Public Act 098-0725
 
HB4417 EnrolledLRB098 18638 RLC 53781 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2910/1)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 501)
    Sec. 1. Peace Officer Status.
    (a) Any person who is a sworn member of any organized and
paid fire department of a political subdivision of this State
and is authorized to investigate fires or explosions for such
political subdivision and to determine the cause, origin and
circumstances of fires or explosions that are suspected to be
arson or arson-related crimes, may be classified as a peace
officer by the political subdivision or agency employing such
person. A person so classified shall possess the same powers of
arrest, search and seizure and the securing and service of
warrants as sheriffs of counties, and police officers within
the jurisdiction of their political subdivision. While in the
actual investigation and matters incident thereto, such person
may carry weapons as may be necessary, but only if that person
has satisfactorily completed (1) a training program offered or
approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
Board which substantially conforms to standards promulgated
pursuant to the Illinois Police Training Act and the Peace
Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act; and (2) a
course in fire and arson investigation approved by the Office
of the State Fire Marshal pursuant to the Illinois Fire
Protection Training Act. Such training need not include
exposure to vehicle and traffic law, traffic control and
accident investigation, or first aid, but shall include
training in the law relating to the rights of persons suspected
of involvement in criminal activities.
    Any person granted the powers enumerated in this subsection
(a) may exercise such powers only during the actual
investigation of the cause, origin and circumstances of such
fires or explosions that are suspected to be arson or
arson-related crimes.
    (b) Persons employed by the Office of the State Fire
Marshal to conduct arson investigations shall be designated
State Fire Marshal Arson Investigator Special Agents and shall
be peace officers with all of the powers of peace officers in
cities and sheriffs in counties, except that they may exercise
those powers throughout the State. These Special Agents may
exercise these powers only when engaging in official duties
during the actual investigation of the cause, origin, and
circumstances of such fires or explosions that are suspected to
be arson or arson-related crimes and may carry weapons at all
times, but only if they have satisfactorily completed (1) a
training course approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training Standards Board that substantially conforms to the
standards promulgated pursuant to the Peace Officer and
Probation Officer Firearm Training Act and (2) a course in fire
and arson investigation approved by the Office of the State
Fire Marshal pursuant to the Illinois Fire Protection Training
Act. Such training need not include exposure to vehicle and
traffic law, traffic control and accident investigation, or
first aid, but shall include training in the law relating to
the rights of persons suspected of involvement in criminal
activities.
    For purposes of this subsection (b), a "State Fire Marshal
Arson Investigator Special Agent" does not include any fire
investigator, fireman, police officer, or other employee of the
federal government; any fire investigator, fireman, police
officer, or other employee of any unit of local government; or
any fire investigator, fireman, police officer, or other
employee of the State of Illinois other than an employee of the
Office of the State Fire Marshal assigned to investigate arson.
    The State Fire Marshal must authorize to each employee of
the Office of the State Fire Marshal who is exercising the
powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face,
(i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by the Office
of the State Fire Marshal and (ii) contains a unique
identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by the
Office of the State Fire Marshal, except that a badge,
different from the badge issued to peace officers, may be
authorized by the Office of the State Fire Marshal for the use
of fire prevention inspectors employed by that Office. Nothing
in this subsection prohibits the State Fire Marshal from
issuing shields or other distinctive identification to
employees not exercising the powers of a peace officer if the
State Fire Marshal determines that a shield or distinctive
identification is needed by the employee to carry out his or
her responsibilities.
(Source: P.A. 95-502, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Section 10.4 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 705/10.4)
    Sec. 10.4. Weapon certification for retired law
enforcement officers. The Board may initiate, administer, and
conduct annual firearm certification courses consistent with
the requirements enumerated in the Peace Officer and Probation
Officer Firearm Training Act for retired law enforcement
officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed
weapon.
(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
    Section 15. The Peace Officer Firearm Training Act is
amended by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01, 1,
2, 2.5, and 3 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 710/Act title)
An Act in relation to firearms training for peace officers
and probation officers.
 
    (50 ILCS 710/0.01)  (from Ch. 85, par. 514)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Peace
Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
    (50 ILCS 710/1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 515)
    Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    (a) "Peace officer" means (i) any person who by virtue of
his office or public employment is vested by law with a primary
duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses,
whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to
specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any
county or municipality or (ii) any retired law enforcement
officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed
weapon.
    (a-5) "Probation officer" means a county probation officer
authorized by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court to carry a
firearm as part of his or her duties under Section 12 of the
Probation and Probation Officers Act and Section 24-2 of the
Criminal Code of 2012.
    (b) "Firearms" means any weapon or device defined as a
firearm in Section 1.1 of "An Act relating to the acquisition,
possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to
provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an
appropriation in connection therewith", approved August 3,
1967, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
    (50 ILCS 710/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 516)
    Sec. 2. Training course for peace officers and probation
officers.
    (a) Successful completion of a 40 hour course of training
in use of a suitable type firearm shall be a condition
precedent to the possession and use of that respective firearm
by any peace officer or probation officer in this State in
connection with the officer's official duties. The training
must be approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board ("the Board") and may be given in logical
segments but must be completed by a peace officer within 6
months from the date of the officer's initial employment and by
a probation officer before possession and use of a firearm in
connection with the probation officer's official duties. To
satisfy the requirements of this Act, the training must include
the following:
        (1) Instruction in the dangers of misuse of the
    firearm, safety rules, and care and cleaning of the
    firearm.
        (2) Practice firing on a range and qualification with
    the firearm in accordance with the standards established by
    the Board.
        (3) Instruction in the legal use of firearms under the
    Criminal Code of 2012 and relevant court decisions.
        (4) A forceful presentation of the ethical and moral
    considerations assumed by any person who uses a firearm.
    (b) Any officer who successfully completes the Basic
Training Course prescribed for recruits by the Board shall be
presumed to have satisfied the requirements of this Act.
    (c) The Board shall cause the training courses to be
conducted twice each year within each of the Mobile Team
Regions, but no training course need be held when there are no
police officers or probation officers requiring the training.
    (d) (Blank).
    (e) The Board may waive, or may conditionally waive, the 40
hour course of training if, in the Board's opinion, the officer
has previously successfully completed a course of similar
content and duration. In cases of waiver, the officer shall
demonstrate his or her knowledge and proficiency by passing the
written examination on firearms and by successfully passing the
range qualification portion of the prescribed course of
training.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
    (50 ILCS 710/2.5)
    Sec. 2.5. Annual range qualification. The annual range
qualification for peace officers and probation officers shall
consist of range fire approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training Standards Board.
(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
    (50 ILCS 710/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 517)
    Sec. 3. The Board is charged with enforcing this Act and
making inspections to insure compliance with its provisions,
and is empowered to promulgate rules necessary for its
administration and enforcement, including those relating to
the annual certification of retired law enforcement officers
qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon. All
units of government or other agencies which employ or utilize
peace officers, probation officers, or that certify retired law
enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a
concealed weapon, shall cooperate with the Board by furnishing
relevant information which the Board may require. The Executive
Director of the Board shall report annually, no later than
February 1, to the Board, with copies to the Governor and the
General Assembly, the results of these inspections and provide
other related information and recommendations as it deems
proper.
(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
    Section 20. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Sections 3-6013 and 5-37011 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-6013)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013)
    Sec. 3-6013. Duties, training and compensation of
auxiliary deputies. Auxiliary deputies shall not supplement
members of the regular county police department or regular
deputies in the performance of their assigned and normal
duties, except as provided herein. Auxiliary deputies may be
assigned and directed by the sheriff to perform the following
duties in the county:
    To aid or direct traffic within the county, to aid in
control of natural or human made disasters, to aid in case of
civil disorder as assigned and directed by the sheriff,
provided, that in emergency cases which render it impractical
for members of the regular county police department or regular
deputies to perform their assigned and normal duties, the
sheriff is hereby authorized to assign and direct auxiliary
deputies to perform such regular and normal duties.
Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary deputies shall be
different and distinct from those used by members of the
regular county police department or regular deputies. Such
auxiliary deputies shall at all times during the performance of
their duties be subject to the direction and control of the
sheriff of the county. Such auxiliary deputies shall not carry
firearms, except with the permission of the sheriff, and only
while in uniform and in the performance of their assigned
duties.
    Auxiliary deputies, prior to entering upon any of their
duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of
weapons and other police procedures as shall be appropriate in
the exercise of the powers conferred upon them under this
Division, which training and course of study shall be
determined and provided by the sheriff of each county utilizing
auxiliary deputies, provided that, before being permitted to
carry a firearm an auxiliary deputy must have the same course
of training as required of peace officers in Section 2 of the
Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. The
county authorities shall require that all auxiliary deputies be
residents of the county served by them. Prior to the
appointment of any auxiliary deputy his or her fingerprints
shall be taken and no person shall be appointed as such
auxiliary deputy if he or she has been convicted of a felony or
other crime involving moral turpitude.
    Auxiliary deputies may receive such compensation as is set
by the County Board, with the advice and consent of the
Sheriff, not to exceed the lowest hourly pay of a full-time
sworn member of the regular county police or sheriff's
department and not be paid a salary, except as provided in
Section 3-6036, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred in performing their assigned duty. The County Board
must approve such actual expenses and arrange for payment.
    Nothing in this Division shall preclude an auxiliary deputy
from holding a simultaneous appointment as an auxiliary police
officer pursuant to Section 3-6-5 of the Illinois Municipal
Code.
(Source: P.A. 97-379, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-37011)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37011)
    Sec. 5-37011. Hospital security police force. The board of
commissioners, subject to the applicable merit system rules,
may establish and maintain a Hospital Security Police Force and
may define and prescribe all such peace officers' duties and
compensation. Every security police officer appointed by the
board to such Security Police Force, as the same shall be from
time to time hereafter constituted, shall have and is hereby
vested with police powers, and is hereby authorized to act as a
conservator of the peace within and upon any and all hospital
facilities operated and hospital premises controlled by such
board, and shall have power to make arrests or cause to be
arrested, with or without process, any person who breaks the
peace, or may be found violating any State statutes or city or
county ordinances within or upon such facilities or premises.
    The board may establish reasonable eligibility
requirements for appointment to such Security Police Force
relating to residence, health, habits and moral character.
However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless that
person is at least 21 years of age. No person may be appointed
to or be retained in the Hospital Security Police Force unless
that person is of good character and not a habitual drunkard,
gambler or a person convicted of a felony or a crime involving
moral turpitude. All Security Police Force personnel
authorized to carry weapons within or upon hospital facilities
or premises while on-duty shall receive a course of training in
the legal and practical use of such weapons as is required of a
police officer under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer
Firearm Training Act "An Act in relation to firearms training
for peace officers", approved August 29, 1975, as amended, and
all such Security Police Force personnel shall also have
received the training and certification required by the
"Illinois Police Training Act" as now or hereafter amended.
Security Police Force personnel shall not carry weapons while
off-duty and all weapons shall be checked and secured on the
hospital premises while such personnel remain off-duty.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
    Section 25. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 100-10 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/100-10)
    Sec. 100-10. Township enforcement officer.
    (a) The township board may appoint one or more township
enforcement officers to serve for a term of one year and may
remove an officer with or without cause. Every person appointed
to the office of township enforcement officer, before entering
on the duties of the office and within 10 days after being
notified of the appointment, shall cause to be filed in the
office of the township clerk a notice signifying his or her
acceptance of the office. A neglect to cause the notice to be
filed shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
    (b) The sheriff of the county in which the township is
situated may disapprove any such appointment within 30 days
after the notice is filed. The disapproval precludes that
person from serving as a township enforcement officer, and the
township board may appoint another person to that position
subject to approval by the sheriff.
    (c) Every person appointed to the office of township
enforcement officer, before entering upon the duties of the
office, shall execute, with sufficient sureties to be approved
by the supervisor or clerk of the township, an instrument in
writing by which the township enforcement officer and his or
her sureties shall jointly and severally agree to pay to each
and every person who may be entitled thereto all sums of money
as the township enforcement officer may become liable to pay on
account of any neglect or default of the township enforcement
officer or on account of any misfeasance of the township
enforcement officer in the discharge of, or failure to
faithfully perform, any of the duties of the office.
    (d) The township enforcement officers shall have the same
power and authority within the township as a deputy sheriff but
only for the purpose of enforcing township ordinances.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, township
enforcement officers are authorized to enforce county
ordinances within areas of a county located within the township
pursuant to intergovernmental agreements between the
respective county and township to the extent authorized by the
agreement. The township enforcement officer shall not carry
firearms and will not be required to comply with the Peace
Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. The officer
shall attend law enforcement training classes conducted by the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The
township board shall appropriate all necessary monies for the
training.
    (d-5) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, in all actions for the violation of any township
ordinance, township enforcement officers shall be authorized
to issue and to serve upon any person who the township
enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe is guilty
of a violation of a township ordinance a notice of violation
that shall constitute a summons and complaint. A copy of such
notice of violation shall be forwarded to the circuit court
having jurisdiction over the township where the violation is
alleged to have been committed. Every person who has been
issued a summons shall appear for trial, and the action shall
be prosecuted in the corporate name of the township.
Enforcement of county ordinances shall be in accordance with
procedures adopted by the county and any applicable State law.
    (2) In all actions for violation of any township ordinance
when the fine would not be in excess of $500 and no jail term
could be imposed, service of summons may be made by the
township clerk by certified mail, return receipt requested,
whether service is to be within or without the State.
    (e) The township enforcement officers shall carry
identification documents provided by the township board
identifying him or her as a township enforcement officer. The
officers shall notify the township clerk of any violations of
township ordinances.
    (f) Nothing in this Code precludes a county auxiliary
deputy or deputy sheriff, or a municipal policeman or auxiliary
police officer from serving as a township enforcement officer
during off-duty hours.
    (g) The township board may provide compensation for the
township enforcement officer on either a per diem or a salary
basis.
    (h) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 97-330, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    Section 30. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 3.1-30-20 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-20)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-20)
    Sec. 3.1-30-20. Auxiliary police officers.
    (a) Auxiliary police officers shall not be members of the
regular police department of the municipality. Auxiliary
police officers shall not supplement members of the regular
police department of any municipality in the performance of
their assigned and normal duties, except as otherwise provided
in this Code. Auxiliary police officers shall only be assigned
to perform the following duties in a municipality: (i) to aid
or direct traffic within the municipality, (ii) to aid in
control of natural or man made disasters, and (iii) to aid in
case of civil disorder as directed by the chief of police. When
it is impractical for members of the regular police department
to perform those normal and regular police duties, however, the
chief of police of the regular police department may assign
auxiliary police officers to perform those normal and regular
police duties. Identification symbols worn by auxiliary police
officers shall be different and distinct from those used by
members of the regular police department. Auxiliary police
officers shall at all times during the performance of their
duties be subject to the direction and control of the chief of
police of the municipality. Auxiliary police officers shall not
carry firearms, except with the permission of the chief of
police and while in uniform and in the performance of their
duties. Auxiliary police officers, when on duty, shall also be
conservators of the peace and shall have the powers specified
in Section 3.1-15-25.
    (b) Auxiliary police officers, before entering upon any of
their duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of
weapons and other police procedures appropriate for the
exercise of the powers conferred upon them under this Code. The
training and course of study shall be determined and provided
by the corporate authorities of each municipality employing
auxiliary police officers. Before being permitted to carry a
firearm, however, an auxiliary police officer must have the
same course of training as required of peace officers under
Section 2 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
Training Act. The municipal authorities may require that all
auxiliary police officers be residents of the municipality
served by them. Before the appointment of an auxiliary police
officer, the person's fingerprints shall be taken, and no
person shall be appointed as an auxiliary police officer if
that person has been convicted of a felony or other crime
involving moral turpitude.
    (c) The Line of Duty Compensation Act shall be applicable
to auxiliary police officers upon their death in the line of
duty described in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    Section 35. The Civic Center Code is amended by changing
Section 240-40 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 200/240-40)
    Sec. 240-40. Security police force. The Board of the
Authority may establish and maintain a Security Police Force
and may define and prescribe all such peace officers' duties
and compensation. Every security police officer appointed by
the Board to such Security Police Force, as the same shall be
from time to time hereafter constituted, shall have and is
hereby vested with police powers, and is hereby authorized to
act as a conservator of the peace within and upon driveways,
sidewalks and property controlled by such Authority, and shall
have power to make arrests or cause to be arrested, with or
without process, any person who breaks the peace, or may be
found violating any of the penal ordinances of such Authority,
or of the City of Rockford or any criminal law of the State.
    An arrest may be made by any such officer without a warrant
when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in his
presence or when a criminal offense has, in fact, been
committed, and the officer has reasonable ground for believing
that the person to be arrested has committed it. Any person so
arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken by such
officer before the circuit court of the county having
jurisdiction of the offense committed or charged against such
person, and such police officer shall thereupon make and file a
complaint in writing under oath, against such defendant,
charging the violation by such defendant of such statute or
ordinance, and such offender shall thereupon be dealt with
according to law in the same manner as if he had been arrested
in the first instance under warrant lawfully issued. However,
no member of any such Security Police Force shall be vested
with any police power outside the limits of the metropolitan
area except pursuant to and in accordance with an
intergovernmental cooperation agreement to which the Authority
is a party.
    In all actions for the violation of any ordinance of the
Authority, the first process shall be a summons or a warrant. A
warrant for the arrest of an accused person may issue upon the
affidavit of any person that an ordinance has been violated,
and that person making the complaint has reasonable grounds to
believe that the party charged is guilty thereof. Every person
arrested upon a warrant, without unnecessary delay, shall be
taken before the proper officer for trial.
    The Board of the Authority may establish reasonable
eligibility requirements for appointment to such Security
Police Force relating to health, habits and moral character.
However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless that
person is at least 21 years of age. No person may be appointed
to or be retained in the Security Police Force unless that
person is of good character and not a habitual drunkard,
gambler or a person convicted of a felony or a crime involving
moral turpitude. All such Security Police Force personnel
authorized to carry weapons shall receive a course of training
in the legal and practical use of such weapons as is required
of a police officer under the Peace Officer and Probation
Officer Firearm Training Act, and all such Security Police
Force personnel shall also have received the training and
certification required by the Illinois Police Training Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
    Section 40. The Park District Police Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1325/1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 330a)
    Sec. 1. Park police powers.
    (a) Whenever any park district establishes a police force
under Section 4-7 of the Park District Code, each officer of
that force is vested with police powers, is authorized to act
as a conservator of the peace within that park district, and
may arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without a warrant,
any person who breaks the peace, or who violates any ordinance
of a city, town, or village, or of the park district, or any
criminal law of the State. If a park district maintains an
airport, this authority also extends to any violation of a rule
or regulation of a governing federal agency or any federal,
State, or local law relating to that operation. The authority
granted under this Section is expressly limited to park
district property and shall not be construed to extend to any
other jurisdiction except in cases of fresh pursuit or under a
validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement.
    (b) An arrest may be made by a park police officer without
a warrant when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in
his presence, or when a criminal offense has been committed and
the officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person
to be arrested has committed it. Any person so arrested shall,
without unnecessary delay, be taken by the officer before the
circuit court of the county having jurisdiction, and the
officer shall file a complaint in writing under oath, charging
the defendant with a violation of a statute or ordinance.
    (c) A full or part-time police officer employed under this
Section shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois
Police Training Act. In addition, before carrying a firearm,
each officer shall complete a training course under the Peace
Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96.)
 
    Section 45. The Private College Campus Police Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 1020/1)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1951)
    Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees of a private college or
private university, may appoint persons to be members of a
campus police department. The Board shall assign duties,
including the enforcement of college or university
regulations, and prescribe the oath of office. With respect to
any such campus police department established for police
protection, the members of such campus police department shall
be persons who have successfully completed the Minimum
Standards Basic Law Enforcement Training Course offered at a
police training school established under the Illinois Police
Training Act, as such Act may be now or hereafter amended. All
members of such campus police departments must also
successfully complete the Firearms Training for Peace Officers
established under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer
Firearm Training Act an Act in Relation To Firearms Training
for Peace Officers, as such Act may be now or hereafter
amended. Members of the campus police department shall have the
powers of municipal peace officers and county sheriffs,
including the power to make arrests under the circumstances
prescribed in Section 107-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963, as amended, for violations of state statutes or
municipal or county ordinances, including the ability to
regulate and control traffic on the public way contiguous to
the college or university property, for the protection of
students, employees, visitors and their property, and the
property branches, and interests of the college or university,
in the county where the college or university is located.
Campus police shall have no authority to serve civil process.
    Members of the campus police department at a private
college or private university shall not be eligible to
participate in any State, county or municipal retirement fund
and shall not be reimbursed for training with state funds. the
uniforms, vehicles, and badges of such officers shall be
distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency
where the main campus is located.
    The Board of Trustees shall provide liability insurance
coverage for each member of the campus police department
without cost to the member, which insures the member against
any liability which arises out of or in the course of the
member's employment for no less than $250,000 of coverage,
unless such indemnification is provided by a program of
self-insurance.
    For the purposes of this Section, "private college" or
"private university" means: (1) any college or university which
is not owned or controlled by the State or any political
subdivision thereof, and (2) which provides a program of
education in residence leading to a baccalaureate degree, or
which provides a program of education in residence, for which
the baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite, leading to an
academic or professional degree, and (3) which is accredited by
the North Central Association or other nationally recognized
accrediting agency.
(Source: P.A. 96-594, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    Section 50. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
Section 5 as follows:
 
    (510 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 355)
    Sec. 5. Duties and powers.
    (a) It shall be the duty of the Administrator or the Deputy
Administrator, through sterilization, humane education, rabies
inoculation, stray control, impoundment, quarantine, and any
other means deemed necessary, to control and prevent the spread
of rabies and to exercise dog and cat overpopulation control.
It shall also be the duty of the Administrator to investigate
and substantiate all claims made under Section 19 of this Act.
    (b) Counties may by ordinance determine the extent of the
police powers that may be exercised by the Administrator,
Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens, which
powers shall pertain only to this Act. The Administrator,
Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens may issue and
serve citations and orders for violations of this Act. The
Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control
Wardens may not carry weapons unless they have been
specifically authorized to carry weapons by county ordinance.
Animal Control Wardens, however, may use tranquilizer guns and
other nonlethal weapons and equipment without specific weapons
authorization.
    A person authorized to carry firearms by county ordinance
under this subsection must have completed the training course
for peace officers prescribed in the Peace Officer and
Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. The cost of this
training shall be paid by the county.
    (c) The sheriff and all sheriff's deputies and municipal
police officers shall cooperate with the Administrator and his
or her representatives in carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
    (d) The Administrator and animal control wardens shall aid
in the enforcement of the Humane Care for Animals Act and have
the ability to impound animals and apply for security posting
for violation of that Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
    Section 55. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
the following:
        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
    of their official duty.
        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
    employment.
        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
    Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
    include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
    employment or commuting between their homes and places of
    employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
    within one hour from departure from home or place of
    employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
    contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
    of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
    control card by the Department of Financial and
    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
    firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
    Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
    the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
    2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
    private security contractor, private detective, or private
    alarm contractor, or employee of the licensed agency at all
    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
    weapon.
        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
    of persons employed and private property related to such
    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
    least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
    hours of training that includes the theory of law
    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
    weapon.
        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
    any investigation for the Commission.
        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
    protection of other employees and property related to such
    financial institution, while actually engaged in the
    performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
    and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
    properties owned or operated by such financial
    institution, provided that any person so employed has
    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
    card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
    when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
    For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
    means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
    company providing armored car services.
        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
    performance of his duties.
        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
    of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
    received weapons training according to requirements of the
    Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
    Sheriff.
        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    who has completed the background screening and training
    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
    Regulatory Commission.
        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
the commission of the offense.
    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
    using their firearms on those target ranges.
        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
    while parading, with the special permission of the
    Governor.
        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
    permission.
    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
of the following:
        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
    official duties.
        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
    the performance of their official duty.
        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
    are not immediately accessible.
        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
    This exemption does not authorize the general private
    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
    business described in this paragraph.
        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
    accessible.
        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
officer.
    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
to:
        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
    the performance of their official duty.
        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
    ordinance.
        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
    by an exempted manufacturer.
    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
general private possession of any device or attachment of any
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
business described in this subsection (g-5). During
transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
or not immediately accessible.
    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.
    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
connection with such athlete's training for and participation
in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
and Paralympic Games.
    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
of proving such an exemption.
    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
(Source: P.A. 97-465, eff. 8-22-11; 97-676, eff. 6-1-12;
97-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13;
98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
    Section 60. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
amended by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 110/17 new)
    Sec. 17. Authorization to carry weapons. Probation
officers may only carry weapons while in the performance of
their official duties, or while commuting between their homes,
places of employment, or specific locations that are part of
their assigned duties, provided they have received the prior
consent of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for which they
are employed, and they have received weapons training according
to requirements of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer
Firearm Training Act.