102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3610

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5
5 ILCS 315/4  from Ch. 48, par. 1604
50 ILCS 705/7  from Ch. 85, par. 507
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Creates the Peace Officer Accountability Act. Provides that before a peace officer is permitted to carry a firearm in the unit of government in which he or she is employed, the peace officer must either: (1) live in the unit of government in which he or she serves; or (2) complete 200 hours of specified work or training. Provides that the unit of government shall require each peace officer employed by the unit of government before entering upon the officer's duties to have a liability insurance policy. Provides that the public shall have access to all documents concerning promotions, which documents are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that each peace officer, before discharging his or her duties as a peace officer, shall sign an affidavit declaring that he or she will report all unethical and unlawful conduct of other peace officers immediately to the internal affairs division of the department. Provides that the exclusive representative of a peace officer bargaining unit may not enter into a contract or collective bargaining agreement with the department that permits unconstitutional conduct by peace officers. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the minimum standards for police academies shall include 20 hours of race relations training, acquaintance with the youth residing in the unit of government in which the officers will serve, when discharging a firearm, the avoidance of the use of deadly force except when necessary to protect the life of the officer and on methods of using less than deadly force to disarm a suspect. Provides annual 20 hours of training of peace officers in race relations and constitutional methods of the use of force. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    WHEREAS, The United States Department of Justice has found
3reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department
4engages in a pattern or practice of using force, including
5deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the
6United States Constitution; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Department found that Chicago Police
8Department officers' practices unnecessarily endanger
9themselves and result in unnecessary and avoidable uses of
10force; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The pattern or practice results from systemic
12deficiencies in training and accountability, including the
13failure to train officers in de-escalation and the failure to
14conduct meaningful investigations of uses of force; and
 
15    WHEREAS, A law codifying the suggestions of the United
16States Department of Justice for the Chicago Police Department
17and applying to all police departments in this State could aid
18in improving those departments; therefore
 
19    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
20represented in the General Assembly:
 

 

 

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1    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Peace
2Officer Accountability Act.
 
3    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
4    "Department" means a municipal police department or office
5of the county sheriff.
6    "Exclusive representative" has the meaning ascribed to it
7in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
8    "Liability insurance" means insurance on risks based upon
9negligence by a peace officer.
10    "Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
112-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
12    "Unethical conduct" means non-criminal conduct that
13violates department rules or procedures or violates ordinances
14concerning peace officer conduct.
15    "Unit of government" means a municipality with respect to
16peace officers employed by the municipality and the county
17with respect to peace officers employed by the county sheriff.
18    "Unlawful conduct" means conduct that violates the penal
19statutes of this State or criminal conduct proscribed by
20ordinance of the unit of government.
 
21    Section 10. Peace officer firearms requirement. Before a
22peace officer is permitted to carry a firearm in the unit of
23government in which he or she is employed, the peace officer
24must either:

 

 

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1    (1) live in the unit of government in which he or she
2serves; or
3    (2) complete either:
4        (A) 200 hours of volunteer work in the unit of
5    government in which he or she shall be serving; or
6        (B) 200 hours of specified training related to the
7    unit of government in which he or she shall be serving, or
8    any combination of volunteer work and training.
 
9    Section 15. Liability insurance. In addition to the
10indemnity provided to peace officers by the unit of government
11under Section 5-1002 of the Counties Code or under Section
121-4-5 or 1-4-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code, the unit of
13government shall require each peace officer employed by the
14unit of government before entering upon the officer's duties
15to have a liability insurance policy to indemnify the unit of
16government which employs the officer for any negligence
17committed by the officer in the performance of his or her
18duties.
 
19    Section 20. Promotions; transparency. Promotions of peace
20officers shall be transparent. The public shall have access to
21all documents concerning promotions, which documents are
22subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
 
23    Section 25. Peace officer report of unlawful and unethical

 

 

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1conduct to internal affairs. Each peace officer, before
2discharging his or her duties as a peace officer, shall sign an
3affidavit declaring that he or she will report all unethical
4and unlawful conduct of other peace officers immediately to
5the internal affairs division of the department. The affidavit
6shall be a public record subject to disclosure under the
7Freedom of Information Act.
 
8    Section 30. Unconstitutional contracts and collective
9bargaining agreements prohibited. The exclusive representative
10of a peace officer bargaining unit may not enter into a
11contract or collective bargaining agreement with the
12department that permits unconstitutional conduct by peace
13officers.
 
14    Section 100. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
15changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
16    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
17    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
18by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
19exempt from inspection and copying:
20        (a) All information determined to be confidential
21    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
22    Development Act.
23        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying

 

 

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1    library users with specific materials under the Library
2    Records Confidentiality Act.
3        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
4    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
5    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
6    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
7    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
8    has received.
9        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
10    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
11    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
12    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
13    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
14    Disease Control Act.
15        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
16    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
17        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
18    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
19    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
20        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
21    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
22    Tuition Act.
23        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
24    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
25    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
26    general's office that would be exempt if created or

 

 

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1    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
2    that Act.
3        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
4    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
5    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
6    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
7        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
8    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
9    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
10        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
11    or driver identification information compiled by a law
12    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
13    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
14        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
15    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
16    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
17    Prevention Review Team Act.
18        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
19    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
20    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
21    authorized under that Article.
22        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
23    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
24    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
25    Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
26    apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even

 

 

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1    if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
2    prior to trial or sentencing.
3        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
4    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
5    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
6        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
7    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
8    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
9    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
10    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
11    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
12    Act.
13        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
14    Personnel Record Review Act, except information required
15    to be disclosed under Section 20 of the Peace Officer
16    Accountability Act.
17        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
18    Illinois School Student Records Act.
19        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
20    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
21        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
22    in the form of health data or medical records contained
23    in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
24    from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
25    identified or deidentified health information in the form
26    of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health

 

 

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1    Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
2    Health Information Exchange Office due to its
3    administration of the Illinois Health Information
4    Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
5    be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
6    Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
7    104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
8    regulations promulgated thereunder.
9        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
10    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
11    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
12        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
13    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
14    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
15    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
16    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
17    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
18    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
19    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
20    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
21    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
22        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
23    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
24    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
25        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
26    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section

 

 

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1    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
2        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
3    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
4    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
5    information about the identity and administrative finding
6    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
7    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
8    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
9    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
10        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
11    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
12    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
13    Act.
14        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
15    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
16        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
17    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
19    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
20    authorized under that Act.
21        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
22    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
23    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
24        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
25    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
26        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure

 

 

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1    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
2        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
3    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
4    Code.
5        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
6    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
7        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
8    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
9    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
10        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
11    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
12    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
13    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
14    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
15        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
16    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
17        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
18    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
19    Aid Code.
20        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
21    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
22        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
23    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
24        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
25    arising out of a peer support counseling session
26    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders

 

 

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1    Suicide Prevention Act.
2        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
3    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
4    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
5    Prevention Act.
6        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
7    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
8    under the Reproductive Health Act.
9        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
10    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
11        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
12    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
13    Human Rights Act.
14        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
15    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
16    Act.
17        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
19        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
20    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
21    Public Aid Code.
22        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
23    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
24        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
25    information that shall not be made public under the
26    Illinois Insurance Code.

 

 

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1        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
2    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
3        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
4    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
5        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
6    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
7(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
8100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
98-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
10eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19;
11100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; 101-13, eff.
126-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221,
13eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
14101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff.
151-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649,
16eff. 7-7-20.)
 
17    Section 105. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
18amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
19    (5 ILCS 315/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1604)
20    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
21which has been held unconstitutional)
22    Sec. 4. Management Rights; Unconstitutional Peace Officer
23Conduct. Employers shall not be required to bargain over
24matters of inherent managerial policy, which shall include

 

 

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1such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of the
2employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the
3organizational structure and selection of new employees,
4examination techniques and direction of employees. Employers,
5however, shall be required to bargain collectively with regard
6to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms
7and conditions of employment as well as the impact thereon
8upon request by employee representatives.
9    The exclusive representative of a peace officer unit and
10an employer may not bargain over matters that would permit
11peace officer conduct that would violate the Constitution of
12the United States or this State and any agreement that would
13permit peace officer conduct that would violate the
14Constitution of the United States or this State is void.
15    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
16representatives which have established collective bargaining
17relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
18prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
19required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
20concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about
21which they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
22bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act.
23    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
24public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
25Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
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1within that judicial circuit.
2    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General
3Assembly shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial
4functions of any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th
5General Assembly applies only to nonjudicial administrative
6matters relating to the collective bargaining rights of court
7reporters.
8(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
9    Section 110. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
10by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
11    (50 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
12    Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
13adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
14include, but not be limited to, the following:
15        a. The curriculum for probationary police officers
16    which shall be offered by all certified schools shall
17    include, but not be limited to, courses of procedural
18    justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and
19    seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights,
20    human rights, human relations, cultural competency,
21    including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
22    20 hours of race relations training, acquaintance with the
23    youth residing in the unit of government in which the
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1    avoidance of the use of deadly force except when necessary
2    to protect the life of the officer and on methods of using
3    less than deadly force to disarm a suspect, criminal law,
4    law of criminal procedure, constitutional and proper use
5    of law enforcement authority, vehicle and traffic law
6    including uniform and non-discriminatory enforcement of
7    the Illinois Vehicle Code, traffic control and accident
8    investigation, techniques of obtaining physical evidence,
9    court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms training,
10    training in the use of electronic control devices,
11    including the psychological and physiological effects of
12    the use of those devices on humans, first-aid (including
13    cardiopulmonary resuscitation), training in the
14    administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
15    paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
16    Substance Use Disorder Act, handling of juvenile
17    offenders, recognition of mental conditions and crises,
18    including, but not limited to, the disease of addiction,
19    which require immediate assistance and response and
20    methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person in
21    need of mental treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect,
22    financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with
23    disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of
24    the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the
25    elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police
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1    high-speed chase, and physical training. The curriculum
2    shall include specific training in techniques for
3    immediate response to and investigation of cases of
4    domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and
5    children, including cultural perceptions and common myths
6    of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview
7    techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed,
8    victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum
9    shall include training in techniques designed to promote
10    effective communication at the initial contact with crime
11    victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and
12    witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims
13    and Witnesses Act and the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
14    The curriculum shall also include training in effective
15    recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and
16    post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers that
17    is consistent with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental
18    Health First Aid Training Act in a peer setting, including
19    recognizing signs and symptoms of work-related cumulative
20    stress, issues that may lead to suicide, and solutions for
21    intervention with peer support resources. The curriculum
22    shall include a block of instruction addressing the
23    mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and
24    Neglected Child Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also
25    include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and
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1    developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers
2    to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and
3    addressing the unique challenges presented by cases
4    involving victims or witnesses with autism and other
5    developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall include
6    training in the detection and investigation of all forms
7    of human trafficking. The curriculum shall also include
8    instruction in trauma-informed responses designed to
9    ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of an
10    arrested parent or immediate family member; this
11    instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1)
12    understanding the trauma experienced by the child while
13    maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of
14    officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2)
15    de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force
16    when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a
17    child will require supervision and care. The curriculum
18    for permanent police officers shall include, but not be
19    limited to: (1) refresher and in-service training in any
20    of the courses listed above in this subparagraph, (2)
21    advanced courses in any of the subjects listed above in
22    this subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel,
23    and (4) specialized training in subjects and fields to be
24    selected by the board. The training in the use of
25    electronic control devices shall be conducted for
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1    officers.
2        b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
3    and equipment requirements.
4        c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
5        d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
6    probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
7    before being eligible for permanent employment as a local
8    law enforcement officer for a participating local
9    governmental agency. Those requirements shall include
10    training in first aid (including cardiopulmonary
11    resuscitation).
12        e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
13    probationary county corrections officer must
14    satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
15    permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
16    participating local governmental agency.
17        f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
18    probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
19    complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
20    a court security officer for a participating local
21    governmental agency. The Board shall establish those
22    training requirements which it considers appropriate for
23    court security officers and shall certify schools to
24    conduct that training.
25        A person hired to serve as a court security officer
26    must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to

 

 

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1    his or her successful completion of the training course;
2    (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of a
3    training program of similar content and number of hours
4    that has been found acceptable by the Board under the
5    provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting to the Board's
6    determination that the training course is unnecessary
7    because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
8    experience.
9        Individuals who currently serve as court security
10    officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in
11    that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
12    this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective
13    date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified,
14    absent a waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to
15    forfeit his or her position.
16        All individuals hired as court security officers on or
17    after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
18    89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the date of
19    their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the
20    Board, or they shall forfeit their positions.
21        The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
22    Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit
23    Commission, shall maintain a list of all individuals who
24    have filed applications to become court security officers
25    and who meet the eligibility requirements established
26    under this Act. Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or

 

 

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1    the Sheriff's Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission
2    exists, shall establish a schedule of reasonable intervals
3    for verification of the applicants' qualifications under
4    this Act and as established by the Board.
5        g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
6    police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years.
7    Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper
8    use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice,
9    civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and
10    response, officer wellness, reporting child abuse and
11    neglect, and cultural competency.
12        h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
13    police officer must satisfactorily complete at least
14    annually. Those requirements shall include 20 hours of
15    race relations training, constitutional methods of the use
16    of force, law updates and use of force training which
17    shall include scenario based training, or similar training
18    approved by the Board.
19(Source: P.A. 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 100-247, eff. 1-1-18;
20100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-910, eff.
211-1-19; 101-18, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-215,
22eff. 1-1-20; 101-224, eff. 8-9-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
23101-564, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-10-19.)
 
24    Section 115. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
25changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
2    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
3    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
424-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
5the following:
6        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
7    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
8    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer,
9    subject to the provisions of Section 10 of the Peace
10    Officer Accountability Act.
11        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
12    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
13    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
14    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
15    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
16        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
17    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
18    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
19    of their official duty.
20        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
21    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
22    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance
23    of the duties of their employment or commuting between
24    their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while
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1    employment.
2        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
3    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
4    employed by a private security contractor, private
5    detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
6    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
7    if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
8    provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
9    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
10    2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
11    duties of their employment or commuting between their
12    homes and places of employment. A person shall be
13    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
14    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
15    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
16    contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
17    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
18    agency and 20 hours of required firearm training, and has
19    been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
20    Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
21    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
22    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
23    cards issued under the provisions of the Private
24    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
25    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
26    card shall be carried by the private security contractor,

 

 

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1    private detective, or private alarm contractor, or
2    employee of the licensed private security contractor,
3    private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at
4    all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
5    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
6        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
7    industrial operation as a security guard for the
8    protection of persons employed and private property
9    related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
10    actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
11    traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
12    employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
13    security force registered with the Department of Financial
14    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
15    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
16    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
17    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than
18    40 hours of training that includes the theory of law
19    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
20    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
21    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
22    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
23    required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
24    control card by the Department of Financial and
25    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
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1    Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
2    the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
3    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
4    2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
5    security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
6    of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm
7    control card.
8        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
9    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
10    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
11    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
12    any investigation for the Commission.
13        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
14    security guard for the protection of other employees and
15    property related to such financial institution, while
16    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
17    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
18    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
19    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
20    is a member of a security force registered with the
21    Department; provided that any person so employed has
22    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
23    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
24    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
25    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
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1    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if
2    he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training
3    for a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
4    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by
5    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
6    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
7    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
8    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
9    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
10    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
11    card shall be carried by the security guard at all times
12    when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon
13    permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes
14    of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank,
15    savings and loan association, credit union or company
16    providing armored car services.
17        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
18    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
19    performance of his duties.
20        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
21    officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
22    Act.
23        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
24    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
25    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
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1    the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
3    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
4        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
5    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
6    places of employment or specific locations that are part
7    of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief
8    judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they
9    have received weapons training according to requirements
10    of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
11    Training Act.
12        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
13    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
14    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
15    Sheriff.
16        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
17    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
18    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
19    who has completed the background screening and training
20    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
21    Regulatory Commission.
22        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
23    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
24    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
25    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
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1or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
2license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
3the commission of the offense.
4     (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
5to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
6officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the
7federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
8    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
924-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
10        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
11    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
12    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
13    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
14    using their firearms on those target ranges.
15        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
16    while parading, with the special permission of the
17    Governor.
18        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
19    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
20        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
21    a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
22        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
23    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
24    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
25    person's permission.
26    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any

 

 

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1of the following:
2        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
3    official duties.
4        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
5    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
6    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
7        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
8    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
9    the performance of their official duty.
10        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
11    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
12    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
13    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
14    are not immediately accessible.
15        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
16    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
17    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
18    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
19    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
20    only with respect to activities which are within the
21    lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
22    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
23    This exemption does not authorize the general private
24    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
25    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
26    firing device, but only such possession and activities as

 

 

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1    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
2    business described in this paragraph.
3        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
4    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
5    accessible.
6        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
7    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
8    experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
9    shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
10    ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
11    engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
12    subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
13    the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
14    weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
15    any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
16    such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
17    the terms of such contract.
18        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
19    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
20    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
21    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
22    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
23    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
24        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
25    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
26    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.

 

 

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1    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
2    (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
3    nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
4    modification is required and necessary to accurately
5    portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
6    the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
7    re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
8    length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
9    inches.
10    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
11possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
12peace officer.
13    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
14manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
15subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
16    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
17Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
18organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
19at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
20private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
21    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
22to:
23        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
24    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
25    the performance of their official duty.
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1    ordnance.
2        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
3    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
4    ammunition or explosive ordnance.
5        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
6    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
7    by the federal government, in connection with the supply
8    of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
9    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
10    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
11    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
12    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
13    by an exempted manufacturer.
14    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
15persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
16or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
17in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
18ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
19actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
20devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
21activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
22such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
23devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
24authorize the general private possession of any device or
25attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
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1and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
2manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
3During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
4any weapon or not immediately accessible.
5    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
624-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
7supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
8prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
9Corrections.
10    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
11officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
12or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
13own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
14kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
15report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
16maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
17duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
18    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
1924-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
20athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
21Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
22competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
23Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
24International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
25connection with such athlete's training for and participation
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1Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016
2Olympic and Paralympic Games.
3    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
4any subsection of this Article need not negative any
5exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
6the burden of proving such an exemption.
7    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
8affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
9pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
10consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
11State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
12transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
13lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
14and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
15affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
16pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
17subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
18subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
19enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
20other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
21Identification Card.
22(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)