103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3742

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that parole agents and supervisors who are terminated (rather than discharged) from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. Provides that a State parole agent or supervisor retains the right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Defines "terminated". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-14-1.5 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5)
7    Sec. 3-14-1.5. Parole agents and parole supervisors;
8off-duty firearms. Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and
9Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not apply to
10parole agents and parole supervisors who meet the following
11conditions:
12    (1) The parole agent or parole supervisor must receive
13training in the use of firearms while off-duty conducted by
14the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and be
15certified as having successfully completing such training by
16the Board. The Board shall determine the amount of such
17training and the course content for such training. The parole
18agent or parole supervisor shall requalify for the firearms
19training annually at a State range certified by the Illinois
20Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The expenses of such
21retraining shall be paid by the parole agent or parole
22supervisor and moneys for such requalification shall be
23expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement

 

 

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1Training Standards Board.
2    (2) The parole agent or parole supervisor shall purchase
3such firearm at his or her own expense and shall register the
4firearm with the Illinois State Police and with any other
5local law enforcement agencies that require such registration.
6    (3) The parole agent or parole supervisor may not carry
7any Illinois Department of Corrections State issued firearm
8while off-duty. A person who violates this paragraph (3) is
9subject to disciplinary action by the Illinois Department of
10Corrections.
11    (4) Parole agents and supervisors who are terminated from
12employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no
13longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their
14rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
15permanently. A State parole agent or supervisor retains the
16right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after
17retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with
18the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is
19supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
20Board.
21    (5) For the purposes of this Section, "terminated" means
22terminated from employment due to internal disciplinary
23matters and not due to retirement from the agency or
24department that the parole agent or supervisor represents.
25discharged from employment of the Illinois Department of
26Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement

 

 

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1officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials
2shall be revoked permanently.
3(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.