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Rep. Luis Arroyo
Filed: 3/25/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 124
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 124 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
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| 8 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the |
| 9 | | appointment of
Department of State Police officers shall be |
| 10 | | made from those applicants who
have been certified by the Board |
| 11 | | as being qualified for appointment. All
persons so appointed |
| 12 | | shall, at the time of their appointment, be not less than
21 |
| 13 | | years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully |
| 14 | | completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours 2 years of
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| 15 | | law enforcement studies at an accredited college or university. |
| 16 | | Any person
appointed subsequent to successful completion of an |
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| 1 | | associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college |
| 2 | | or university 2 years of such law
enforcement studies shall not |
| 3 | | have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted
to carry |
| 4 | | firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age. In addition,
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| 5 | | all persons so certified for appointment shall be of sound mind |
| 6 | | and body, be of
good moral character, be citizens of the United |
| 7 | | States, have no criminal
records, possess such prerequisites of |
| 8 | | training, education, and experience as
the Board may from time |
| 9 | | to time prescribe, and shall be required to pass
successfully |
| 10 | | such mental and physical tests and examinations as may be
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| 11 | | prescribed by the Board. Notwithstanding any Board rule to the |
| 12 | | contrary, all persons who meet one of the following |
| 13 | | requirements are deemed to have met the collegiate educational |
| 14 | | requirements: |
| 15 | | (i) have been honorably discharged and who have been |
| 16 | | awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign |
| 17 | | Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign |
| 18 | | Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global War on Terrorism |
| 19 | | Expeditionary Medal by the United States Armed Forces; |
| 20 | | (ii) are active members of the Illinois National Guard |
| 21 | | or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces |
| 22 | | and who have been awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, |
| 23 | | Kosovo Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, |
| 24 | | Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global |
| 25 | | War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal as a result of |
| 26 | | honorable service during deployment on active duty; |
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| 1 | | (iii) have been honorably discharged who served in a |
| 2 | | combat mission by proof of hostile fire pay or imminent |
| 3 | | danger pay during deployment on active duty; or |
| 4 | | (iv) have at least 3 years of full active and |
| 5 | | continuous military duty and received an honorable |
| 6 | | discharge before hiring. |
| 7 | | Preference shall be given in such appointments to
persons |
| 8 | | who have honorably served in the military or naval services of |
| 9 | | the
United States. All appointees shall serve a probationary |
| 10 | | period of 12 months
from the date of appointment and during |
| 11 | | that period may be discharged at the
will of the Director. |
| 12 | | However, the Director may in his or her sole discretion
extend |
| 13 | | the probationary period of an officer up to an additional 6 |
| 14 | | months when
to do so is deemed in the best interest of the |
| 15 | | Department.
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| 16 | | (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, after |
| 17 | | July 1,
1977 and before July 1, 1980, the Director of State |
| 18 | | Police may appoint and
promote not more than 20 persons having |
| 19 | | special qualifications as special
agents as he or she deems |
| 20 | | necessary to carry out the Department's objectives. Any
such |
| 21 | | appointment or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
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| 22 | | (c) During the 90 days following the effective date of this |
| 23 | | amendatory Act
of 1995, the Director of State Police may |
| 24 | | appoint up to 25 persons as State
Police officers. These |
| 25 | | appointments shall be made in accordance with the
requirements |
| 26 | | of this subsection (c) and any additional criteria that may be
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| 1 | | established by the Director, but are not subject to any other |
| 2 | | requirements of
this Act. The Director may specify the initial |
| 3 | | rank for each person appointed
under this subsection.
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| 4 | | All appointments under this subsection (c) shall be made |
| 5 | | from personnel
certified by the Board. A person certified by |
| 6 | | the Board and appointed by the
Director under this subsection |
| 7 | | must have been employed by the Illinois Commerce
Commission on |
| 8 | | November 30, 1994 in a job title
subject to the Personnel Code |
| 9 | | and in a position for which the person was
eligible to earn |
| 10 | | "eligible creditable service" as a "noncovered employee", as
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| 11 | | those terms are defined in Article 14 of the Illinois Pension |
| 12 | | Code.
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| 13 | | Persons appointed under this subsection (c) shall |
| 14 | | thereafter be subject to
the same requirements and procedures |
| 15 | | as other State police officers. A person
appointed under this |
| 16 | | subsection must serve a probationary period of 12 months
from |
| 17 | | the date of appointment, during which he or she may be |
| 18 | | discharged at the
will of the Director.
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| 19 | | This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the Director's |
| 20 | | authority to
appoint other State Police officers under |
| 21 | | subsection (a) of this Section.
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| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 100-11, eff. 7-1-17.)".
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