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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 3-30, 3-42.1, and 3-42.2 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-30)
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| Sec. 3-30.
The board of any community college district has |
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| the powers enumerated in
Sections 3-31 through 3-43 of this |
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| Act . This enumeration of powers is not exclusive but
the board |
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| may exercise all other powers, not inconsistent with this Act,
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| that may be requisite or proper for the maintenance, operation |
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| and
development of any college or colleges under the |
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| jurisdiction of the board.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-669.)
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.1)
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| Sec. 3-42.1. (a) To appoint law enforcement officer and |
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| non-law enforcement officer members of the community college |
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| district police department or department of public safety. |
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| (b) Members of the community college district police |
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| department or department of public safety who are law |
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| enforcement officers, as defined in the Illinois Police |
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| Training Act, shall be peace officers under the laws of this |
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| State. As such, law enforcement officer members of these |
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| departments shall have all of the powers of police officers in |
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| cities and sheriffs in counties, including the power to make |
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| arrests on view or on warrants for violations of State statutes |
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| and to enforce county or city ordinances in all counties that |
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| lie within the community college district, when such is |
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| required for the protection of community college personnel, |
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| students, property, or interests. Such officers shall have no |
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| power to serve and execute civil process. |
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| As peace officers in this State, all laws pertaining to |
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| hiring, training, retention, service authority, and discipline |
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| of police officers, under State law, shall apply. Law |
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| enforcement officer members must complete the minimum basic |
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| training requirements of a police training school under the |
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| Illinois Police Training Act. Law enforcement officer members |
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| who
have successfully completed an Illinois Law Enforcement |
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| Training and Standards Board certified firearms course shall be |
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| equipped with appropriate firearms and auxiliary weapons. |
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| (c) Non-law enforcement officer members of the community |
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| college police, public safety, or security departments whose |
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| job requirements include performing patrol and security type |
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| functions shall, within 6 months after their initial hiring |
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| date or the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
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| General Assembly, whichever is later, be required to |
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| successfully complete the 20-hour basic security training |
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| course
required by (i) the Department of Financial and |
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| Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation |
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| for Security Officers, (ii) by the International Association of |
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| College Law Enforcement Administrators, or (iii) campus |
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| protection officer training program or a similar course
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| certified and approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training |
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| and Standards Board. They shall also be permitted to become |
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| members of an Illinois State Training Board Mobile Training |
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| Unit and shall complete 8 hours in continuing training, related |
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| to their specific position of employment, each year. The board |
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| may establish reasonable eligibility requirements for |
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| appointment and retention of non-law enforcement officer |
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| members. |
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| All non-law enforcement officer members authorized to |
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| carry weapons, other than firearms, shall receive training on |
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| the proper deployment and use of force regarding such weapons. |
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| persons to be members of the Security Department of the
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| community college. Members of the Security Department shall be |
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| conservators
of the peace and as such have all powers possessed |
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| by policemen in cities,
and sheriffs in counties, including the |
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| power to make arrests on view or
warrants of violations of |
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| State statutes and city or county ordinances of
the counties in |
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| which the community college is located, when such is
required |
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| for the protection of community college properties and |
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| interest,
and its students and personnel, and within such |
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| counties when specifically
requested by appropriate State or |
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| local law enforcement officials. Such
officers have no power to |
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| serve and execute civil process.
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| The local community college board may establish reasonable
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| eligibility requirements for appointment to the security
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| department relating to residence, health, habits and moral |
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| character.
However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless |
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| that person is at least
21 years of age and possesses a high |
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| school diploma or the equivalent.
No person may be appointed to |
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| or retained in the security department unless
that person is of |
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| good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or
a person |
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| convicted of a
felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. All |
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| community college security
department personnel authorized to |
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| carry weapons shall receive a
course of training in the legal |
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| and practical use of such weapons and shall
also be instructed |
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| in and understand the provisions of Article 7 of the "Criminal
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| Code of 1961", as now or hereafter amended, which pertain to |
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| justifiable use
of force.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1002.)
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-42.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42.2)
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| Sec. 3-42.2.
(a) To establish parking regulations, to |
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| regulate, and
control the speed of, travel on all paths, |
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| driveways and roadways which
are owned and maintained by, and |
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| within the property of, the community
college district, to |
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| prohibit the use of such paths, driveways and
roadways for |
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| racing or speeding purposes, to exclude therefrom traffic
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| vehicles, and to prescribe such fines and penalties for the
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| violation of such traffic regulations as cities and villages |
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| are allowed
to prescribe for the violation of their traffic |
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| ordinances.
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| (b) To establish such other regulations as are determined |
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| to be necessary for the protection of community college |
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| students, staff, visitors, properties, and interests or for the |
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| proper maintenance, operation, or development of any community |
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| college or colleges under the jurisdiction of the board, and to |
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| prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of these |
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| regulations. |
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| (c) Fines and penalties recovered under this Section shall |
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| be paid, collected
and used in accordance with the policy of |
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| the local community college board.
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| (d) The local community college board may enforce the |
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| provisions of this Section
by use of members of the police |
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| department, public safety department, or security department |
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| Security Department of the community college
or by agreeing in |
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| writing with a municipality, county or the State for its
law |
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| enforcement officers to provide such enforcement.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-311.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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