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 1        AN ACT concerning courts.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Supreme Court Act  is  amended  by  adding
 5    Section 20 as follows:

 6        (705 ILCS 5/20 new)
 7        Sec. 20.  Judicial Security Officers.
 8        (a)  Subject  to  the qualifications listed below and the
 9    approval of the Supreme Court of Illinois,  the  Director  of
10    the  Administrative  Office  of  the  Illinois Courts has the
11    power to  appoint  persons  as  Judicial  Security  Officers.
12    Judicial   Security   Officers   shall   have   the   primary
13    responsibility  of providing for the personal security of the
14    Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Judicial  Security
15    Officers shall be peace officers, and as such, shall have all
16    the   powers  possessed  by  police  officers  and  sheriffs,
17    including the power to make arrests on sight or  pursuant  to
18    valid warrants concerning violations of the laws of the State
19    of  Illinois  and  violations  of  city or county ordinances.
20    Judicial Security Officers may exercise these powers anywhere
21    in the State as required  to  protect  the  Justices  of  the
22    Supreme  Court of Illinois or the properties and interests of
23    the Supreme Court of Illinois, when specifically requested by
24    appropriate State or local law enforcement  officers  or  the
25    marshal for the Supreme Court of Illinois.
26        (b)  No  Judicial  Security  Officer  shall  be appointed
27    unless he or she is at least 21 years of age,  a  citizen  of
28    the  United  States of America, of sound mind and body and of
29    good moral character with no criminal record, and  unless  he
30    or  she  successfully completes a course of training approved
31    by the Director of the Administrative Office of the  Illinois
 
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 1    Courts.  This  training  program  shall be developed with the
 2    assistance of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
 3    Board. The Director  of  the  Administrative  Office  of  the
 4    Illinois  Courts may waive the training requirement if, prior
 5    to appointment, the person to be appointed has had a  minimum
 6    of  5  years  of  experience  as  a sworn officer of a local,
 7    State, or federal law enforcement agency.
 8        (c)  The Director of the  Administrative  Office  of  the
 9    Illinois  Courts must issue to each Judicial Security Officer
10    appointed under this Section a distinct badge  that,  on  its
11    face,  (i)  clearly  states  that  it  is  authorized  by the
12    Administrative  Office  of  the  Illinois  Courts  and   (ii)
13    contains  a  unique  identifying  number.  The Administrative
14    Office of the  Illinois  Courts  and  the  Supreme  Court  of
15    Illinois  shall  authorize no other badge, except that badges
16    may be issued to  persons  employed  in  the  office  of  the
17    marshal for the Supreme Court of Illinois.

18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.