98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0775
 
Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 





310 ILCS 10/8.1c
    Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Citizens Review Board.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning housing.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:

 
4    Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by 
5changing Section 8.1c as follows:
 



6    (310 ILCS 10/8.1c)



7    Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review Board 
8is
established for the
the housing authority in any

9municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to
monitor the

10housing authority police force.
11    The Board shall consist of 9 members with 5 appointed by 
12the executive
director
of the housing authority, 2 appointed by 
13the housing authority's Central
Advisory Council, and 2 
14appointed by the housing authority's Senior Advisory
Council.  
15The initial terms of the members shall be  one, 2, 3, 4, and 5 
16years
for the members appointed by the executive director, one 
17and 2 years for the
members appointed by the Central Advisory 
18Council, and one and 2 years for the
members appointed by the 
19Senior Advisory Council.  The
appointing authority shall 
20determine which initial term each appointee shall
serve.
Each 
21successor of the initial members shall serve for a term of 4 
22years.
The initial appointments to the Board shall be made 
23within 30 days of the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 
 
 
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11997.
The Board shall select one of its members to serve as 
2chairperson.
The Board may, after notice and a hearing, remove 
3by majority vote
a member of the Board who has been found 
4guilty of neglect of duty or
malfeasance. If a
member of the 
5Board resigns or is removed, the official or body that would

6appoint the
member's successor shall appoint a person to serve 
7the remainder of the
member's term. After a member's term 
8expires, the member shall continue to
serve until a successor 
9is appointed and qualified.

10    Subject to collective bargaining agreements, the Board
has 
11the authority, after holding a
hearing, to
suspend, terminate, 
12or take other disciplinary action
against a
housing authority 
13police officer if:


14        (1) the officer is  found by the Board to have 
15    physically
abused a tenant or his or her guest while the 
16    officer was on
duty;


17        (2) the officer is found by the Board to have entered 
18    the residence of a
housing authority tenant and was neither 
19    (i) executing a legally issued arrest
warrant or search 
20    warrant for that residence nor (ii) otherwise lawfully

21    present in the residence; or


22        (3) the officer is found by the Board to have 
23    physically
abused
a person on or off housing authority 
24    property while performing his or her duty
as a housing 
25    authority police officer.

26(Source: P.A. 90-478, eff. 8-17-97.)