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 1        AN ACT concerning police officers.

 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
 5    by changing  Section  8.2  and  by  adding  Section  10.2  as
 6    follows:

 7        (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
 8        Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
 9        (a)  A  person  hired  to  serve  as  a  part-time police
10    officer  must  obtain  from  the  Board  a  certificate   (i)
11    attesting   to  his  or  her  successful  completion  of  the
12    part-time police training course; (ii) attesting  to  his  or
13    her  satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
14    content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by
15    the  Board  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act;  or  (iii)
16    attesting to the Board's  determination  that  the  part-time
17    police training course is unnecessary because of the person's
18    extensive prior law enforcement experience. A person hired on
19    or  after  the  effective  date of this amendatory Act of the
20    92nd General Assembly must obtain this certificate within  18
21    months  after  the  initial  date  of  hire as a probationary
22    part-time police  officer  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  The
23    probationary  part-time  police  officer must be enrolled and
24    accepted into a Board-approved course within 6  months  after
25    active  employment  by  any department in the State. A person
26    hired on or after January 1, 1996 and  before  the  effective
27    date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must
28    obtain  this  certificate  within 18 months after the date of
29    hire.  A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this
30    certificate within 24 months after the effective date of this
31    amendatory Act of 1995.
 
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 1        The employing agency may seek a  waiver  from  the  Board
 2    extending  the  period  for  compliance.   A  waiver shall be
 3    issued  only  for  good  and  justifiable  reasons,  and  the
 4    probationary part-time police officer may not practice  as  a
 5    part-time police officer during the waiver period and may not
 6    extend  the initial period by more than 90 days.  If training
 7    is required and not  completed  within  the  applicable  time
 8    period,  as  extended by any waiver that may be granted, then
 9    the officer must forfeit his or her position.
10        (b)  (Blank).
11        (c)  The  part-time police training course referred to in
12    this Section shall be of similar content and the same  number
13    of  hours  as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
14    provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units  under  the
15    Intergovernmental   Law   Enforcement   Officer's  In-Service
16    Training Act or by another approved program or facility in  a
17    manner prescribed by the Board.
18        (d)  For  the  purposes  of this Section, the Board shall
19    adopt  rules  defining  what  constitutes  employment  on   a
20    part-time basis.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)

22        (50 ILCS 705/10.2 new)
23        Sec. 10.2. Criminal background investigations.
24        (a)  On  and  after the effective date of this amendatory
25    Act of the 92nd General Assembly, an applicant for employment
26    as a  peace  officer  shall  authorize  an  investigation  to
27    determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal
28    offense that disqualifies the person as a peace officer.
29        (b)  No  law  enforcement  agency  may knowingly employ a
30    person unless (i) a criminal background investigation of that
31    person has been completed and (ii) that investigation reveals
32    no convictions of offenses specified  in  subsection  (a)  of
33    Section 6.1 of this Act.
 
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 1        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
 2    Section 8.25 as follows:

 3        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
 4        Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
 5    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
 6    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 7    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

 8        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 9    becoming law.

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