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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0420 Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 50 ILCS 705/1 | from Ch. 85, par. 501 |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning
the purposes of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0420 | | LRB102 10967 AWJ 16299 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 501)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.
It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative |
| 8 | | determination that
that
in order to promote and protect |
| 9 | | citizen health, safety and welfare, it is
necessary and in the |
| 10 | | public interest to provide for the creation of the
Illinois |
| 11 | | Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purpose of
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| 12 | | encouraging and aiding municipalities, counties, park |
| 13 | | districts, State
controlled universities, colleges, and public |
| 14 | | community colleges, and other
local governmental agencies of |
| 15 | | this State and participating State agencies in
their efforts |
| 16 | | to raise the level of law enforcement by upgrading and
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| 17 | | maintaining a high level of training and standards for law |
| 18 | | enforcement
executives and officers, county corrections |
| 19 | | officers, sheriffs, and law enforcement support personnel |
| 20 | | under this Act. It is
declared to be the responsibility of the |
| 21 | | board to ensure the required
participation of the pertinent |
| 22 | | local governmental units in the programs
established under |
| 23 | | this Act, to encourage the voluntary participation of other
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