100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4271

 

Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-6013  from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county authorities may (rather than shall) require that all auxiliary deputies be residents of the county served by them. Effective immediately.


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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 Section
53-6013 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6013)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013)
7    Sec. 3-6013. Duties, training and compensation of
8auxiliary deputies. Auxiliary deputies shall not supplement
9members of the regular county police department or regular
10deputies in the performance of their assigned and normal
11duties, except as provided herein. Auxiliary deputies may be
12assigned and directed by the sheriff to perform the following
13duties in the county:
14    To aid or direct traffic within the county, to aid in
15control of natural or human made disasters, to aid in case of
16civil disorder as assigned and directed by the sheriff,
17provided, that in emergency cases which render it impractical
18for members of the regular county police department or regular
19deputies to perform their assigned and normal duties, the
20sheriff is hereby authorized to assign and direct auxiliary
21deputies to perform such regular and normal duties.
22Identification symbols worn by such auxiliary deputies shall be
23different and distinct from those used by members of the

 

 

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1regular county police department or regular deputies. Such
2auxiliary deputies shall at all times during the performance of
3their duties be subject to the direction and control of the
4sheriff of the county. Such auxiliary deputies shall not carry
5firearms, except with the permission of the sheriff, and only
6while in uniform and in the performance of their assigned
7duties.
8    Auxiliary deputies, prior to entering upon any of their
9duties, shall receive a course of training in the use of
10weapons and other police procedures as shall be appropriate in
11the exercise of the powers conferred upon them under this
12Division, which training and course of study shall be
13determined and provided by the sheriff of each county utilizing
14auxiliary deputies, provided that, before being permitted to
15carry a firearm an auxiliary deputy must have the same course
16of training as required of peace officers in Section 2 of the
17Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. The
18county authorities may shall require that all auxiliary
19deputies be residents of the county served by them. Prior to
20the appointment of any auxiliary deputy his or her fingerprints
21shall be taken and no person shall be appointed as such
22auxiliary deputy if he or she has been convicted of a felony or
23other crime involving moral turpitude.
24    Auxiliary deputies may receive such compensation as is set
25by the County Board, with the advice and consent of the
26Sheriff, not to exceed the lowest hourly pay of a full-time

 

 

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1sworn member of the regular county police or sheriff's
2department and not be paid a salary, except as provided in
3Section 3-6036, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses
4incurred in performing their assigned duty. The County Board
5must approve such actual expenses and arrange for payment.
6    Nothing in this Division shall preclude an auxiliary deputy
7from holding a simultaneous appointment as an auxiliary police
8officer pursuant to Section 3-6-5 of the Illinois Municipal
9Code.
10(Source: P.A. 97-379, eff. 8-15-11; 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.