SB2207 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2207

Introduced 12/14/2015, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-1-14 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities with a population of greater than 1,000,000 shall require their police officers to wear and use body cameras and to create policies concerning the wearing and use of body cameras on or before January 1, 2017. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

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 11-1-14 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-1-14 new)

Sec. 11-1-14. Body cameras. On or before January 1, 2017, the corporate authorities of a municipality with a population greater than 1,000,000 which has a police department shall require officer-worn body cameras to be worn and used by all police officers. On or before January 1, 2017, the police department shall adopt policies regarding the wearing and use of officer-worn body cameras consistent with the guidelines developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. A home rule unit may not regulate the wearing or use of officer-worn body cameras in a manner inconsistent with the guidelines developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. 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.