SB3742 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3742

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that parole agents and supervisors who are terminated (rather than discharged) from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. Provides that a State parole agent or supervisor retains the right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Defines "terminated". Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-14-1.5 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5)

Sec. 3-14-1.5. Parole agents and parole supervisors; off-duty firearms. Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not apply to parole agents and parole supervisors who meet the following conditions:

(1) The parole agent or parole supervisor must receive training in the use of firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as having successfully completing such training by the Board. The Board shall determine the amount of such training and the course content for such training. The parole agent or parole supervisor shall requalify for the firearms training annually at a State range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The expenses of such retraining shall be paid by the parole agent or parole supervisor and moneys for such requalification shall be expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.

(2) The parole agent or parole supervisor shall purchase such firearm at his or her own expense and shall register the firearm with the Illinois State Police and with any other local law enforcement agencies that require such registration.

(3) The parole agent or parole supervisor may not carry any Illinois Department of Corrections State issued firearm while off-duty. A person who violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary action by the Illinois Department of Corrections.

(4) Parole agents and supervisors who are terminated from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. A State parole agent or supervisor retains the right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.

(5) For the purposes of this Section, "terminated" means terminated from employment due to internal disciplinary matters and not due to retirement from the agency or department that the parole agent or supervisor represents. discharged from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

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