Bill Text: IL SB2252 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the State Police Act. Provides that preference for the hiring of a Department of State Police officer shall be given to the son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, brother, or sister of a law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2252 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2252-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Illinois
State Police Line of Duty Preference Act of 2018.
Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing
Section 9 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
appointment of Department of State Police officers shall be
made from those applicants who have been certified by the Board
as being qualified for appointment. All persons so appointed
shall, at the time of their appointment, be not less than 21
years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully
completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited
college or university. Any person appointed subsequent to
successful completion of 2 years of such law enforcement
studies shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he be
permitted to carry firearms, until he reaches 21 years of age.
In addition, all persons so certified for appointment shall be
of sound mind and body, be of good moral character, be citizens

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of the United States, have no criminal records, possess such
prerequisites of training, education and experience as the
Board may from time to time prescribe, and shall be required to
pass successfully such mental and physical tests and
examinations as may be prescribed by the Board. Notwithstanding
any Board rule to the contrary, all persons who meet one of the
following requirements are deemed to have met the collegiate
educational requirements:
(i) have been honorably discharged and who have been
awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign
Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign
Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal by the United States Armed Forces;
(ii) are active members of the Illinois National Guard
or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces
and who have been awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal,
Kosovo Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal,
Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, or Global
War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal as a result of
honorable service during deployment on active duty;
(iii) have been honorably discharged who served in a
combat mission by proof of hostile fire pay or imminent
danger pay during deployment on active duty; or
(iv) have at least 3 years of full active and
continuous military duty and received an honorable
discharge before hiring.

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Preference shall be given in such appointments to persons
who have honorably served in the military or naval services of
the United States or to the son, daughter, stepson,
stepdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, brother, or sister of a
law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty as
defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty Compensation Act. In
this paragraph, "law enforcement officer" means any person
employed by a State, county, municipality, special district,
college, unit of government, or any other entity authorized by
law to employ peace officers or exercise police authority and
who is primarily responsible for the prevention or detection of
crime and the enforcement of the laws of this State. All
appointees shall serve a probationary period of 12 months from
the date of appointment and during that period may be
discharged at the will of the Director. However, the Director
may in his or her sole discretion extend the probationary
period of an officer up to an additional 6 months when to do so
is deemed in the best interest of the Department.
(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, after
July 1, 1977 and before July 1, 1980, the Director of State
Police may appoint and promote not more than 20 persons having
special qualifications as special agents as he deems necessary
to carry out the Department's objectives. Any such appointment
or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
(c) During the 90 days following the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995, the Director of State Police may

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appoint up to 25 persons as State Police officers. These
appointments shall be made in accordance with the requirements
of this subsection (c) and any additional criteria that may be
established by the Director, but are not subject to any other
requirements of this Act. The Director may specify the initial
rank for each person appointed under this subsection.
All appointments under this subsection (c) shall be made
from personnel certified by the Board. A person certified by
the Board and appointed by the Director under this subsection
must have been employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission on
November 30, 1994 in a job title subject to the Personnel Code
and in a position for which the person was eligible to earn
"eligible creditable service" as a "noncovered employee", as
those terms are defined in Article 14 of the Illinois Pension
Code.
Persons appointed under this subsection (c) shall
thereafter be subject to the same requirements and procedures
as other State police officers. A person appointed under this
subsection must serve a probationary period of 12 months from
the date of appointment, during which he or she may be
discharged at the will of the Director.
This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the Director's
authority to appoint other State Police officers under
subsection (a) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-11, eff. 7-1-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.