99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1400

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-6019  from Ch. 34, par. 3-6019
65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-30 new

    Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires the corporate authorities of a municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 to adopt an ordinance appointing an inspector general on or before July 1, 2015. Provides that if such an ordinance is not adopted after that date, the sheriff of the county that encompasses the municipality or the majority of its territory shall assume and perform the duties of the inspector general.


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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
53-6019 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6019)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6019)
7    Sec. 3-6019. Duties of sheriff; office quarters and hours.
8Sheriffs shall serve and execute, within their respective
9counties, and return all warrants, process, orders and
10judgments of every description that may be legally directed or
11delivered to them. A sheriff of a county with a population of
12less than 1,000,000 may employ civilian personnel to serve
13process in civil matters. If an arrest warrant upon complaint
14under Section 107-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963,
15or a warrant of arrest due to failure to appear under Section
16107-12 of the Code, originated from a law enforcement agency
17other than the county sheriff's office, then the county sheriff
18of a county with a population of more than 600,000 may require
19that law enforcement agency to store and maintain the warrant.
20That law enforcement agency is responsible for entering the
21warrant into the Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
22(LEADS) and the National Crime Information Center Database
23(NCIC). The county sheriff may require the originating law

 

 

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1enforcement agency to arrange for transportation of the wanted
2person to the county jail. Originating agencies may contract
3with the county sheriff or another law enforcement agency to
4store, maintain, and provide transportation of the wanted
5person to the county jail. Any law enforcement agency or
6regional dispatch center may act as holder of the warrant for
7an originating agency that has no telecommunications
8equipment.
9    Each sheriff shall keep and maintain his or her office at
10the county seat of the county for which he or she is the
11sheriff, and shall in counties having a population of less than
12500,000 keep his or her office open and attend to the duties
13thereof from 8 o'clock in the forenoon to 5 o'clock in the
14afternoon of each working day, excepting such days and half
15days as, under any law, are or may be legal holidays, or half
16holidays. The hours of opening and closing of the office of the
17sheriff may be changed and otherwise fixed and determined by
18the county board of such county. Such action taken by the
19county board shall be by an appropriate resolution passed at a
20regular meeting.
21    Each sheriff shall as needed serve as the inspector general
22to each municipality whose territory lies within, or which has
23a majority of its territory within, the county to which the
24sheriff was elected to serve, if an inspector general has not
25been appointed by that municipality under Section 3.1-30-30 of
26the Illinois Municipal Code or during a vacancy in that office.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-250, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
2    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
3adding Section 3.1-30-30 as follows:
 
4    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-30 new)
5    Sec. 3.1-30-30. Appointment of an inspector general.
6Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, on
7or before July 1, 2015, the corporate authorities of a
8municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 shall
9adopt an ordinance authorizing the appointment of an inspector
10general and shall appoint an inspector general. If no
11appointment is made on or before July 1, 2015, after that date,
12and if at any time thereafter there should be a vacancy in the
13office of inspector general, the duties of that office shall be
14assumed and performed by the sheriff of the county that
15encompasses the municipality or a majority of its territory.