Public Act 099-0494
 
SB1380 EnrolledLRB099 09371 AWJ 29577 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 725/8)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 1, 2016)
    Sec. 8. Commission on Police Professionalism.
    (a) Recognizing the need to review performance standards
governing the professionalism of law enforcement agencies and
officers in the 21st century, the General Assembly hereby
creates the Commission on Police Professionalism.
    (b) The Commission on Policing Standards and
Professionalism shall be composed of the following members:
        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
    of the Senate;
        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
    Minority Leader;
        (3) one member of the House of Representatives
    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
    appointed by the House Minority Leader;
        (5) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
    by the Governor;
        (6) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
    by the President of the Senate;
        (7) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
    by the Senate Minority Leader;
        (8) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (9) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed
    by the House Minority Leader;
        (10) the Director of State Police, or his or her
    designee;
        (11) the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement
    Training Standards Board, or his or her designee;
        (12) the Director of a statewide organization
    representing Illinois sheriffs;
        (13) the Director of a statewide organization
    representing Illinois chiefs of police;
        (14) the Director of a statewide fraternal
    organization representing sworn law enforcement officers
    in this State;
        (15) the Director of a benevolent association
    representing sworn police officers in this State;
        (16) the Director of a fraternal organization
    representing sworn law enforcement officers within the
    City of Chicago; and
        (17) the Director of a fraternal organization
    exclusively representing sworn Illinois State Police
    officers.
    (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall each appoint a joint chairperson
to the Commission. The Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
    (d) The Commission shall meet regularly to review the
current training and certification process for law enforcement
officers, review the duties of the various types of law
enforcement officers, including auxiliary officers, review the
standards for the issuance of badges, shields, and other police
and agency identification, and examine whether law enforcement
officers should be licensed. For the purposes of this
subsection (d), "badge" means an officer's department issued
identification number associated with his or her position as a
police officer with that Department.
    (e) The Commission shall submit a report of its findings
and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly and
Governor on or before March 31, 2016 January 31, 2016.
    (f) This Section is repealed on April 1, 2016 February 1,
2016.
(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 8-12-15.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.