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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1485
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1485  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary
 5    Act by changing Section 2."; and
 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:
 8        "Section 5.  The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act
 9    is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
10        (50 ILCS 725/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 2552)
11        Sec. 2.  For the purposes of  this  Act,  unless  clearly
12    required  otherwise,  the  terms defined in this Section have
13    the meaning ascribed herein:
14        (a)  "Officer" means any peace  officer,  as  defined  by
15    Section  2-13  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  as  now or
16    hereafter amended, who is  employed  by  any  unit  of  local
17    government  or  a  State  college  or  university,  including
18    supervisory,   and   command  personnel,  and  any  pay-grade
19    investigator for the Secretary of State as defined in Section
20    14-110 of the Illinois Pension Code, not including  Secretary
21    of  State  sergeants, lieutenants, commanders or investigator
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 1    trainees.  The term does not include crossing guards, parking
 2    enforcement personnel, traffic wardens or  employees  of  any
 3    State's Attorney's office.
 4        (b)  "Informal inquiry" means a meeting by supervisory or
 5    command  personnel with an officer upon whom an allegation of
 6    misconduct has come to the attention of such  supervisory  or
 7    command personnel, the purpose of which meeting is to mediate
 8    a citizen complaint or discuss the facts to determine whether
 9    a formal investigation should be commenced.
10        (c)  "Formal   investigation"   means   the   process  of
11    investigation ordered by a commanding  officer  during  which
12    the  questioning of an officer is intended to gather evidence
13    of misconduct which may  be  the  basis  for  filing  charges
14    seeking his or her removal, discharge or suspension in excess
15    of 3 days.
16        (d)  "Interrogation"  means the questioning of an officer
17    pursuant  to  the  formal  investigation  procedures  of  the
18    respective  State  agency  or  local  governmental  unit   in
19    connection  with  an  alleged  violation  of such agency's or
20    unit's rules which  may  be  the  basis  for  filing  charges
21    seeking  his  or  her suspension, removal, or discharge.  The
22    term does not include questioning (1) as part of an  informal
23    inquiry  or (2) relating to minor infractions of agency rules
24    which may be noted on the officer's record but which may  not
25    in  themselves  result in removal, discharge or suspension in
26    excess of 3 days.
27        (e)  "Administrative proceeding" means  any  non-judicial
28    hearing  which  is  authorized to recommend, approve or order
29    the suspension, removal, or discharge of an officer.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-281.)".

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