101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1741

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-20  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-20

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning auxiliary police officers.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-30-20 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-20)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-20)
7    Sec. 3.1-30-20. Auxiliary police officers.
8    (a) Auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the
9the regular police department of the municipality. Auxiliary
10police officers shall not supplement members of the regular
11police department of any municipality in the performance of
12their assigned and normal duties, except as otherwise provided
13in this Code. Auxiliary police officers shall only be assigned
14to perform the following duties in a municipality: (i) to aid
15or direct traffic within the municipality, (ii) to aid in
16control of natural or man made disasters, and (iii) to aid in
17case of civil disorder as directed by the chief of police. When
18it is impractical for members of the regular police department
19to perform those normal and regular police duties, however, the
20chief of police of the regular police department may assign
21auxiliary police officers to perform those normal and regular
22police duties. Identification symbols worn by auxiliary police
23officers shall be different and distinct from those used by

 

 

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1members of the regular police department. Auxiliary police
2officers shall at all times during the performance of their
3duties be subject to the direction and control of the chief of
4police of the municipality. Auxiliary police officers shall not
5carry firearms, except with the permission of the chief of
6police and while in uniform and in the performance of their
7duties. Auxiliary police officers, when on duty, shall also be
8conservators of the peace and shall have the powers specified
9in Section 3.1-15-25.
10    (b) Auxiliary police officers, before entering upon any of
11their duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of
12weapons and other police procedures appropriate for the
13exercise of the powers conferred upon them under this Code. The
14training and course of study shall be determined and provided
15by the corporate authorities of each municipality employing
16auxiliary police officers. Before being permitted to carry a
17firearm, however, an auxiliary police officer must have the
18same course of training as required of peace officers under
19Section 2 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
20Training Act. The municipal authorities may require that all
21auxiliary police officers be residents of the municipality
22served by them. Before the appointment of an auxiliary police
23officer, the person's fingerprints shall be taken, and no
24person shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officer if
25that person has been convicted of a felony or other crime
26involving moral turpitude.

 

 

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1    (c) The Line of Duty Compensation Act shall be applicable
2to auxiliary police officers upon their death in the line of
3duty described in this Code.
4(Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)