96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2645

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/10.12 new

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that, if a person (i) attends training at the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board equivalent to training offered to persons being trained to serve on a municipal police force, (ii) serves as a police officer for an Illinois forest preserve district, and (iii) transfers to an Illinois municipal police force, then the person shall qualify to serve as a municipal police officer on the same basis as a trained municipal police officer. Effective immediately.


LRB096 10629 RLJ 20801 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB2645 LRB096 10629 RLJ 20801 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5 adding Section 10.12 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 705/10.12 new)
7     Sec. 10.12. Municipal police qualifications. If a person
8 (i) attends training at the Law Enforcement Training Standards
9 Board equivalent to training offered to persons being trained
10 to serve on an Illinois municipal police force, (ii) serves as
11 a police officer for an Illinois forest preserve district
12 created pursuant to the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
13 or the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, and (iii)
14 transfers to an Illinois municipal police force, then the
15 person shall qualify to serve as a municipal police officer on
16 the same basis as if the person had served as a trained
17 municipal police officer.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.