Bill Text: IL HB4896 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. Provides that for an employer who is unable or unwilling to make an annual certification under the Act, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall make the certification for an otherwise qualified retired law enforcement officer. Makes changes to the definition to "peace officer" concerning qualified retired law enforcement officers. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4896 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4896-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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Training Act is amended by changing Sections 1 and 3 as | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | follows:
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| 7 | (50 ILCS 710/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 515)
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| 8 | Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) "Peace officer"
means (i) any person who by virtue of | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | his office or public employment is
vested by law with a primary | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | duty to maintain public order or to make
arrests for offenses, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | whether that duty extends to all offenses or is
limited to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any
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| 14 | county or municipality; or (ii) any retired law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | weapon; or (iii) for the purpose of carrying a concealed weapon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | under federal and State law, a qualified retired law | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | enforcement officer is a person who meets the definition under | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of the federal Law Enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Officer Safety Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (a-5) "Probation officer" means a county probation officer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | authorized by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court to carry a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | firearm as part of his or her duties under Section 12 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Probation and Probation Officers Act and Section 24-2 of the | ||||||
| 2 | Criminal Code of 2012. | ||||||
| 3 | (b)
"Firearms" means any weapon or device defined as a | ||||||
| 4 | firearm in Section
1.1 of "An Act relating to the acquisition, | ||||||
| 5 | possession and transfer of
firearms and firearm ammunition, to | ||||||
| 6 | provide a penalty for the violation
thereof and to make an | ||||||
| 7 | appropriation in connection therewith", approved
August 3, | ||||||
| 8 | 1967, as amended.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
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| 10 | (50 ILCS 710/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 517)
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| 11 | Sec. 3. The Board is charged with enforcing this Act and | ||||||
| 12 | making
inspections to insure compliance with its provisions, | ||||||
| 13 | and is empowered
to promulgate rules necessary for its | ||||||
| 14 | administration and enforcement, including those relating to | ||||||
| 15 | the annual certification of retired law enforcement officers | ||||||
| 16 | qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon.
All | ||||||
| 17 | units of government
or other agencies
which employ or utilize | ||||||
| 18 | peace officers, probation officers, or that certify retired law | ||||||
| 19 | enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a | ||||||
| 20 | concealed weapon, shall cooperate with
the Board by furnishing | ||||||
| 21 | relevant information which the Board may
require. For an | ||||||
| 22 | employer who is unable or unwilling to make an annual | ||||||
| 23 | certification under this Section, the Board shall make the | ||||||
| 24 | certification for an otherwise qualified retired law | ||||||
| 25 | enforcement officer. The Executive Director of the Board shall | ||||||
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| 1 | report annually, no later
than February 1, to the Board, with | ||||||
| 2 | copies to the Governor and the General
Assembly, the results of
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| 3 | these inspections and provide other related information and
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| 4 | recommendations as it deems proper.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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