Bill Text: IL HB4585 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois State Police Act, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not be required to arrest a specific number of persons within a designated period of time.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-22 - Fiscal Note Filed [HB4585 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4585-Introduced.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, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-537 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 805/805-537) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 805-537. Conservation Police Officer quotas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | prohibited. The Department may not require a Conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Police Officer to issue a specific number of citations within | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | a designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | persons within a designated period of time . This prohibition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or funds awarded to the Department and used to fund traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | enforcement programs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | The Department may not, for purposes of evaluating a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Conservation Police Officer's job performance, compare the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | number of citations issued or arrests made by the Conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Police Officer to the number of citations issued or arrests | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | made by any other Conservation Police Officer who has similar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | job duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Department from evaluating a Conservation Police Officer based | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | on the Conservation Police Officer's points of contact. For |
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1 | the purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | ||||||
2 | quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the | ||||||
3 | Conservation Police Officer's duties, including, but not | ||||||
4 | limited to, the number of traffic stops completed, arrests, | ||||||
5 | written warnings, and crime prevention measures. " Points of | ||||||
6 | contact " does shall not include either the issuance of | ||||||
7 | citations , or the number of citations issued , or the number of | ||||||
8 | arrests made by a Conservation Police Officer. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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10 | Section 10. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by | ||||||
11 | changing Section 24 as follows:
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12 | (20 ILCS 2610/24) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 24. Illinois State Police quotas prohibited. The | ||||||
14 | Illinois State Police may not require an Illinois State Police | ||||||
15 | officer to issue a specific number of citations within a | ||||||
16 | designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of | ||||||
17 | persons within a designated period of time . This prohibition | ||||||
18 | shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants | ||||||
19 | or funds awarded to the Illinois State Police and used to fund | ||||||
20 | traffic enforcement programs. | ||||||
21 | The Illinois State Police may not, for purposes of | ||||||
22 | evaluating an Illinois State Police officer's job performance, | ||||||
23 | compare the number of citations issued or arrests made by the | ||||||
24 | Illinois State Police officer to the number of citations |
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1 | issued or arrests made by any other Illinois State Police | ||||||
2 | officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
3 | shall prohibit the Illinois State Police from evaluating an | ||||||
4 | Illinois State Police officer based on the Illinois State | ||||||
5 | Police officer's points of contact. For the purposes of this | ||||||
6 | Section, "points of contact" means any quantifiable contact | ||||||
7 | made in the furtherance of the Illinois State Police officer's | ||||||
8 | duties, including, but not limited to, the number of traffic | ||||||
9 | stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime | ||||||
10 | prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall not | ||||||
11 | include either the issuance of citations , or the number of | ||||||
12 | citations issued , or the number of arrests made by an Illinois | ||||||
13 | State Police officer. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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15 | Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
16 | Section 5-1136 as follows:
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17 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1136) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a | ||||||
19 | law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of | ||||||
20 | citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a | ||||||
21 | specific number of persons within a designated period of time . | ||||||
22 | This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any | ||||||
23 | federal or State grants or funds awarded to the county and used | ||||||
24 | to fund traffic enforcement programs. |
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1 | A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law | ||||||
2 | enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of | ||||||
3 | citations issued or arrests made by the law enforcement | ||||||
4 | officer to the number of citations issued or arrests made by | ||||||
5 | any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties. | ||||||
6 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a county from | ||||||
7 | evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the law | ||||||
8 | enforcement officer's points of contact. | ||||||
9 | For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
10 | (1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact | ||||||
11 | made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's | ||||||
12 | duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | ||||||
13 | traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and | ||||||
14 | crime prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall | ||||||
15 | not include either the issuance of citations , or the | ||||||
16 | number of citations issued , or the number of arrests made | ||||||
17 | by a law enforcement officer. | ||||||
18 | (2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff, | ||||||
19 | undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or | ||||||
20 | other person employed by the county as a peace officer. | ||||||
21 | A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or | ||||||
22 | assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner | ||||||
23 | inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and | ||||||
24 | limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection | ||||||
25 | (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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1 | Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 11-1-12 as follows:
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3 | (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not | ||||||
5 | require a police officer to issue a specific number of | ||||||
6 | citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a | ||||||
7 | specific number of persons within a designated period of time . | ||||||
8 | This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any | ||||||
9 | federal or State grants or funds awarded to the municipality | ||||||
10 | and used to fund traffic enforcement programs. | ||||||
11 | A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a | ||||||
12 | police officer's job performance, compare the number of | ||||||
13 | citations issued or arrests made by the police officer to the | ||||||
14 | number of citations issued or arrests made by any other police | ||||||
15 | officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
16 | shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a police officer | ||||||
17 | based on the police officer's points of contact. For the | ||||||
18 | purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | ||||||
19 | quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the police | ||||||
20 | officer's duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | ||||||
21 | traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime | ||||||
22 | prevention measures. " Points of contact " does shall not | ||||||
23 | include either the issuance of citations , or the number of | ||||||
24 | citations issued , or the number of arrests made by a police |
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