(310 ILCS 10/8.1c)

Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review Board is established for the housing authority in any municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to monitor the housing authority police force.

The Board shall consist of 9 members with 5 appointed by the executive director of the housing authority, 2 appointed by the housing authority's Central Advisory Council, and 2 appointed by the housing authority's Senior Advisory Council. The initial terms of the members shall be one, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years for the members appointed by the executive director, one and 2 years for the members appointed by the Central Advisory Council, and one and 2 years for the members appointed by the Senior Advisory Council. The appointing authority shall determine which initial term each appointee shall serve. Each successor of the initial members shall serve for a term of 4 years. The initial appointments to the Board shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The Board shall select one of its members to serve as chairperson. The Board may, after notice and a hearing, remove by majority vote a member of the Board who has been found guilty of neglect of duty or malfeasance. If a member of the Board resigns or is removed, the official or body that would appoint the member's successor shall appoint a person to serve the remainder of the member's term. After a member's term expires, the member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.

Subject to collective bargaining agreements, the Board has the authority, after holding a hearing, to suspend, terminate, or take other disciplinary action against a housing authority police officer if:

(1) the officer is found by the Board to have physically abused a tenant or his or her guest while the officer was on duty;

(2) the officer is found by the Board to have entered the residence of a housing authority tenant and was neither (i) executing a legally issued arrest warrant or search warrant for that residence nor (ii) otherwise lawfully present in the residence; or

(3) the officer is found by the Board to have physically abused a person on or off housing authority property while performing his or her duty as a housing authority police officer.

(Source: P.A. 90-478, eff. 8-17-97.)