HB4775 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 16075 RJF 65437 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4775

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II - Margo McDermed

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

25 ILCS 5/14 new
50 ILCS 705/10.5

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides requirements for members of the General Assembly to be conservators of the peace. Provides for the powers of members of the General Assembly as conservators of the peace. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to make a conforming change.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is amended by adding Section 14 as follows:

(25 ILCS 5/14 new)

Sec. 14. Conservators of the peace. After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board as required under Section 10.5 of the Illinois Police Training Act, all members of the General Assembly shall be conservators of the peace. Those persons shall have power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for examination, and (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court.

Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by changing Section 10.5 as follows:

(50 ILCS 705/10.5)

Sec. 10.5. Conservators of the Peace training course. The Board shall initiate, administer, and conduct a training course for conservators of the peace. The training course may include all or any part of the subjects enumerated in Section 7. The Board shall issue a certificate to those persons successfully completing the course.

For the purposes of this Section, "conservators of the peace" means those persons designated under Section 3.1-15-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and Section 4-7 of the Park District Code, and Section 14 of the General Assembly Organization Act.

(Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)