Public Act 103-0189
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of 
Honor Act is amended  by changing Section 2001 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 3985/2001)  (from Ch. 127, par. 3852-1)



    Sec. 2001. 
There is created the Law Enforcement Medal of 
Honor
Committee, referred to in this Article as the Committee.  
The Committee
shall consist of the Director of the Illinois 
State Police, who shall serve as chair, the
Superintendent of 
the Chicago Police Department, the Executive Director of
the 
Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board,
and the 
following persons appointed by the Governor:  a sheriff, a 
chief of
police from other than Chicago, a representative of a 
statewide law
enforcement officer organization and a retired 
Illinois law enforcement
officer.  Of the appointed members, 
the sheriff and police chief shall each
serve a 2-year term and 
the organization representative and retired officer
shall each 
serve a one-year term.   The Governor shall appoint initial

members within 3 months of the effective date of this Act. 
Notwithstanding any provision in this
Section to the contrary, 
the term of office of each
Committee member is
abolished on 
October 1, 2023.
The terms of the Committee members
appointed 
on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 
103rd General Assembly shall be as follows: one of

the members 
shall be appointed for a term of one year,
one member shall be 
appointed for a term of 2 years, and 2 members  shall be

appointed for terms of 3 years. Thereafter, the Committee 
members
shall hold office for 4 years. The Governor shall 
appoint these members within 3 months of the effective date of 
this amendatory
Act of the 103rd General Assembly. 

    Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation 
but shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the 
performance of their duties
from funds appropriated to the 
Office of the Governor for such purpose. The Illinois State 
Police shall provide administrative support to the Committee. 

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)




Effective Date:  1/1/2024