102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2831

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Dan Caulkins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 706/10-15
50 ILCS 707/11 new

    Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act and the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act, if and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall administer grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act in accordance with rules adopted by the Board that prioritize law enforcement agencies in municipalities and counties under 50,000 that comply with the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Board may adopt rules that prioritize the financial need of these agencies when determining eligibility for these grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning law enforcement officer-worn body
2cameras.
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 5. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st
6General Assembly becomes law, the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn
7Body Camera Act is amended by changing Section 10-15 as
8follows:
 
9    (50 ILCS 706/10-15)
10    Sec. 10-15. Applicability.
11    (a) All law enforcement agencies must employ the use of
12officer-worn body cameras in accordance with the provisions of
13this Act, whether or not the agency receives or has received
14monies from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
15    (b) All law enforcement agencies must implement the use of
16body cameras for all law enforcement officers, according to
17the following schedule:
18        (1) for municipalities and counties with populations
19    of 500,000 or more, body cameras shall be implemented by
20    January 1, 2022;
21        (2) for municipalities and counties with populations
22    of 100,000 or more but under 500,000, body cameras shall
23    be implemented by January 1, 2023;

 

 

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1        (3) for municipalities and counties with populations
2    of 50,000 or more but under 100,000, body cameras shall be
3    implemented by January 1, 2024;
4        (4) for municipalities and counties under 50,000, body
5    cameras shall be implemented by January 1, 2025, subject
6    to the provisions of Section 11 of the Law Enforcement
7    Camera Grant Act; and
8        (5) for the Department of State Police, body cameras
9    shall be implemented by January 1, 2025.
10    (c) A law enforcement agency's compliance with the
11requirements under this Section shall receive preference by
12the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board in
13awarding grant funding under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
14Act.
15(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 101HB3653 enrolled.)
 
16    Section 10. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st
17General Assembly becomes law, the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
18Act is amended by adding Section 11 as follows:
 
19    (50 ILCS 707/11 new)
20    Sec. 11. Officer-worn body cameras; implementation.
21Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board shall
22administer grants under this Act in accordance with rules
23adopted by the Board that prioritize law enforcement agencies
24under paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 10-15 of the

 

 

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1Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act that comply with
2the Illinois Police Training Act. The Board may adopt rules
3that prioritize the financial need of these agencies when
4determining eligibility for these grants under Sections 15 and
520 of this Act.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.