Full Text of HB4585 103rd General Assembly
HB4585 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4585 Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 20 ILCS 805/805-537 | | 20 ILCS 2610/24 | | 55 ILCS 5/5-1136 | | 65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 | |
| Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois State Police Act, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not be required to arrest a specific number of persons within a designated period of time. |
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| 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 Department of Natural Resources | 5 | | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 6 | | Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-537 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 805/805-537) | 8 | | Sec. 805-537. Conservation Police Officer quotas | 9 | | prohibited. The Department may not require a Conservation | 10 | | Police Officer to issue a specific number of citations within | 11 | | a designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of | 12 | | persons within a designated period of time . This prohibition | 13 | | shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants | 14 | | or funds awarded to the Department and used to fund traffic | 15 | | enforcement programs. | 16 | | The Department may not, for purposes of evaluating a | 17 | | Conservation Police Officer's job performance, compare the | 18 | | number of citations issued or arrests made by the Conservation | 19 | | Police Officer to the number of citations issued or arrests | 20 | | made by any other Conservation Police Officer who has similar | 21 | | job duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | 22 | | Department from evaluating a Conservation Police Officer based | 23 | | on the Conservation Police Officer's points of contact. For |
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| 1 | | the purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | 2 | | quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the | 3 | | Conservation Police Officer's duties, including, but not | 4 | | limited to, the number of traffic stops completed, arrests, | 5 | | written warnings, and crime prevention measures. " Points of | 6 | | contact " does shall not include either the issuance of | 7 | | citations , or the number of citations issued , or the number of | 8 | | arrests made by a Conservation Police Officer. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 10 | | Section 10. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 24 as follows: | 12 | | (20 ILCS 2610/24) | 13 | | Sec. 24. Illinois State Police quotas prohibited. The | 14 | | Illinois State Police may not require an Illinois State Police | 15 | | officer to issue a specific number of citations within a | 16 | | designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of | 17 | | persons within a designated period of time . This prohibition | 18 | | shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants | 19 | | or funds awarded to the Illinois State Police and used to fund | 20 | | traffic enforcement programs. | 21 | | The Illinois State Police may not, for purposes of | 22 | | evaluating an Illinois State Police officer's job performance, | 23 | | compare the number of citations issued or arrests made by the | 24 | | Illinois State Police officer to the number of citations |
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| 1 | | issued or arrests made by any other Illinois State Police | 2 | | officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section | 3 | | shall prohibit the Illinois State Police from evaluating an | 4 | | Illinois State Police officer based on the Illinois State | 5 | | Police officer's points of contact. For the purposes of this | 6 | | Section, "points of contact" means any quantifiable contact | 7 | | made in the furtherance of the Illinois State Police officer's | 8 | | duties, including, but not limited to, the number of traffic | 9 | | stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime | 10 | | prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall not | 11 | | include either the issuance of citations , or the number of | 12 | | citations issued , or the number of arrests made by an Illinois | 13 | | State Police officer. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) | 15 | | Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 16 | | Section 5-1136 as follows: | 17 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1136) | 18 | | Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a | 19 | | law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of | 20 | | citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a | 21 | | specific number of persons within a designated period of time . | 22 | | This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any | 23 | | federal or State grants or funds awarded to the county and used | 24 | | to fund traffic enforcement programs. |
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| 1 | | A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law | 2 | | enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of | 3 | | citations issued or arrests made by the law enforcement | 4 | | officer to the number of citations issued or arrests made by | 5 | | any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties. | 6 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a county from | 7 | | evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the law | 8 | | enforcement officer's points of contact. | 9 | | For the purposes of this Section: | 10 | | (1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact | 11 | | made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's | 12 | | duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | 13 | | traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and | 14 | | crime prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall | 15 | | not include either the issuance of citations , or the | 16 | | number of citations issued , or the number of arrests made | 17 | | by a law enforcement officer. | 18 | | (2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff, | 19 | | undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or | 20 | | other person employed by the county as a peace officer. | 21 | | A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or | 22 | | assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner | 23 | | inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and | 24 | | limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection | 25 | | (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 2 | | changing Section 11-1-12 as follows: | 3 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12) | 4 | | Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not | 5 | | require a police officer to issue a specific number of | 6 | | citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a | 7 | | specific number of persons within a designated period of time . | 8 | | This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any | 9 | | federal or State grants or funds awarded to the municipality | 10 | | and used to fund traffic enforcement programs. | 11 | | A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a | 12 | | police officer's job performance, compare the number of | 13 | | citations issued or arrests made by the police officer to the | 14 | | number of citations issued or arrests made by any other police | 15 | | officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section | 16 | | shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a police officer | 17 | | based on the police officer's points of contact. For the | 18 | | purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | 19 | | quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the police | 20 | | officer's duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | 21 | | traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime | 22 | | prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall not | 23 | | include either the issuance of citations , or the number of | 24 | | citations issued , or the number of arrests made by a police |
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| 1 | | officer. | 2 | | A home rule municipality may not establish requirements | 3 | | for or assess the performance of police officers in a manner | 4 | | inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and | 5 | | limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection | 6 | | (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1001, eff. 1-1-19 .) |
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