HB6212 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6212

Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 1205/4-7

from Ch. 105, par. 4-7

Amends the Park District Code. In a Section that designates certain park district board members as conservators of the peace, removes language providing that the exercise of that authority shall not permit the possession or use of firearms by those board members. Provides that those board members shall complete a training course under the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act before carrying a firearm. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing Section 4-7 as follows:

(70 ILCS 1205/4-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-7)

Sec. 4-7. Employees; police force. The board of any park district may employ engineers, attorneys, clerks and other employees, including a police force, as may be required, and may define and prescribe their respective duties and compensation. After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the members of the board and all police officers appointed by the board shall be conservators of the peace within and upon the parks, boulevards, driveways, and property controlled by that park district, and shall have power to make arrests subject to the provisions of the Park District Police Act. Before carrying a firearm, each officer and each member of the board shall complete a training course under the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act. The exercise of such authority shall not permit the possession or use of firearms by members of the board.

(Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96; 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.