HB2868 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2868

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-1-15 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in a police department in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 inhabitants, police officers assigned to one of the 5 precincts with the fewest officers assigned may not be transferred or reassigned to another precinct, including temporary reassignments, unless an equal or greater number of police officers are transferred or assigned to the precinct from which the officer was transferred or reassigned to replace the leaving officer. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-1-15 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-1-15 new)

Sec. 11-1-15. Transfers between precincts. In a police department in a municipality with a population over 1,000,000 inhabitants, police officers assigned to one of the 5 precincts with the fewest officers assigned may not be transferred or reassigned to another precinct, including temporary reassignments, unless an equal or greater number of police officers are transferred or assigned to the precinct from which the officer was transferred or reassigned to replace the leaving officer.

A home rule municipality with a population over 1,000,000 inhabitants may not regulate transfers or assignments in police departments in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.