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Public Act 92-0313
SB830 Enrolled LRB9200802TAtm
AN ACT concerning State Police.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing
Section 9 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
appointment of Department of State Police officers shall be
made from those applicants who have been certified by the
Board as being qualified for appointment. All persons so
appointed shall, at the time of their appointment, be not
less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have
successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at
an accredited college or university. Any person appointed
subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of such law
enforcement studies shall not have power of arrest, nor shall
he be permitted to carry firearms, until he reaches 21 years
of age. In addition, all persons so certified for
appointment shall be of sound mind and body, be of good moral
character, be citizens of the United States, have no criminal
records, possess such prerequisites of training, education
and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe,
and shall be required to pass successfully such mental and
physical tests and examinations as may be prescribed by the
Board. Preference shall be given in such appointments to
persons who have honorably served in the military or naval
services of the United States. All appointees shall serve a
probationary period of 12 months from the date of appointment
and during that period may be discharged at the will of the
Director. However, the Director may in his or her sole
discretion extend the probationary period of an officer up to
an additional 6 months when to do so is deemed in the best
interest of the Department.
(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act,
after July 1, 1977 and before July 1, 1980, the Director of
State Police may appoint and promote not more than 20 persons
having special qualifications as special agents as he deems
necessary to carry out the Department's objectives. Any such
appointment or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
(c) During the 90 days following the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1995, the Director of State Police may
appoint up to 25 persons as State Police officers. These
appointments shall be made in accordance with the
requirements of this subsection (c) and any additional
criteria that may be established by the Director, but are not
subject to any other requirements of this Act. The Director
may specify the initial rank for each person appointed under
this subsection.
All appointments under this subsection (c) shall be made
from personnel certified by the Board. A person certified by
the Board and appointed by the Director under this subsection
must have been employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission
on November 30, 1994 in a job title subject to the Personnel
Code and in a position for which the person was eligible to
earn "eligible creditable service" as a "noncovered
employee", as those terms are defined in Article 14 of the
Illinois Pension Code.
Persons appointed under this subsection (c) shall
thereafter be subject to the same requirements and procedures
as other State police officers. A person appointed under
this subsection must serve a probationary period of 12 months
from the date of appointment, during which he or she may be
discharged at the will of the Director.
This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the
Director's authority to appoint other State Police officers
under subsection (a) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 88-461; 89-9, eff. 3-31-95.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 16, 2001.
Approved August 09, 2001.
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