103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3620

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Steven Reick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/3  from Ch. 85, par. 503

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that appointments to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, other than the ex officio members, shall be made by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from a list of nominees selected by a majority of votes of the President of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the President of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, and the President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge 7 (rather than the Governor). Makes conforming changes.


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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 Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 503)
7    Sec. 3. Board; composition; appointments; tenure;
8vacancies.
9    (a) The Board shall be composed of 18 members selected as
10follows: The Attorney General of the State of Illinois, the
11Director of the Illinois State Police, the Director of
12Corrections, the Superintendent of the Chicago Police
13Department, the Sheriff of Cook County, the Clerk of the
14Circuit Court of Cook County, who shall serve as ex officio
15members, and the following to be appointed by the Executive
16Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
17Board from a list of nominees selected by a majority of votes
18of the President of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the
19President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the
20President of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor
21Council, and the President of the Fraternal Order of Police,
22Chicago Lodge 7 Governor: 2 mayors or village presidents of
23Illinois municipalities, 2 Illinois county sheriffs from

 

 

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1counties other than Cook County, 2 managers of Illinois
2municipalities, 2 chiefs of municipal police departments in
3Illinois having no Superintendent of the Police Department on
4the Board, 2 citizens of Illinois who shall be members of an
5organized enforcement officers' association, one active member
6of a statewide association representing sheriffs, and one
7active member of a statewide association representing
8municipal police chiefs. The appointments of the Executive
9Director Governor shall be made on the first Monday of August
10in 1965 with 3 of the appointments to be for a period of one
11year, 3 for 2 years, and 3 for 3 years. Their successors shall
12be appointed in like manner for terms to expire the first
13Monday of August each 3 years thereafter. All members shall
14serve until their respective successors are appointed and
15qualify. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the
16unexpired terms by the Executive Director from a list of
17nominees selected by a majority vote of the respective
18associations. Any ex officio member may appoint a designee to
19the Board who shall have the same powers and immunities
20otherwise conferred to the member of the Board, including the
21power to vote and be counted toward quorum, so long as the
22member is not in attendance.
23    (a-5) Within the Board is created a Review Committee. The
24Review Committee shall review disciplinary cases in which the
25Panel, the law enforcement officer, or the law enforcement
26agency file for reconsideration of a decertification decision

 

 

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1made by the Board. The Review Committee shall be composed of 9
2annually rotating members from the Board appointed by the
3Board Chairman. One member of the Review Committee shall be
4designated by the Board Chairman as the Chair. The Review
5Committee shall sit in 3 member panels composed of one member
6representing law enforcement management, one member
7representing members of law enforcement, and one member who is
8not a current or former member of law enforcement.
9    (b) When a Board member may have an actual, perceived, or
10potential conflict of interest or appearance of bias that
11could prevent the Board member from making a fair and
12impartial decision regarding decertification:
13        (1) The Board member shall recuse himself or herself.
14        (2) If the Board member fails to recuse himself or
15    herself, then the Board may, by a simple majority of the
16    remaining members, vote to recuse the Board member. Board
17    members who are found to have voted on a matter in which
18    they should have recused themselves may be removed from
19    the Board by the Governor.
20    A conflict of interest or appearance of bias may include,
21but is not limited to, matters where one of the following is a
22party to a decision on a decertification or formal complaint:
23someone with whom the member has an employment relationship;
24any of the following relatives: spouse, parents, children,
25adopted children, legal wards, stepchildren, step parents,
26step siblings, half siblings, siblings, parents-in-law,

 

 

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1siblings-in-law, children-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, and
2nephews; a friend; or a member of a professional organization,
3association, or a union in which the member now actively
4serves.
5    (c) A vacancy in members does not prevent a quorum of the
6remaining sitting members from exercising all rights and
7performing all duties of the Board.
8    (d) An individual serving on the Board shall not also
9serve on the Panel.
10(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
11102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)