95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1498


 
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Creates the Law Enforcement Zero Tolerance Drug Policy Act.  Provides that a law enforcement officer who tests positive during a drug test administered by his or her employer or who refuses to submit to a drug test as ordered by his or her employer shall be discharged from employment pursuant to the disciplinary procedures of the employer.  Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.  Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning government.

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


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law 
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Enforcement Zero Tolerance Drug Policy Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions.    For the purposes of this Act:
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    "Law enforcement officer" means any peace officer, as 
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defined by Section 2-13 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, who is 
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employed by
any unit of local government, any school district, 
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or any State agency, as defined in Section 1-5 of the State 
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Officials and Employees Ethics Act, including
supervisory and 
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command personnel,
and any pay-grade investigator for the 
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Secretary of State as
defined in Section 14-110 of the Illinois 
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Pension Code, not including
Secretary of State sergeants, 
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lieutenants, commanders, or investigator
trainees.  The term 
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does not include crossing guards, parking enforcement

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personnel, traffic wardens, or employees of any State's 
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Attorney's office.  The term does not include persons subject to 
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Section 12.5 of the State Police Act or Section 3-7-2.5 of the 
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Unified Code of Corrections.
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    "Qualified drug test" means a drug test administered to a 
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law enforcement officer by his or her employer that is 
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administered in accordance with established procedures of the 
 


 






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employer.
 
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    Section 10. Zero tolerance drug policy. 
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    Any law enforcement officer who tests positive during a 
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qualified drug test for any substance prohibited by the 
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Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, 
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or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act 
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shall be discharged from employment pursuant to the 
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disciplinary procedures of the employer.  Refusal by any law 
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enforcement officer to submit to a qualified drug test is 
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construed as a positive result.
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    Nothing in this Section impairs any existing contract or 
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collective bargaining agreement.
 
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    Section 15. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate 
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the discipline of law enforcement officers in a manner that is 
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inconsistent with this Act.  This Section is a limitation under 
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subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois 
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Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of 
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power and functions exercised by the State. 
 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.31 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new)
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    Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
 


 






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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly.

 

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