Bill Text: IL HB2831 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act and the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act, if and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall administer grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act in accordance with rules adopted by the Board that prioritize law enforcement agencies in municipalities and counties under 50,000 that comply with the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Board may adopt rules that prioritize the financial need of these agencies when determining eligibility for these grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-29 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB2831 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2831-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2831 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 706/10-15
50 ILCS 707/11 new
Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act and the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act, if and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall administer grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act in accordance with rules adopted by the Board that prioritize law enforcement agencies in municipalities and counties under 50,000 that comply with the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Board may adopt rules that prioritize the financial need of these agencies when determining eligibility for these grants under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning law enforcement officer-worn body
cameras.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st
General Assembly becomes law, the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn
Body Camera Act is amended by changing Section 10-15 as
follows:
(50 ILCS 706/10-15)
Sec. 10-15. Applicability.
(a) All law enforcement agencies must employ the use of
officer-worn body cameras in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, whether or not the agency receives or has received
monies from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
(b) All law enforcement agencies must implement the use of
body cameras for all law enforcement officers, according to
the following schedule:
(1) for municipalities and counties with populations
of 500,000 or more, body cameras shall be implemented by
January 1, 2022;
(2) for municipalities and counties with populations
of 100,000 or more but under 500,000, body cameras shall
be implemented by January 1, 2023;

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(3) for municipalities and counties with populations
of 50,000 or more but under 100,000, body cameras shall be
implemented by January 1, 2024;
(4) for municipalities and counties under 50,000, body
cameras shall be implemented by January 1, 2025, subject
to the provisions of Section 11 of the Law Enforcement
Camera Grant Act; and
(5) for the Department of State Police, body cameras
shall be implemented by January 1, 2025.
(c) A law enforcement agency's compliance with the
requirements under this Section shall receive preference by
the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board in
awarding grant funding under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 101HB3653 enrolled.)
Section 10. If and only if House Bill 3653 of the 101st
General Assembly becomes law, the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
Act is amended by adding Section 11 as follows:
(50 ILCS 707/11 new)
Sec. 11. Officer-worn body cameras; implementation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board shall
administer grants under this Act in accordance with rules
adopted by the Board that prioritize law enforcement agencies
under paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 10-15 of the

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Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act that comply with
the Illinois Police Training Act. The Board may adopt rules
that prioritize the financial need of these agencies when
determining eligibility for these grants under Sections 15 and
20 of this Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.