96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2272

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Julie Hamos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Limitations on Private Military Contractors Act. Requires training to be directly supervised by, and training personnel certified by, the Illinois State Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board or the Illinois State Police. Prohibits use as an armed force except under an emergency order of the Governor. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning private military contractors.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Limitations on Private Military Contractors Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions.
7     (a) The term "private military company" means a corporation
8 or private business entity that supplies materials and
9 equipment designed for use in military combat or military
10 training or that supplies, on contract, personnel with
11 specialized operational and tactical skills of a military
12 nature, including, but not limited to, combat experience. A
13 private military company may also be known as a private
14 military contractor, private military corporation, military
15 service provider, or privatized military firm. This Act,
16 however, does not apply to any person or entity that is
17 licensed under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
18 Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
19     (b) "Contract" means any agreement, including, but not
20 limited to, a prime contract, a subcontract at any tier under
21 any prime contract, or a task order issued under a task or
22 delivery order contract.
23     (c) "Designed for use in military combat" includes, but is

 

 

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1 not limited to, any fully automatic firearm and any explosive
2 device not intended for entertainment or demolition purposes.
 
3     Section 10. No unsupervised training. No tactics, weapons,
4 or explosives designed for use in military combat may be used
5 to train any person at any training facility in the State of
6 Illinois operated by a private military company, unless that
7 training is directly supervised by the Illinois State Law
8 Enforcement Standards and Training Board or the Illinois State
9 Police.
 
10     Section 15. Certification required. All personnel employed
11 by a private military company who provide training in the use
12 of weapons, military tactics, or law enforcement emergency
13 response tactics must be certified by the Illinois State Law
14 Enforcement Standards and Training Board or approved by the
15 Illinois State Police.
 
16     Section 20. No use as armed force. No personnel supplied
17 through or employed by a private military company may be used
18 as an armed force to police, patrol, guard, or arrest any
19 Illinois resident or citizen at any time except under an
20 emergency order of the Governor of the State of Illinois.
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.