103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5804

 

Introduced 4/2/2024, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1136
65 ILCS 5/11-1-12

    Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not be required to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period of time or be required to meet an arrest quota (rather than a law enforcement officer may not be required to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period of time). Defines "arrest quota". Modifies and adds criterion that may be used to evaluate a law enforcement officer. Provides that a person or exclusive bargaining representative who is or whose members are aggrieved by a violation of the provisions may bring a civil action in an appropriate circuit court for declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation. Provides that, if the person or the exclusive bargaining representative is the prevailing party, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and additional relief the court deems appropriate. Provides that enforcement of the provisions in circuit court does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law of this State. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-1136 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1136)
7    Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not establish
8or adopt an order, policy, ordinance, or resolution that would
9require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number
10of citations within a designated period of time or require a
11law enforcement officer to meet an arrest quota. These
12prohibitions do . This prohibition shall not affect the
13conditions of any federal or State grants or funds awarded to
14the county and used to fund traffic enforcement programs.
15    A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law
16enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of
17citations issued or arrests completed by the law enforcement
18officer to the number of citations issued or arrests completed
19by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job
20duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a county from
21evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the law
22enforcement officer's points of contact.
23    For the purposes of this Section:

 

 

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1        (1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact
2    made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's
3    duties, including, but not limited to, the number of
4    traffic stops completed, calls for service, pedestrian
5    stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime
6    prevention measures, including community caretaking, order
7    maintenance, consensual encounters, foot patrols, and
8    business checks. "Points of contact" does shall not
9    include either the issuance of citations, arrests
10    completed, or the number of citations issued, or the
11    number of arrests completed by a law enforcement officer.
12        (2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff,
13    undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or
14    other person employed by the county as a peace officer.
15        (3) "Arrest quota" means a requirement regarding the
16    number of arrests completed by a law enforcement officer,
17    assessing value or points for an arrest for violation of a
18    rule, petty offense, misdemeanor offense, or felony
19    offense, or a proportion of those arrests completed
20    relative to the arrests completed by another law
21    enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers.
22    A county may not use citations or arrests as criterion for
23law enforcement officers for promotion, demotion, dismissal,
24discipline, or the earning of benefits or merit pay provided
25by the county. In evaluating the performance of a law
26enforcement officer, overall job performance shall be

 

 

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1considered and not the volume of citations issued or arrests
2completed. An evaluation may include, but is not limited to,
3attendance, punctuality, acceptance of feedback, work safety,
4self-sufficiency, performance under stress, communication
5skills, leadership, investigative skills, de-escalation,
6commendations, demeanor, formal training, education, and
7professional judgment.
8    A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or
9assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner
10inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and
11limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
12(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
13    A person or exclusive bargaining representative who is or
14whose members are aggrieved by a violation of this Section may
15bring a civil action in an appropriate circuit court for
16declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the
17violation. If the person or the exclusive bargaining
18representative is the prevailing party, the court shall award
19a prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and
20additional relief the court deems appropriate. This paragraph
21does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law
22of this State.
23(Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
24    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
25changing Section 11-1-12 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12)
2    Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not
3establish or adopt an order, policy, ordinance, or resolution
4that would require a police officer to issue a specific number
5of citations within a designated period of time or require a
6police officer to meet an arrest quota. These prohibitions do .
7This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any
8federal or State grants or funds awarded to the municipality
9and used to fund traffic enforcement programs.
10    A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a
11police officer's job performance, compare the number of
12citations issued or arrests completed by the police officer to
13the number of citations issued or arrests completed by any
14other police officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in
15this Section shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a
16police officer based on the police officer's points of
17contact.
18    For the purposes of this Section: ,
19    "Arrest quota" means a requirement regarding the number of
20arrests completed by a police officer, assessing value or
21points for an arrest for violation of a rule, petty offense,
22misdemeanor offense, or felony offense, or a proportion of
23those arrests completed relative to the arrests completed by
24another police officer or group of police officers.
25    "Points points of contact" means any quantifiable contact

 

 

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1made in the furtherance of the police officer's duties,
2including, but not limited to, the number of traffic stops
3completed, calls for service, pedestrian stops completed,
4arrests, written warnings, and crime prevention measures,
5including community caretaking, order maintenance, consensual
6encounters, foot patrols, and business checks. "Points of
7contact" does shall not include either the issuance of
8citations, arrests completed, or the number of citations
9issued, or the number of arrests completed by a police
10officer.
11    A municipality may not use citations or arrests as
12criterion for police officers for promotion, demotion,
13dismissal, discipline, or the earning of benefits or merit pay
14provided by the municipality. In evaluating the performance of
15a police officer, overall job performance shall be considered
16and not the volume of citations issued or arrests completed.
17An evaluation may include, but is not limited to, attendance,
18punctuality, acceptance of feedback, work safety,
19self-sufficiency, performance under stress, communication
20skills, leadership, investigative skills, de-escalation,
21commendations, demeanor, formal training, education, and
22professional judgment.
23    A home rule municipality may not establish requirements
24for or assess the performance of police officers in a manner
25inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and
26limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection

 

 

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1(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
2    A person or exclusive bargaining representative who is or
3whose members are aggrieved by a violation of this Section may
4bring a civil action in an appropriate circuit court for
5declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the
6violation. If the person or the exclusive bargaining
7representative is the prevailing party, the court shall award
8a prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and
9additional relief the court deems appropriate. This paragraph
10does not affect a right or remedy available under any other law
11of this State.
12(Source: P.A. 100-1001, eff. 1-1-19.)