98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3411

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Andy Manar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/10  from Ch. 48, par. 1610
55 ILCS 5/5-1136 new
65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new

    Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations or warnings within a designated period of time. Provides that a county or municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a law enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of citations or warnings issued by the law enforcement officer to the number of citations or warnings issued by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that it shall be an unfair labor practice to require a peace officer to perform a duty that conflicts with the provisions of this amendatory Act.


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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 Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/10)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1610)
7    Sec. 10. Unfair labor practices.
8    (a) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer or
9its agents:
10        (1) to interfere with, restrain or coerce public
11    employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in this
12    Act or to dominate or interfere with the formation,
13    existence or administration of any labor organization or
14    contribute financial or other support to it; provided, an
15    employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees
16    to confer with him during working hours without loss of
17    time or pay;
18        (2) to discriminate in regard to hire or tenure of
19    employment or any term or condition of employment in order
20    to encourage or discourage membership in or other support
21    for any labor organization. Nothing in this Act or any
22    other law precludes a public employer from making an
23    agreement with a labor organization to require as a

 

 

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1    condition of employment the payment of a fair share under
2    paragraph (e) of Section 6;
3        (3) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against a
4    public employee because he has signed or filed an
5    affidavit, petition or charge or provided any information
6    or testimony under this Act;
7        (4) to refuse to bargain collectively in good faith
8    with a labor organization which is the exclusive
9    representative of public employees in an appropriate unit,
10    including, but not limited to, the discussing of grievances
11    with the exclusive representative;
12        (5) to violate any of the rules and regulations
13    established by the Board with jurisdiction over them
14    relating to the conduct of representation elections or the
15    conduct affecting the representation elections;
16        (6) to expend or cause the expenditure of public funds
17    to any external agent, individual, firm, agency,
18    partnership or association in any attempt to influence the
19    outcome of representational elections held pursuant to
20    Section 9 of this Act; provided, that nothing in this
21    subsection shall be construed to limit an employer's right
22    to internally communicate with its employees as provided in
23    subsection (c) of this Section, to be represented on any
24    matter pertaining to unit determinations, unfair labor
25    practice charges or pre-election conferences in any formal
26    or informal proceeding before the Board, or to seek or

 

 

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1    obtain advice from legal counsel. Nothing in this paragraph
2    shall be construed to prohibit an employer from expending
3    or causing the expenditure of public funds on, or seeking
4    or obtaining services or advice from, any organization,
5    group, or association established by and including public
6    or educational employers, whether covered by this Act, the
7    Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act or the public
8    employment labor relations law of any other state or the
9    federal government, provided that such services or advice
10    are generally available to the membership of the
11    organization, group or association, and are not offered
12    solely in an attempt to influence the outcome of a
13    particular representational election; or
14        (7) to refuse to reduce a collective bargaining
15    agreement to writing or to refuse to sign such agreement.
16    (b) It shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor
17organization or its agents:
18        (1) to restrain or coerce public employees in the
19    exercise of the rights guaranteed in this Act, provided,
20    (i) that this paragraph shall not impair the right of a
21    labor organization to prescribe its own rules with respect
22    to the acquisition or retention of membership therein or
23    the determination of fair share payments and (ii) that a
24    labor organization or its agents shall commit an unfair
25    labor practice under this paragraph in duty of fair
26    representation cases only by intentional misconduct in

 

 

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1    representing employees under this Act;
2        (2) to restrain or coerce a public employer in the
3    selection of his representatives for the purposes of
4    collective bargaining or the settlement of grievances; or
5        (3) to cause, or attempt to cause, an employer to
6    discriminate against an employee in violation of
7    subsection (a)(2);
8        (4) to refuse to bargain collectively in good faith
9    with a public employer, if it has been designated in
10    accordance with the provisions of this Act as the exclusive
11    representative of public employees in an appropriate unit;
12        (5) to violate any of the rules and regulations
13    established by the boards with jurisdiction over them
14    relating to the conduct of representation elections or the
15    conduct affecting the representation elections;
16        (6) to discriminate against any employee because he has
17    signed or filed an affidavit, petition or charge or
18    provided any information or testimony under this Act;
19        (7) to picket or cause to be picketed, or threaten to
20    picket or cause to be picketed, any public employer where
21    an object thereof is forcing or requiring an employer to
22    recognize or bargain with a labor organization of the
23    representative of its employees, or forcing or requiring
24    the employees of an employer to accept or select such labor
25    organization as their collective bargaining
26    representative, unless such labor organization is

 

 

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1    currently certified as the representative of such
2    employees:
3            (A) where the employer has lawfully recognized in
4        accordance with this Act any labor organization and a
5        question concerning representation may not
6        appropriately be raised under Section 9 of this Act;
7            (B) where within the preceding 12 months a valid
8        election under Section 9 of this Act has been
9        conducted; or
10            (C) where such picketing has been conducted
11        without a petition under Section 9 being filed within a
12        reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days from
13        the commencement of such picketing; provided that when
14        such a petition has been filed the Board shall
15        forthwith, without regard to the provisions of
16        subsection (a) of Section 9 or the absence of a showing
17        of a substantial interest on the part of the labor
18        organization, direct an election in such unit as the
19        Board finds to be appropriate and shall certify the
20        results thereof; provided further, that nothing in
21        this subparagraph shall be construed to prohibit any
22        picketing or other publicity for the purpose of
23        truthfully advising the public that an employer does
24        not employ members of, or have a contract with, a labor
25        organization unless an effect of such picketing is to
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1        the course of his employment, not to pick up, deliver,
2        or transport any goods or not to perform any services;
3        or
4        (8) to refuse to reduce a collective bargaining
5    agreement to writing or to refuse to sign such agreement.
6    (b-5) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer
7or its agents to require a peace officer to perform any of the
8tasks that are prohibited under Section 5-1136 of the Counties
9Code and Section 11-1-12 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
10    (c) The expressing of any views, argument, or opinion or
11the dissemination thereof, whether in written, printed,
12graphic, or visual form, shall not constitute or be evidence of
13an unfair labor practice under any of the provisions of this
14Act, if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force
15or promise of benefit.
16(Source: P.A. 86-412; 87-736.)
 
17    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
185-1136 as follows:
 
19    (55 ILCS 5/5-1136 new)
20    Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a
21law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations
22or warnings within a designated period of time.
23    A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law
24enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of

 

 

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1citations or warnings issued by the law enforcement officer to
2the number of citations or warnings issued by any other law
3enforcement officer who has similar job duties.
4    A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or
5assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner
6inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
7under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
8Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
9units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
10    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
11adding Section 11-1-12 as follows:
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new)
13    Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not
14require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of
15citations or warnings within a designated period of time.
16    A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a law
17enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of
18citations or warnings issued by the law enforcement officer to
19the number of citations or warnings issued by any other law
20enforcement officer who has similar job duties.
21    A home rule municipality may not establish requirements for
22or assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a
23manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a
24limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of

 

 

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1the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
2rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.