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92_SB0830enr SB830 Enrolled LRB9200802TAtm 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 SB830 Enrolled -2- LRB9200802TAtm 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 SB830 Enrolled -3- LRB9200802TAtm 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.)