Bill Text: IL HB0299 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Removes the provision that court security officers shall be subject to a Sheriff's Merit Commission for disciplinary purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0010 [HB0299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0299-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Removes the provision that court security officers shall be subject to a Sheriff's Merit Commission for disciplinary purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0010 [HB0299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0299-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3-6012.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-6012.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-6012.1. Court security officers. The sheriff of any | ||||||
| 8 | county in
Illinois with
less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may | ||||||
| 9 | hire court security officers in such
number as the county
board | ||||||
| 10 | shall from time to time deem necessary. Court security officers | ||||||
| 11 | may be
designated by the Sheriff to attend courts and perform | ||||||
| 12 | the functions set forth
in
3-6023. Court security officers | ||||||
| 13 | shall have the authority to arrest; however,
such arrest powers | ||||||
| 14 | shall be limited to performance of their official duties as
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| 15 | court security officers. Court security officers may carry | ||||||
| 16 | weapons, upon which
they have been trained and qualified as | ||||||
| 17 | permitted by law, at their place of
employment and to and from | ||||||
| 18 | their place of employment with the consent of the
Sheriff. The | ||||||
| 19 | court security officers shall be sworn officers of the Sheriff
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| 20 | and shall be primarily responsible for the security of the | ||||||
| 21 | courthouse and its
courtrooms. The court security officers | ||||||
| 22 | shall be under the sole control of
the sheriff of the county in | ||||||
| 23 | which they are hired. No court security officer shall be | ||||||
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| 1 | subject to the jurisdiction of a Sheriff's Merit Commission | ||||||
| 2 | unless the officer was hired through the Sheriff's Merit | ||||||
| 3 | Commission's certified applicant process under Section 3-8010 | ||||||
| 4 | of the Counties Code. If a county has a Sheriff's
Merit | ||||||
| 5 | Commission, court security officers shall be subject to its | ||||||
| 6 | jurisdiction
for disciplinary purposes. They are not regular | ||||||
| 7 | appointed deputies under
Section 3-6008. The position of court | ||||||
| 8 | security officer shall not be considered
a rank when seeking | ||||||
| 9 | initial appointment as deputy sheriff under Section
3-8011.
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| 10 | Every court security officer hired on or after the | ||||||
| 11 | effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996
shall serve a | ||||||
| 12 | probationary period of 12 months during which time they may
be | ||||||
| 13 | discharged at the will of the Sheriff.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
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