Bill Text: IL HB0299 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0010 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
3-6012.1 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.1)
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Sec. 3-6012.1. Court security officers. The sheriff of any | ||||
county in
Illinois with
less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may | ||||
hire court security officers in such
number as the county
board | ||||
shall from time to time deem necessary. Court security officers | ||||
may be
designated by the Sheriff to attend courts and perform | ||||
the functions set forth
in
3-6023. Court security officers | ||||
shall have the authority to arrest; however,
such arrest powers | ||||
shall be limited to performance of their official duties as
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court security officers. Court security officers may carry | ||||
weapons, upon which
they have been trained and qualified as | ||||
permitted by law, at their place of
employment and to and from | ||||
their place of employment with the consent of the
Sheriff. The | ||||
court security officers shall be sworn officers of the Sheriff
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and shall be primarily responsible for the security of the | ||||
courthouse and its
courtrooms. The court security officers | ||||
shall be under the sole control of
the sheriff of the county in | ||||
which they are hired. No court security officer shall be | ||||
subject to the jurisdiction of a Sheriff's Merit Commission | ||
unless the officer was hired through the Sheriff's Merit | ||
Commission's certified applicant process under Section 3-8010 | ||
of the Counties Code. If a county has a Sheriff's
Merit | ||
Commission, court security officers shall be subject to its | ||
jurisdiction
for disciplinary purposes. They are not regular | ||
appointed deputies under
Section 3-6008. The position of court | ||
security officer shall not be considered
a rank when seeking | ||
initial appointment as deputy sheriff under Section
3-8011.
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Every court security officer hired on or after the | ||
effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996
shall serve a | ||
probationary period of 12 months during which time they may
be | ||
discharged at the will of the Sheriff.
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(Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
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