Full Text of SB2148 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 15. The Law Enforcement Intern Training Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 and by | 6 | | adding Sections 22 and 23 as follows:
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 708/5)
| 8 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | "Academy" means a school certified by the Illinois Law | 10 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide basic training | 11 | | under Section 6 of the
Illinois Police Training Act.
| 12 | | "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 13 | | Standards Board
created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
| 14 | | "Correctional Intern" means a civilian who has met the | 15 | | requirements to enter the Correctional Intern Training Program | 16 | | and who is not employed as a correctional officer under the | 17 | | Illinois Police Training Act. | 18 | | "Graduate Correctional Intern" means a civilian who has | 19 | | successfully completed the correctional intern training course | 20 | | and is not employed as a correctional officer under the | 21 | | Illinois Police Training Act. | 22 | | "Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who has met the | 23 | | requirements to
enter the Law Enforcement Intern Training |
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| 1 | | Program and who is not employed as a
law enforcement officer | 2 | | under the Illinois Police Training Act.
| 3 | | "Graduate Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who has | 4 | | successfully
completed the law enforcement intern training | 5 | | course and is not employed as a
law enforcement officer under | 6 | | the Illinois Police Training Act.
| 7 | | "Trainee" means a law enforcement intern who is enrolled in | 8 | | the Law
Enforcement Intern Training Program.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
| 10 | | (50 ILCS 708/10)
| 11 | | Sec. 10. Initiation, administration, and conduct of | 12 | | program by Board. The
Board may initiate, administer, and | 13 | | conduct the Law Enforcement Intern Training
Program and the | 14 | | Correctional Officer Intern Program . The training for law | 15 | | enforcement interns shall be provided at any
certified academy | 16 | | selected by the Board. The Board shall have the authority to
| 17 | | establish enrollment limitations.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
| 19 | | (50 ILCS 708/15)
| 20 | | Sec. 15. Election to participate in the Law Enforcement | 21 | | Intern Training Program program . Any person may elect to
apply | 22 | | to participate in the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program. | 23 | | To be
eligible to participate, the person must meet the minimum | 24 | | criteria established
by the Board that includes, but is not |
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| 1 | | limited to, physical fitness standards,
educational standards, | 2 | | psychological standards, 21 years of age, of good
character, | 3 | | and not convicted of a felony offense or other crime involving | 4 | | moral
turpitude under the laws of this State or any other State | 5 | | that, if convicted in
this State, would be punishable as a | 6 | | felony or a crime of moral turpitude.
Applicants shall be | 7 | | accepted for the program on a person by person basis and
shall | 8 | | not take the place of or prevent a law enforcement officer from | 9 | | entering
an academy class to meet the basic training | 10 | | requirements set forth in the
Illinois Police Training Act. | 11 | | When reviewing applications, special consideration shall be | 12 | | given to persons who have been members of the Armed Forces of | 13 | | the United States in accordance with the Veterans Preference | 14 | | Act. The Board's investigators shall enforce the
provisions of
| 15 | | this Act to ensure compliance with the Act, including, but not | 16 | | limited to,
administrating a criminal justice background check | 17 | | that includes State and
federal criminal histories, conducting | 18 | | interviews, obtaining, by subpoena if
necessary, investigative | 19 | | records, police records, personnel records, or other
records | 20 | | that may be needed.
| 21 | | Nothing in this Act shall override or replace, preempt, or | 22 | | supersede, any
hiring or selection standard, process, | 23 | | procedure, requirement, or mechanism
established by any local | 24 | | governmental unit, or State statute or regulation
that is in | 25 | | effect or amended hereafter.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 708/20)
| 2 | | Sec. 20. Law enforcement certification Certification ; | 3 | | transition course. The Board shall require law
enforcement | 4 | | interns to undertake, at
a minimum, the same training | 5 | | requirements as established for law enforcement
officers under | 6 | | the Illinois Police Training Act. The Board certificate
| 7 | | reserved for law
enforcement officers shall not be awarded | 8 | | until the law enforcement intern is
employed, has successfully | 9 | | completed the State certification exam, and meets
the | 10 | | requirements established by the Board. The Law Enforcement | 11 | | Intern
Certificate shall be issued to the trainee following the | 12 | | successful completion
of the course. The graduate law | 13 | | enforcement intern, if not employed as a law
enforcement | 14 | | officer within 2 years after issuance of the law enforcement | 15 | | intern
certificate, must then meet the requirements of the | 16 | | Illinois Police Training
Act upon
employment. A graduate law | 17 | | enforcement intern who is not employed within one
year, but is | 18 | | hired within 2 years after completing the course, must
| 19 | | successfully complete a transition course approved by the | 20 | | Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board and again | 21 | | successfully
complete the law enforcement State certification
| 22 | | exam in order to obtain the Board's certificate reserved for | 23 | | law enforcement
officers. The transition course shall consist | 24 | | of a minimum of 80 hours and
shall be conducted at a Board | 25 | | certified academy.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
| 2 | | (50 ILCS 708/22 new) | 3 | | Sec. 22. Election to participate in the Correctional | 4 | | Officer Intern Program. Any person may elect to apply to | 5 | | participate in the Correctional Officer Intern Training | 6 | | Program. To be eligible to participate, the person must meet | 7 | | the minimum criteria established by the Board that includes, | 8 | | but is not limited to, physical fitness standards, educational | 9 | | standards, psychological standards, being at least 21 years of | 10 | | age, of good character, and not convicted of a felony offense | 11 | | or other crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of this | 12 | | State or any other State that, if convicted in this State, | 13 | | would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. | 14 | | Applicants shall be accepted for the program on a person by | 15 | | person basis and shall not take the place of or prevent a | 16 | | correctional officer from entering an academy class to meet the | 17 | | basic training requirements set forth in the Illinois Police | 18 | | Training Act. When reviewing applications, special | 19 | | consideration shall be given to persons who have been members | 20 | | of the Armed Forces of the United States in accordance with the | 21 | | Veterans Preference Act. The Board's investigators shall | 22 | | enforce this Act to ensure compliance with the Act, including, | 23 | | but not limited to, administrating a criminal justice | 24 | | background check that includes State and federal criminal | 25 | | histories, conducting interviews, obtaining, by subpoena if |
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| 1 | | necessary, investigative records, police records, personnel | 2 | | records, or other records that may be needed.
Nothing in this | 3 | | Act shall override or replace, preempt, or supersede any hiring | 4 | | or selection standard, process, procedure, requirement, or | 5 | | mechanism established by any local governmental unit, or State | 6 | | statute or regulation. | 7 | | (50 ILCS 708/23 new) | 8 | | Sec. 23. Correctional certification. The Board shall | 9 | | require correctional interns to undertake, at a minimum, the | 10 | | same training requirements as established for correctional | 11 | | officers under the Illinois Police Training Act. The Board | 12 | | certificate reserved for correctional officers shall not be | 13 | | awarded until the correctional intern is employed, has | 14 | | successfully completed the State certification exam, and meets | 15 | | the requirements established by the Board. The correctional | 16 | | intern certificate shall be issued to the trainee following the | 17 | | successful completion of the course. The graduate correctional | 18 | | intern, if not employed as a correctional officer within 2 | 19 | | years after issuance of the correctional intern certificate, | 20 | | must then meet the requirements of the Illinois Police Training | 21 | | Act upon employment.
| 22 | | (50 ILCS 708/25)
| 23 | | Sec. 25. Police Training Board Services Fund. The Board | 24 | | shall charge,
collect, or receive fees, tuition, or moneys from |
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| 1 | | persons electing to enter the
Law Enforcement Intern Training | 2 | | Program or the Correctional Officer Intern Program equivalent | 3 | | to the costs of providing
personnel, equipment, services, and | 4 | | training to law enforcement interns that,
in
the judgement of | 5 | | the Board, are in the best interest of the State.
| 6 | | All fees or moneys received by the Board under this Act | 7 | | shall be deposited in
a special fund in the State Treasury to | 8 | | be known as the Police Training Board
Services Fund. The moneys | 9 | | deposited in the Police Training Board Services Fund
shall be | 10 | | appropriated to the Board for expenses of the
Board for the | 11 | | administration and conduct of training.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-90.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new | | | 4 | | 50 ILCS 705/10.23 new | | | 5 | | 50 ILCS 708/5 | | | 6 | | 50 ILCS 708/10 | | | 7 | | 50 ILCS 708/15 | | | 8 | | 50 ILCS 708/20 | | | 9 | | 50 ILCS 708/22 new | | | 10 | | 50 ILCS 708/23 new | | | 11 | | 50 ILCS 708/25 | |
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