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90_SB0025
310 ILCS 10/8.1c new
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. In a municipality
with more than 500,000 inhabitants, creates a Citizens Review
Board to monitor housing authority police, with 3 members
appointed by the Governor, 2 members appointed by the
presiding officer of the municipality, and one member
appointed by each of the legislative leaders of the General
Assembly. Authorizes the Board to suspend, terminate, or take
other disciplinary action against an officer who verbally or
physically abused a tenant or tenant's guest or invitee while
on or off duty or who entered the residence of a tenant
unlawfully. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Housing Authorities Act by adding
2 Section 8.1c.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by
6 adding Section 8.1c as follows:
7 (310 ILCS 10/8.1c new)
8 Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review
9 Board is established for the housing authority in any
10 municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to monitor the
11 housing authority police force.
12 The Board shall consist of 9 members with 3 appointed by
13 the Governor, 2 appointed by the presiding officer of the
14 municipality, and one appointed by each of the legislative
15 leaders of the General Assembly. The initial terms of the
16 members shall be one, 2, and 3 years for the members
17 appointed by the Governor and one and 2 years for the members
18 appointed by the presiding officer. Of the members appointed
19 by the legislative leaders of the General Assembly, one shall
20 serve for an initial term of one year, one shall serve for an
21 initial term of 2 years, and 2 shall serve for an initial
22 term of 3 years; the terms of each of those 4 members shall
23 be determined by lot. Each successor of the initial members
24 shall serve for a term of 4 years. The initial appointments
25 to the Board shall be made within 30 days of the effective
26 date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The Board shall select
27 one of its members to serve as chairperson. The Board may,
28 after notice and a hearing, remove by majority vote a member
29 of the Board who has been found guilty of neglect of duty or
30 malfeasance. If a member of the Board resigns or is removed,
31 the official who would appoint the member's successor shall
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1 appoint a person to serve the remainder of the member's term.
2 After a member's term expires, the member shall continue to
3 serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
4 The Board has the authority, after holding a hearing, to
5 suspend, terminate, or take other disciplinary action against
6 a housing authority police officer if:
7 (1) the officer is found to have verbally or
8 physically abused a tenant or his or her guest or invitee
9 while the officer was on or off duty; or
10 (2) the officer is found to have entered the
11 residence of a housing authority tenant and was neither
12 (i) executing a legally issued arrest warrant or search
13 warrant for that residence nor (ii) otherwise lawfully
14 present in the residence.
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.