101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4775
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II - Margo McDermed
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



25 ILCS 5/14 new
50 ILCS 705/10.5

     Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides requirements for members of the General Assembly to be conservators of the peace. Provides for the powers of members of the General Assembly as conservators of the peace.   Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to make a conforming change.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is amended  
5by adding Section 14 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 5/14 new)
7    Sec. 14. Conservators of the peace. After receiving a 
8certificate attesting to the successful completion of a 
9training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement 
10Training Standards Board as required under Section 10.5 of the 
11Illinois Police Training Act, all members of the General 
12Assembly shall be conservators of the peace. Those persons 
13shall have power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or 
14without process, all persons who break the peace or are found 
15violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the 
16State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for  examination, and 
17(iii) if necessary, to detain arrested  persons  in custody over 
18night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought 
19before the proper court.
  
 
20    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
21changing Section 10.5 as follows:
 



 
 
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1    (50 ILCS 705/10.5)



2    Sec. 10.5. Conservators of the Peace training course. The 
3Board shall
initiate, administer, and conduct a training course 
4for conservators of the
peace.  The training course may include 
5all or any part of the subjects
enumerated in
Section 7.  The 
6Board shall issue a certificate to those persons successfully

7completing the course.

8    For the purposes of this Section, "conservators of the 
9peace" means those
persons designated under Section 3.1-15-25 
10of the Illinois Municipal Code, and
Section 4-7 of the Park 
11District Code, and Section 14 of the General Assembly 
12Organization Act.

13(Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)