
| 6 | | (b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief | 7 | | executive officer
of every local law enforcement
agency or | 8 | | department within this State to report to the Board any arrest , | 9 | | or
conviction , or plea of guilty of any officer for an
offense | 10 | | identified in this Section.
| 11 | | (c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time | 12 | | and part-time
police officer in this State to report to
the | 13 | | Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief | 14 | | executive officer,
of his or her arrest , or conviction , or plea | 15 | | of guilty for
an offense identified in this Section. Any | 16 | | full-time or part-time police
officer who knowingly makes, | 17 | | submits,
causes to be submitted, or files a false or untruthful | 18 | | report to the Board must
have his or her certificate or waiver
| 19 | | immediately decertified or revoked.
| 20 | | (d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is | 21 | | immune from
liability for submitting,
disclosing, or releasing | 22 | | information of arrests , or convictions , or pleas of guilty in | 23 | | this Section
as long as the information is
submitted, | 24 | | disclosed, or released in good faith and without malice. The | 25 | | Board
has qualified immunity for the
release of the | 26 | | information.
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| 1 | | (e) Any full-time or part-time police officer with a | 2 | | certificate or waiver
issued by the Board who is
convicted of , | 3 | | or entered a plea of guilty to, any offense described in this | 4 | | Section immediately becomes
decertified or no longer has a | 5 | | valid
waiver. The decertification and invalidity of waivers | 6 | | occurs as a matter of
law. Failure of a convicted person to
| 7 | | report to the Board his or her conviction as described in this | 8 | | Section or any
continued law enforcement practice
after | 9 | | receiving a conviction is a Class 4 felony.
| 10 | | (f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have | 11 | | all the powers
possessed by policemen in cities
and by | 12 | | sheriff's, and these provided that the investigators may | 13 | | exercise those powers
anywhere in the State , only after
contact | 14 | | and cooperation with the appropriate local law enforcement | 15 | | authorities .
An investigator shall not have peace officer | 16 | | status or exercise police powers unless he or she successfully | 17 | | completes the basic police training course mandated and | 18 | | approved by the Board or the Board waives the training | 19 | | requirement by reason of the investigator's prior law | 20 | | enforcement experience, training, or both. The Board shall not | 21 | | waive the training requirement unless the investigator has had | 22 | | a minimum of 5 years experience as a sworn officer of a local, | 23 | | State, or federal law enforcement agency.
| 24 | | (g) The Board must request and receive information and | 25 | | assistance from any
federal, state, or local
governmental | 26 | | agency as part of the authorized criminal background
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| 1 | | investigation. The Department of State Police must process, | 2 | | retain, and
additionally
provide
and disseminate information | 3 | | to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
| 4 | | convictions, and their disposition, that have
been filed | 5 | | before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 6 | | of
the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant, | 7 | | law enforcement
applicant, or law enforcement officer whose | 8 | | fingerprint identification cards
are on file or maintained by | 9 | | the Department of State Police. The Federal
Bureau
of
| 10 | | Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history | 11 | | record information
contained in its files pertaining to law
| 12 | | enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified | 13 | | basic law
enforcement academy as described in this Act
based on | 14 | | fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees | 15 | | to the
Department of State Police for each
fingerprint card | 16 | | submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph
22 | 17 | | of Section 55a of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
| 18 | | (h) A police officer who has been certified or granted a | 19 | | valid waiver
shall
also be decertified or have his or her | 20 | | waiver revoked upon a determination by
the Illinois Labor | 21 | | Relations
Board State Panel
that
he or she, while under oath, | 22 | | has knowingly and willfully made false statements
as
to a | 23 | | material fact going to an element of the offense of murder. If | 24 | | an appeal
is filed, the determination shall be stayed.
| 25 | | (1) In the case of an acquittal on a charge of murder, | 26 | | a verified
complaint may be filed:
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| 1 | | (A) by the defendant; or
| 2 | | (B) by a police officer with personal knowledge of | 3 | | perjured
testimony.
| 4 | | The complaint must allege that a police officer, while | 5 | | under oath, knowingly
and
willfully made false statements | 6 | | as to a material fact going to an element of
the
offense of | 7 | | murder. The verified complaint must be filed with the | 8 | | Executive
Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement | 9 | | Training Standards Board within 2
years of the judgment of | 10 | | acquittal.
| 11 | | (2) Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the | 12 | | Illinois Law Enforcement
Training
Standards Board shall | 13 | | review the verified complaint and determine whether the
| 14 | | verified complaint is frivolous and without merit, or | 15 | | whether further
investigation is
warranted. The Illinois | 16 | | Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify
the | 17 | | officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor | 18 | | Relations Board
State Panel of the filing of the complaint | 19 | | and any action taken thereon. If the
Executive Director of | 20 | | the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board | 21 | | determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and | 22 | | without
merit, it shall be dismissed. The Executive | 23 | | Director of the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training | 24 | | Standards Board has sole discretion to make this
| 25 | | determination and this decision is not subject to appeal.
| 26 | | (i) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law |
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| 1 | | Enforcement Training
Standards Board determines that the | 2 | | verified complaint warrants further
investigation, he or she | 3 | | shall refer the matter to a task force of
investigators
created | 4 | | for this purpose. This task force shall consist of 8 sworn | 5 | | police
officers: 2
from the Illinois State Police, 2 from the | 6 | | City of Chicago Police Department, 2
from county police | 7 | | departments, and 2 from municipal police departments.
These | 8 | | investigators shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in | 9 | | conducting
criminal investigations. The investigators shall be | 10 | | appointed by the Executive
Director of the Illinois Law | 11 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board. Any officer
or officers | 12 | | acting in this capacity pursuant to this statutory provision | 13 | | will
have
statewide police authority while acting in this | 14 | | investigative capacity. Their
salaries
and expenses for the | 15 | | time spent conducting investigations under this paragraph
| 16 | | shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 17 | | Standards Board.
| 18 | | (j) Once the Executive Director of the Illinois Law | 19 | | Enforcement Training
Standards Board has determined that an | 20 | | investigation is warranted, the verified
complaint shall be | 21 | | assigned to an investigator or investigators. The
investigator
| 22 | | or investigators shall conduct an investigation of the verified | 23 | | complaint and
shall
write a report of his or her findings. This | 24 | | report shall be submitted to the
Executive Director of the | 25 | | Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
| 26 | | Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Labor Relations Board
State Panel
shall review the | 2 | | investigative report and determine whether sufficient evidence
| 3 | | exists to
conduct an evidentiary hearing on the verified | 4 | | complaint. If the Executive
Director of the Illinois Labor | 5 | | Relations Board State Panel determines upon his
or
her review | 6 | | of the investigatory report that a hearing should not be | 7 | | conducted,
the
complaint shall be dismissed. This decision is | 8 | | in the Executive Director's sole
discretion, and this dismissal | 9 | | may not be appealed.
| 10 | | If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations | 11 | | Board
State Panel
determines that there is sufficient evidence | 12 | | to warrant a hearing, a hearing
shall
be ordered on the | 13 | | verified complaint, to be conducted by an administrative law
| 14 | | judge employed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State | 15 | | Panel. The Executive
Director of the Illinois Labor Relations | 16 | | Board State Panel shall inform the
Executive Director of the | 17 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and
the | 18 | | person who filed the complaint of either the dismissal of the | 19 | | complaint or
the
issuance of the complaint for hearing.
The | 20 | | Executive Director shall assign the complaint to the
| 21 | | administrative law judge within 30 days
of the
decision | 22 | | granting a hearing.
| 23 | | (k) In the case of a finding of guilt on the offense of | 24 | | murder, if a new
trial
is
granted on direct appeal, or a state | 25 | | post-conviction evidentiary hearing is
ordered, based on a | 26 | | claim that a police officer, under oath, knowingly and
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| 1 | | willfully made false statements as to a material fact going to | 2 | | an element of
the
offense of murder, the Illinois Labor | 3 | | Relations Board State Panel shall hold a
hearing
to
determine | 4 | | whether the officer should be decertified if an interested | 5 | | party
requests such a hearing within 2 years of the court's | 6 | | decision. The complaint
shall be assigned to an administrative | 7 | | law judge within 30 days so that a
hearing can be scheduled.
| 8 | | At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded the | 9 | | opportunity to:
| 10 | | (1) Be represented by counsel of his or her own | 11 | | choosing;
| 12 | | (2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
| 13 | | (3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
| 14 | | (4) Request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board | 15 | | State Panel compel the
attendance of witnesses and | 16 | | production of related documents including but not
limited | 17 | | to court documents and records.
| 18 | | Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified | 19 | | complaint shall be
referred to the Department of Professional | 20 | | Regulation. That office shall
prosecute the verified complaint | 21 | | at the hearing before the administrative law
judge. The | 22 | | Department of Professional Regulation shall have the | 23 | | opportunity to
produce evidence to support the verified | 24 | | complaint and to request the Illinois
Labor
Relations Board | 25 | | State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
| 26 | | production of related documents, including, but not limited to, |
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| 1 | | court documents
and records. The Illinois Labor Relations Board | 2 | | State Panel shall have the
power
to issue subpoenas requiring | 3 | | the attendance of and testimony of witnesses and
the production | 4 | | of related documents including, but not limited to, court
| 5 | | documents and records and shall have the power to administer | 6 | | oaths.
| 7 | | The administrative law judge shall have the responsibility | 8 | | of receiving into
evidence relevant testimony and documents, | 9 | | including court records, to support
or disprove the allegations | 10 | | made by the person filing the verified complaint
and,
at the | 11 | | close of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law | 12 | | judge finds
that there is not clear and convincing evidence to | 13 | | support the verified
complaint
that the police officer has, | 14 | | while under oath, knowingly and willfully made
false
statements | 15 | | as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of | 16 | | murder,
the
administrative law judge shall make a written | 17 | | recommendation of dismissal to
the
Illinois Labor Relations | 18 | | Board State Panel. If the administrative law judge
finds
that | 19 | | there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer | 20 | | has, while
under
oath, knowingly and willfully made false | 21 | | statements as to a material fact that
goes to an element of the | 22 | | offense of murder, the administrative law judge shall
make a | 23 | | written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor | 24 | | Relations
Board State Panel. The hearings shall be transcribed.
| 25 | | The Executive
Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 26 | | Standards Board shall be
informed of the
administrative law |
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| 1 | | judge's recommended findings and decision and the Illinois
| 2 | | Labor Relations Board State Panel's subsequent review of the | 3 | | recommendation.
| 4 | | (l) An officer named in any complaint filed pursuant to | 5 | | this Act shall be
indemnified for his or her reasonable | 6 | | attorney's fees and costs by his or her
employer. These fees | 7 | | shall be paid in a regular and timely manner. The State,
upon | 8 | | application by the public employer, shall reimburse the public | 9 | | employer
for
the accused officer's reasonable attorney's fees | 10 | | and costs. At no time and
under
no circumstances will the | 11 | | accused officer be required to pay his or her own
reasonable | 12 | | attorney's fees or costs.
| 13 | | (m) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid | 14 | | status because of
the filing or processing of the verified | 15 | | complaint until there is a final
non-appealable order | 16 | | sustaining his or her guilt and his or her certification
is
| 17 | | revoked.
Nothing in this Act, however, restricts the public | 18 | | employer from pursuing
discipline against the officer in the | 19 | | normal course and under procedures then
in
place.
| 20 | | (n) The Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall | 21 | | review the
administrative law judge's recommended decision and | 22 | | order and determine by a
majority vote whether or not there was | 23 | | clear and convincing evidence that the
accused officer, while | 24 | | under oath, knowingly and willfully made false
statements
as to | 25 | | a material fact going to the offense of murder. Within 30 days | 26 | | of service
of
the administrative law judge's recommended |
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| 1 | | decision and order, the parties may
file exceptions to the | 2 | | recommended decision and order and briefs in support of
their | 3 | | exceptions with the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel. | 4 | | The
parties
may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in | 5 | | support of the responses no
later than 15 days after the | 6 | | service of the exceptions. If exceptions are filed
by
any of | 7 | | the parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel | 8 | | shall review
the
matter and make a finding to uphold, vacate, | 9 | | or modify the recommended
decision and order. If the Illinois | 10 | | Labor Relations Board State Panel concludes
that there is clear | 11 | | and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while
under
| 12 | | oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a | 13 | | material fact going
to
an element of the offense murder, the | 14 | | Illinois Labor Relations Board State
Panel
shall inform the | 15 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
| 16 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall revoke | 17 | | the accused
officer's certification. If the accused officer | 18 | | appeals that determination to
the
Appellate Court, as provided | 19 | | by this Act, he or she may petition the Appellate
Court to stay | 20 | | the revocation of his or her certification pending the court's
| 21 | | review
of the matter.
| 22 | | (o) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State | 23 | | Panel's findings or
determinations shall set any precedent in | 24 | | any of its decisions decided pursuant
to the Illinois Public | 25 | | Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations
Board
State
| 26 | | Panel or the courts.
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| 1 | | (p) A party aggrieved by the final order of the Illinois | 2 | | Labor Relations
Board State Panel may apply for and obtain | 3 | | judicial review of an order of the
Illinois Labor Relations | 4 | | Board State Panel, in accordance with the provisions
of
the | 5 | | Administrative Review Law, except that such judicial review | 6 | | shall be
afforded
directly in the Appellate Court for the | 7 | | district in which the accused officer
resides.
Any direct | 8 | | appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days | 9 | | from the
date that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed | 10 | | was served upon the
party
affected by the decision.
| 11 | | (q) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the | 12 | | criminal prosecution
in
which the police officer allegedly, | 13 | | while under oath, knowingly and willfully
made
false statements | 14 | | as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
| 15 | | murder may file a verified complaint pursuant to this Section. | 16 | | For purposes of
this Section, "interested parties" shall be | 17 | | limited to the defendant and any
police
officer who has | 18 | | personal knowledge that the police officer who is the subject
| 19 | | of
the complaint has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully | 20 | | made false
statements
as
to a material fact going to an element | 21 | | of the offense of murder.
| 22 | | (r) Semi-annual reports. The Executive Director of the | 23 | | Illinois Labor
Relations Board shall submit semi-annual | 24 | | reports to the Governor, President,
and
Minority Leader of the | 25 | | Senate, and to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
House
of | 26 | | Representatives beginning on June 30, 2004, indicating:
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| 1 | | (1) the number of verified complaints received since | 2 | | the date of the
last
report;
| 3 | | (2) the number of investigations initiated since the | 4 | | date of the last
report;
| 5 | | (3) the number of investigations concluded since the | 6 | | date of the last
report;
| 7 | | (4) the number of investigations pending as of the | 8 | | reporting date;
| 9 | | (5) the number of hearings held since the date of the | 10 | | last report; and
| 11 | | (6) the number of officers decertified since the date | 12 | | of the last
report.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
| 14 | | (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
| 15 | | Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections | 16 | | officers.
| 17 | | (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a | 18 | | permanent
appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined | 19 | | in this
Act nor shall any person receive, after the effective | 20 | | date of this
amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as | 21 | | a county corrections officer
unless that person has been | 22 | | awarded, within 6 six months of his or her
initial full-time | 23 | | employment, a certificate attesting to his or her
successful | 24 | | completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement and | 25 | | County
Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Board; |
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| 1 | | or has been awarded a
certificate attesting to his or her | 2 | | satisfactory completion of a training program of
similar | 3 | | content and number of hours and which course has been found | 4 | | acceptable
by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or by | 5 | | reason of extensive prior
law enforcement or county corrections | 6 | | experience the basic training requirement
is determined by the | 7 | | Board to be illogical and unreasonable.
| 8 | | If such training is required and not completed within the | 9 | | applicable 6 six
months, then the officer must forfeit his or | 10 | | her position, or the employing agency
must obtain a waiver from | 11 | | the Board extending the period for
compliance. Such waiver | 12 | | shall be issued only for good and justifiable
reasons, and in | 13 | | no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the
initial 6 six | 14 | | months. Any hiring agency that fails to train a law enforcement | 15 | | officer within this period shall be prohibited from employing | 16 | | this individual in a law enforcement capacity for one year from | 17 | | the date training was to be completed. If an agency again fails | 18 | | to train the individual a second time, the agency shall be | 19 | | permanently barred from employing this individual in a law | 20 | | enforcement capacity.
| 21 | | (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean | 22 | | that a
law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental | 23 | | agency
at the time of the effective date of this amendatory | 24 | | Act, either as a
probationary police officer or as a permanent | 25 | | police officer, shall
require certification under the | 26 | | provisions of this Section. No provision
of this Section shall |
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| 1 | | be construed to mean that a county corrections
officer employed | 2 | | by a local governmental agency at the time of the
effective | 3 | | date of this amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary
| 4 | | county corrections or as a permanent county corrections | 5 | | officer, shall
require certification under the provisions of | 6 | | this Section. No provision of
this Section shall be construed | 7 | | to apply to certification of elected county
sheriffs.
| 8 | | (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police | 9 | | officers or
probationary part-time police officers.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)
| 11 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.2)
| 12 | | Sec. 10.2. Criminal background investigations.
| 13 | | (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 14 | | of the 92nd
General Assembly,
an applicant for employment as a | 15 | | peace officer, or for annual certification as a retired law | 16 | | enforcement officer qualified under federal law to carry a | 17 | | concealed weapon, shall authorize an
investigation to | 18 | | determine if
the applicant has been convicted of , or entered a | 19 | | plea of guilty to, any criminal offense that disqualifies the
| 20 | | person as a peace
officer.
| 21 | | (b) No law enforcement agency may knowingly employ a | 22 | | person, or certify a retired law enforcement officer qualified | 23 | | under federal law to carry a concealed weapon, unless (i) a
| 24 | | criminal
background investigation of that person
has been | 25 | | completed and (ii) that investigation reveals no convictions or |
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| 1 | | pleas of guilty of
offenses specified in subsection (a) of | 2 | | Section 6.1 of this Act.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)".
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