Bill Text: IL SB1566 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service Training Act. Provides that, to be eligible to receive State funds, a Mobile Team In-Service Training Unit must provide a part-time police training course at least every 12 months in a manner approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Assigned to Criminal Law [SB1566 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1566-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1566 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 720/4 from Ch. 85, par. 564
Amends the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service Training Act. Provides that, to be eligible to receive State funds, a Mobile Team In-Service Training Unit must provide a part-time police training course at least every 12 months in a manner approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's
In-Service Training Act is amended by changing Section 4 as
follows:
(50 ILCS 720/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 564)
Sec. 4. State Funding-Minimum Criteria. A Mobile Team
In-Service Training Unit which meets the minimum criteria
established in this Section is eligible to receive State funds
to help defray the costs of operation. To be eligible a Mobile
Team must:
(1) Be established and operating pursuant to the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Section Article VII, Section 10,
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and must involve two or
more units of local government including at least one county
and the Board.
(2) Establish an Advisory Board composed of elected local
officials and chief law enforcement officers from
participating units of local government and the Director,
Chairman or appointed member of the Board to oversee the
operations of the Mobile Team and make such reports to the
Board as the Board may require.

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(3) Designate an elected local official to act as the
financial officer of the Mobile Team for all participating
units of government, and to receive and expend funds for the
operation of the Mobile Team.
(4) Limit its operations to in-service training of law
enforcement personnel employed by the State, by units of local
government or by the Federal government or their agencies and
departments in the administration of justice or retired law
enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a
concealed weapon.
(5) Cooperate with the Board in order to assure compliance
with this Act and to enable the Board to fulfill its duties
under this Act, and to supply the Board with such information
as the Board deems necessary therefor.
(6) Receive funding of up to 50% of the total approved
budget of the Mobile Team from the participating units of
local government.
(7) Provide a part-time police training course at least
every 12 months in a manner approved by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)