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92_HB0148eng HB0148 Engrossed LRB9201397MWpk 1 AN ACT concerning police officers. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended 5 by changing Section 8.2 and by adding Section 10.2 as 6 follows: 7 (50 ILCS 705/8.2) 8 Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers. 9 (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police 10 officer must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) 11 attesting to his or her successful completion of the 12 part-time police training course; (ii) attesting to his or 13 her satisfactory completion of a training program of similar 14 content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by 15 the Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) 16 attesting to the Board's determination that the part-time 17 police training course is unnecessary because of the person's 18 extensive prior law enforcement experience. A person hired on 19 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 20 92nd General Assembly must obtain this certificate within 18 21 months after the initial date of hire as a probationary 22 part-time police officer in the State of Illinois. The 23 probationary part-time police officer must be enrolled and 24 accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after 25 active employment by any department in the State. A person 26 hired on or after January 1, 1996 and before the effective 27 date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must 28 obtain this certificate within 18 months after the date of 29 hire. A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this 30 certificate within 24 months after the effective date of this 31 amendatory Act of 1995. HB0148 Engrossed -2- LRB9201397MWpk 1 The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board 2 extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be 3 issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and the 4 probationary part-time police officer may not practice as a 5 part-time police officer during the waiver periodand may not6extend the initial period by more than 90 days. If training 7 is required and not completed within the applicable time 8 period, as extended by any waiver that may be granted, then 9 the officer must forfeit his or her position. 10 (b) (Blank). 11 (c) The part-time police training course referred to in 12 this Section shall be of similar content and the same number 13 of hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be 14 provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the 15 Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service 16 Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a 17 manner prescribed by the Board. 18 (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall 19 adopt rules defining what constitutes employment on a 20 part-time basis. 21 (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.) 22 (50 ILCS 705/10.2 new) 23 Sec. 10.2. Criminal background investigations. 24 (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory 25 Act of the 92nd General Assembly, an applicant for employment 26 as a peace officer shall authorize an investigation to 27 determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal 28 offense that disqualifies the person as a peace officer. 29 (b) No law enforcement agency may knowingly employ a 30 person unless (i) a criminal background investigation of that 31 person has been completed and (ii) that investigation reveals 32 no convictions of offenses specified in subsection (a) of 33 Section 6.1 of this Act. HB0148 Engrossed -3- LRB9201397MWpk 1 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 2 Section 8.25 as follows: 3 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new) 4 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 5 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 6 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 7 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.