102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3055
 
Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Adam Niemerg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
65 ILCS 5/11-1-12

     Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may not use points systems, quotas, or any related process that tracks or accounts for the number of citations or warnings issued by a police officer. Provides that the number of traffic stops completed and written warnings are not included (currently, are included) in the definition of "points of contact". Effective immediately.
  


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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
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 11-1-12 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12)
7    Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not 
8require a police officer to issue a specific number of 
9citations within a designated period of time. A municipality 
10may not use points systems, quotas, or any related process 
11that tracks or accounts for the number of citations or 
12warnings issued by a police officer. This prohibition shall 
13not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants or 
14funds awarded to the municipality and used to fund traffic 
15enforcement programs.
16    A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a 
17police officer's job performance, compare the number of

18citations issued by the police officer
to the number of 
19citations issued by any other police officer who has similar 
20job duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a 
21municipality from evaluating a police officer based on the 
22police officer's points of contact. For the purposes of this 
23Section, "points of contact" means any quantifiable contact 
 
 
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1made in the furtherance of the police officer's duties, 
2including, but not limited to, the number of traffic stops 
3completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime prevention 
4measures. "Points of contact" shall not include either the 
5issuance of citations or the number of citations issued, the 
6number of traffic stops completed, or written warnings issued 
7by a police officer.
8    A home rule municipality may not establish requirements 
9for or assess the performance of police officers in a manner 
10inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and 
11limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection 
12(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. 

13(Source: P.A. 100-1001, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.