Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5841

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Police Training Act is applicable to the training, certification, licensing, decertification, and revocation of licenses of State Police officers one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified beginning one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the chief of police in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more shall be elected beginning with the 2021 consolidated election and shall be known as the Superintendent of Police. Provides for the eligibility, bond, oath, recall, impeachment, and training required of the Superintendent of Police. Limits home rule powers. Requires, after the initial election of the Superintendent of Police, all police officers to give bond in the amount of $100,000. Repeals the provisions, except the bond and recall provisions, on January 1, 2031. Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code requiring municipalities with police departments and counties to create an elected community accountability board that acts as the civilian accountability entity to the sheriff's department and police departments. Allows municipalities or counties under 10,000 to enter into an intergovernmental agreement to form a joint community accountability board. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions are effective one year after the amendatory Act becomes law.

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