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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4160 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Local Protection of Individual Rights Act. Provides that a unit of local government, an agent of a unit of local government, or a person acting on behalf of a unit of local government shall not engage in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives any person of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States or Illinois. Provides that the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the people to obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a deprivation of any person's rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States or Illinois has occurred.
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| | HB4160 | | LRB100 15318 AWJ 30266 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local |
| 5 | | Protection of Individual Rights Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, "law |
| 7 | | enforcement officer" means any person employed by a unit of |
| 8 | | local government as a policeman, peace officer, or in some like |
| 9 | | position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of |
| 10 | | public interest at the risk of the person's life.
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| 11 | | Section 10. Deprivation of legal rights. A unit of local |
| 12 | | government, an agent of a unit of local government, or a person |
| 13 | | acting on behalf of a unit of local government shall not engage |
| 14 | | in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers |
| 15 | | that deprives any person of rights, privileges, or immunities |
| 16 | | secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United |
| 17 | | States or Illinois.
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| 18 | | Section 15. Enforcement. The Attorney General may bring a |
| 19 | | civil action in the name of the people to obtain appropriate |
| 20 | | equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or |
| 21 | | practice of conduct specified in Section 10 if the Attorney |