Bill Text: IL SB0775 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Citizens Review Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0775 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0775-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning housing.
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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 Housing Authorities Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 8.1c as follows:
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| 6 | (310 ILCS 10/8.1c)
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| 7 | Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review Board | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | is
established for the
the housing authority in any
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| 9 | municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to
monitor the
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| 10 | housing authority police force. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | The Board shall consist of 9 members with 5 appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | the executive
director
of the housing authority, 2 appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the housing authority's Central
Advisory Council, and 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | appointed by the housing authority's Senior Advisory
Council. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | The initial terms of the members shall be one, 2, 3, 4, and 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | years
for the members appointed by the executive director, one | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | and 2 years for the
members appointed by the Central Advisory | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Council, and one and 2 years for the
members appointed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Senior Advisory Council. The
appointing authority shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | determine which initial term each appointee shall
serve.
Each | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | successor of the initial members shall serve for a term of 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | years.
The initial appointments to the Board shall be made | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | within 30 days of the
effective date of this amendatory Act of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 1997.
The Board shall select one of its members to serve as | ||||||
| 2 | chairperson.
The Board may, after notice and a hearing, remove | ||||||
| 3 | by majority vote
a member of the Board who has been found | ||||||
| 4 | guilty of neglect of duty or
malfeasance. If a
member of the | ||||||
| 5 | Board resigns or is removed, the official or body that would
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| 6 | appoint the
member's successor shall appoint a person to serve | ||||||
| 7 | the remainder of the
member's term. After a member's term | ||||||
| 8 | expires, the member shall continue to
serve until a successor | ||||||
| 9 | is appointed and qualified.
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| 10 | Subject to collective bargaining agreements, the Board
has | ||||||
| 11 | the authority, after holding a
hearing, to
suspend, terminate, | ||||||
| 12 | or take other disciplinary action
against a
housing authority | ||||||
| 13 | police officer if:
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| 14 | (1) the officer is found by the Board to have | ||||||
| 15 | physically
abused a tenant or his or her guest while the | ||||||
| 16 | officer was on
duty;
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| 17 | (2) the officer is found by the Board to have entered | ||||||
| 18 | the residence of a
housing authority tenant and was neither | ||||||
| 19 | (i) executing a legally issued arrest
warrant or search | ||||||
| 20 | warrant for that residence nor (ii) otherwise lawfully
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| 21 | present in the residence; or
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| 22 | (3) the officer is found by the Board to have | ||||||
| 23 | physically
abused
a person on or off housing authority | ||||||
| 24 | property while performing his or her duty
as a housing | ||||||
| 25 | authority police officer.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 90-478, eff. 8-17-97.)
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