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92_HB0148ham001 LRB9201397MWcdam 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 148 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 148 by replacing 3 the title with the following: 4 "AN ACT concerning police officers."; and 5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 6 following: 7 "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended 8 by changing Section 8.2 and by adding Section 10.2 as 9 follows: 10 (50 ILCS 705/8.2) 11 Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers. 12 (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police 13 officer must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) 14 attesting to his or her successful completion of the 15 part-time police training course; (ii) attesting to his or 16 her satisfactory completion of a training program of similar 17 content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by 18 the Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) 19 attesting to the Board's determination that the part-time 20 police training course is unnecessary because of the person's 21 extensive prior law enforcement experience. A person hired on -2- LRB9201397MWcdam 1 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 2 92nd General Assembly must obtain this certificate within 18 3 months after the initial date of hire as a probationary 4 part-time police officer in the State of Illinois. The 5 probationary part-time police officer must be enrolled and 6 accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after 7 active employment by any department in the State. A person 8 hired on or after January 1, 1996 and before the effective 9 date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must 10 obtain this certificate within 18 months after the date of 11 hire. A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this 12 certificate within 24 months after the effective date of this 13 amendatory Act of 1995. 14 The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board 15 extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be 16 issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and the 17 probationary part-time police officer may not practice as a 18 part-time police officer during the waiver periodand may not19extend the initial period by more than 90 days. If training 20 is required and not completed within the applicable time 21 period, as extended by any waiver that may be granted, then 22 the officer must forfeit his or her position. 23 (b) (Blank). 24 (c) The part-time police training course referred to in 25 this Section shall be of similar content and the same number 26 of hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be 27 provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the 28 Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service 29 Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a 30 manner prescribed by the Board. 31 (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall 32 adopt rules defining what constitutes employment on a 33 part-time basis. 34 (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.) -3- LRB9201397MWcdam 1 (50 ILCS 705/10.2 new) 2 Sec. 10.2 Criminal background investigations. 3 (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory 4 Act of the 92nd General Assembly, an applicant for employment 5 as a peace officer shall authorize an investigation to 6 determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal 7 offense that disqualifies the person as a peace officer. 8 (b) No law enforcement agency may knowingly employ a 9 person unless (i) a criminal background investigation of that 10 person has been completed and (ii) that investigation reveals 11 no convictions of offenses specified in subsection (a) of 12 Section 6.1 of this Act. 13 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 14 Section 8.25 as follows: 15 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new) 16 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 17 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 18 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 19 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. 20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 21 becoming law.".