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92_SB0830
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1 AN ACT concerning State Police.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing
5 Section 9 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
7 Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
9 appointment of Department of State Police officers shall be
10 made from those applicants who have been certified by the
11 Board as being qualified for appointment. All persons so
12 appointed shall, at the time of their appointment, be not
13 less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have
14 successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at
15 an accredited college or university. Any person appointed
16 subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of such law
17 enforcement studies shall not have power of arrest, nor shall
18 he be permitted to carry firearms, until he reaches 21 years
19 of age. In addition, all persons so certified for
20 appointment shall be of sound mind and body, be of good moral
21 character, be citizens of the United States, have no criminal
22 records, possess such prerequisites of training, education
23 and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe,
24 and shall be required to pass successfully such mental and
25 physical tests and examinations as may be prescribed by the
26 Board. Preference shall be given in such appointments to
27 persons who have honorably served in the military or naval
28 services of the United States. All appointees shall serve a
29 probationary period of 12 months from the date of appointment
30 and during that period may be discharged at the will of the
31 Director. However, the Director may in his or her sole
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1 discretion extend the probationary period of an officer up to
2 an additional 6 months when to do so is deemed in the best
3 interest of the Department.
4 (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act,
5 after July 1, 1977 and before July 1, 1980, the Director of
6 State Police may appoint and promote not more than 20 persons
7 having special qualifications as special agents as he deems
8 necessary to carry out the Department's objectives. Any such
9 appointment or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
10 (c) During the 90 days following the effective date of
11 this amendatory Act of 1995, the Director of State Police may
12 appoint up to 25 persons as State Police officers. These
13 appointments shall be made in accordance with the
14 requirements of this subsection (c) and any additional
15 criteria that may be established by the Director, but are not
16 subject to any other requirements of this Act. The Director
17 may specify the initial rank for each person appointed under
18 this subsection.
19 All appointments under this subsection (c) shall be made
20 from personnel certified by the Board. A person certified by
21 the Board and appointed by the Director under this subsection
22 must have been employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission
23 on November 30, 1994 in a job title subject to the Personnel
24 Code and in a position for which the person was eligible to
25 earn "eligible creditable service" as a "noncovered
26 employee", as those terms are defined in Article 14 of the
27 Illinois Pension Code.
28 Persons appointed under this subsection (c) shall
29 thereafter be subject to the same requirements and procedures
30 as other State police officers. A person appointed under
31 this subsection must serve a probationary period of 12 months
32 from the date of appointment, during which he or she may be
33 discharged at the will of the Director.
34 This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the
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1 Director's authority to appoint other State Police officers
2 under subsection (a) of this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-461; 89-9, eff. 3-31-95.)