House Sponsors: MCCARTHY-MCGUIRE-MAY-HANNIG-MCKEON AND DART. Short description: ELDRLY SERV OFFICER ACT-CREAT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Elderly Service Officer Act. Requires each police department with at least 10 sworn officers and each county sheriff to employ a senior citizens advocate/liaison known as an Elderly Service Officer. Requires each county sheriff to make the services of an Elderly Service Officer available to police departments with fewer than 10 sworn officers. Establishes training standards for Elderly Service Officers and prescribes their duties. Preempts home rule. Provides that the provisions of the Act are not reimbursable mandates. Amends various Acts to make cross references to the Elderly Service Officer Act. FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Attorney General) HB 686 would have an initial annual cost of $121,000 for the Elderly Service Officer and an Administrative Assistant. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Requires police departments with at least 25 sworn police officers to have an Elderly Services Officer. Deletes the requirement that the county sheriff must make the services of an Elderly Service Office available to police departments that employ fewer than 10 sworn police officers. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall annually publish a list of police departments that comply with this Act and shall annually publish a list of police departments that do not comply with this Act. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Provides that a county sheriff's office must have at least 25 sworn police officers before it is required to appoint an Elderly Service Officer. Requires compliance with the Act by July 1, 2002. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4. In a Section concerning the duties of an Elderly Service Officer, requires an Elderly Service Officer to conduct a thorough investigation (instead of a thorough preliminary investigation) of a crime committed against an elderly person and, in conducting the investigation, requires the Elderly Service Officer to obtain (instead of preliminary statements). Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 4 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status