102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0724
 
Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
 
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 
5amended  by 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, (iii) 
17if necessary, to detain arrested  persons  in custody over night 
18or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before 
19the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as 
20conservators of the peace prescribed by State and corporate 
21authorities.
  
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
 
 
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1changing Section 10.5 as follows:
 



2    (50 ILCS 705/10.5)



3    Sec. 10.5. Conservators of the Peace training course. The 
4Board shall
initiate, administer, and conduct a training 
5course for conservators of the
peace.  The training course may 
6include all or any part of the subjects
enumerated in
Section 
77.  The Board shall issue a certificate to those persons 
8successfully
completing the course.

9    For the purposes of this Section, "conservators of the 
10peace" means those
persons designated under Section 3.1-15-25 
11of the Illinois Municipal Code, and
Section 4-7 of the Park 
12District Code, and Section 14 of the General Assembly 
13Organization Act.

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