Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall implement measures to ensure that the Office of Law Enforcement establishes and maintains a sworn police force of at least 175 personnel by July 1, 2020. Provides that accrual of sworn conservation police officers along with necessary support staff shall be added incrementally beginning with Fiscal Year 2016 with subsequent additions established until the goal is reached. Provides that, anytime the number of sworn officers drops below a minimum of 165, the Department shall immediately implement hiring procedures to reestablish the number of sworn officers back to 175.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4104 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mike Smiddy [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Verschoore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandon Phelps [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerry Costello [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Bradley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Raymond Poe [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-099	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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