Full Text of HB2253 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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3-30, 3-42.1, and 3-42.2 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-30)
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| Sec. 3-30.
The board of any community college district has | 8 |
| the powers enumerated in
Sections 3-31 through 3-43 of this | 9 |
| Act . This enumeration of powers is not exclusive but
the board | 10 |
| may exercise all other powers, not inconsistent with this Act,
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| that may be requisite or proper for the maintenance, operation | 12 |
| and
development of any college or colleges under the | 13 |
| jurisdiction of the board.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-669.)
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.1)
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| Sec. 3-42.1. (a) To appoint law enforcement officer and | 17 |
| non-law enforcement officer members of the community college | 18 |
| district police department or department of public safety. | 19 |
| (b) Members of the community college district police | 20 |
| department or department of public safety who are law | 21 |
| enforcement officers, as defined in the Illinois Police | 22 |
| Training Act, shall be peace officers under the laws of this |
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| State. As such, law enforcement officer members of these | 2 |
| departments shall have all of the powers of police officers in | 3 |
| cities and sheriffs in counties, including the power to make | 4 |
| arrests on view or on warrants for violations of State statutes | 5 |
| and to enforce county or city ordinances in all counties that | 6 |
| lie within the community college district, when such is | 7 |
| required for the protection of community college personnel, | 8 |
| students, property, or interests. Such officers shall have no | 9 |
| power to serve and execute civil process. | 10 |
| As peace officers in this State, all laws pertaining to | 11 |
| hiring, training, retention, service authority, and discipline | 12 |
| of police officers, under State law, shall apply. Law | 13 |
| enforcement officer members must complete the minimum basic | 14 |
| training requirements of a police training school under the | 15 |
| Illinois Police Training Act. Law enforcement officer members | 16 |
| who
have successfully completed an Illinois Law Enforcement | 17 |
| Training and Standards Board certified firearms course shall be | 18 |
| equipped with appropriate firearms and auxiliary weapons. | 19 |
| (c) Non-law enforcement officer members of the community | 20 |
| college police, public safety, or security departments whose | 21 |
| job requirements include performing patrol and security type | 22 |
| functions shall, within 6 months after their initial hiring | 23 |
| date or the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 24 |
| General Assembly, whichever is later, be required to | 25 |
| successfully complete the 20-hour basic security training | 26 |
| course
required by (i) the Department of Financial and |
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| Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation | 2 |
| for Security Officers, (ii) by the International Association of | 3 |
| College Law Enforcement Administrators, or (iii) campus | 4 |
| protection officer training program or a similar course
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| certified and approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 6 |
| and Standards Board. They shall also be permitted to become | 7 |
| members of an Illinois State Training Board Mobile Training | 8 |
| Unit and shall complete 8 hours in continuing training, related | 9 |
| to their specific position of employment, each year. The board | 10 |
| may establish reasonable eligibility requirements for | 11 |
| appointment and retention of non-law enforcement officer | 12 |
| members. | 13 |
| All non-law enforcement officer members authorized to | 14 |
| carry weapons, other than firearms, shall receive training on | 15 |
| the proper deployment and use of force regarding such weapons. | 16 |
| persons to be members of the Security Department of the
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| community college. Members of the Security Department shall be | 18 |
| conservators
of the peace and as such have all powers possessed | 19 |
| by policemen in cities,
and sheriffs in counties, including the | 20 |
| power to make arrests on view or
warrants of violations of | 21 |
| State statutes and city or county ordinances of
the counties in | 22 |
| which the community college is located, when such is
required | 23 |
| for the protection of community college properties and | 24 |
| interest,
and its students and personnel, and within such | 25 |
| counties when specifically
requested by appropriate State or | 26 |
| local law enforcement officials. Such
officers have no power to |
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| serve and execute civil process.
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| The local community college board may establish reasonable
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| eligibility requirements for appointment to the security
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| department relating to residence, health, habits and moral | 5 |
| character.
However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless | 6 |
| that person is at least
21 years of age and possesses a high | 7 |
| school diploma or the equivalent.
No person may be appointed to | 8 |
| or retained in the security department unless
that person is of | 9 |
| good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or
a person | 10 |
| convicted of a
felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. All | 11 |
| community college security
department personnel authorized to | 12 |
| carry weapons shall receive a
course of training in the legal | 13 |
| and practical use of such weapons and shall
also be instructed | 14 |
| in and understand the provisions of Article 7 of the "Criminal
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| Code of 1961", as now or hereafter amended, which pertain to | 16 |
| justifiable use
of force.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1002.)
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.2)
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| Sec. 3-42.2.
(a) To establish parking regulations, to | 20 |
| regulate, and
control the speed of, travel on all paths, | 21 |
| driveways and roadways which
are owned and maintained by, and | 22 |
| within the property of, the community
college district, to | 23 |
| prohibit the use of such paths, driveways and
roadways for | 24 |
| racing or speeding purposes, to exclude therefrom traffic
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| vehicles, and to prescribe such fines and penalties for the
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| violation of such traffic regulations as cities and villages | 2 |
| are allowed
to prescribe for the violation of their traffic | 3 |
| ordinances.
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| (b) To establish such other regulations as are determined | 5 |
| to be necessary for the protection of community college | 6 |
| students, staff, visitors, properties, and interests or for the | 7 |
| proper maintenance, operation, or development of any community | 8 |
| college or colleges under the jurisdiction of the board, and to | 9 |
| prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of these | 10 |
| regulations. | 11 |
| (c) Fines and penalties recovered under this Section shall | 12 |
| be paid, collected
and used in accordance with the policy of | 13 |
| the local community college board.
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| (d) The local community college board may enforce the | 15 |
| provisions of this Section
by use of members of the police | 16 |
| department, public safety department, or security department | 17 |
| Security Department of the community college
or by agreeing in | 18 |
| writing with a municipality, county or the State for its
law | 19 |
| enforcement officers to provide such enforcement.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-311.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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