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| Public Act 103-0312
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| HB2475 Enrolled | LRB103 30671 AWJ 57132 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by |
changing Section 9 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2610/9) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.9)
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Sec. 9. Appointment; qualifications.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the |
appointment of
Illinois 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 an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an |
accredited college or university. Any person
appointed |
subsequent to successful completion of an associate's degree |
or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university |
shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be |
permitted
to carry firearms, until he or she 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 of the United States, have no criminal
records, |
possess such prerequisites of training, education, and |
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experience as
the Board may from time to time prescribe so long |
as persons who have an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at |
an accredited college or university are not disqualified, and |
shall be required to pass
successfully such mental and |
physical tests and examinations as may be
prescribed by the |
Board. A person who meets All persons who meet one of the |
following requirements is are deemed to have met the |
collegiate educational requirements: |
(i) has have been honorably discharged and who has |
have been awarded a Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait |
Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal |
(Kuwait), Kosovo Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service |
Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, |
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, or Global War on |
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, or Inherent Resolve |
Campaign Medal by the United States Armed Forces; |
(ii) is an active member are active members of the |
Illinois National Guard or a reserve component of the |
United States Armed Forces and who has have been awarded a |
Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal |
(Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), Kosovo |
Campaign Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan |
Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on |
Terrorism Service Medal, or Global War on Terrorism |
Expeditionary Medal, or Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal as |
a result of honorable service during deployment on active |
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duty; |
(iii) has 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) has have at least 3 years of full active and |
continuous United States Armed Forces military duty, which |
shall also include a period of active duty with the State |
of Illinois under Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States |
Code pursuant to an order of the President or the Governor |
of the State of Illinois, and received an honorable |
discharge before hiring; or . |
(v) has successfully completed basic law enforcement |
training, has at least 3 years of continuous, full-time |
service as a peace officer with the same police |
department, and is currently serving as a peace officer |
when applying. |
Preference shall be given in such appointments to
persons |
who have honorably served in the United States Armed Forces |
military or naval services of the
United States. 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 Illinois State Police. |
Nothing in this subsection (a) limits the Board's ability to |
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prescribe education prerequisites or requirements to certify |
Illinois State Police officers for promotion as provided in |
Section 10 of this Act.
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(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 or she |
deems necessary to carry out the Department's objectives. Any
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such appointment or promotion shall be ratified by the Board.
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(c) During the 90 days following March 31, 1995 (the |
effective date of Public Act 89-9), the Director of State |
Police may appoint up to 25 persons as State
Police officers. |
These appointments shall be made in accordance with the
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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.
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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
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those terms are defined in Article 14 of the Illinois Pension |
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Code.
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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.
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This subsection (c) does not affect or limit the |
Director's authority to
appoint other State Police officers |
under subsection (a) of this Section. |
(d) During the 180 days following January 1, 2022 (the |
effective date of Public Act 101-652), the Director of the |
Illinois State Police may appoint current Illinois State |
Police employees serving in law enforcement officer positions |
previously within Central Management Services as State Police |
officers. These appointments shall be made in accordance with |
the requirements of this subsection (d) and any institutional |
criteria that may be established by the Director, but are not |
subject to any other requirements of this Act.
All |
appointments under this subsection (d) 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 a State agency, board, or commission |
on January 1, 2021 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 |
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those terms are defined in Article 14 of the Illinois Pension |
Code.
Persons appointed under this subsection (d) shall |
thereafter be subject to the same requirements, and subject to |
the same contractual benefits and obligations, as other State |
police officers.
This subsection (d) does not affect or limit |
the Director's authority to appoint other State Police |
officers under subsection (a) of this Section. |
(e) The Merit Board shall review Illinois State Police |
Cadet applicants. The Illinois State Police may provide |
background check and investigation material to the Board for |
its review
pursuant to this Section. The Board shall approve |
and ensure that no cadet applicant is certified unless the |
applicant is a person of good character and has not been |
convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty to, a felony offense, |
any of the misdemeanors specified in this Section or if |
committed in any other state would be an offense similar to |
Section 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6, 11-9.1, 11-9.1B, 11-14, |
11-14.1, 11-30, 12-2, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5, 16-1, 17-1, |
17-2, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, 26.5-3, 28-3, 29-1, any misdemeanor in |
violation of any Section of Part E of Title III of the Criminal |
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, 32-4a, or 32-7 of |
the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or |
subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or |
the Criminal Code of 2012, to Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis |
Control Act, or any felony or misdemeanor in violation of |
federal law or the law of any state that is the equivalent of |
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any of the offenses specified therein. The Officer |
Professional Conduct Database, provided for in Section 9.2 of |
the Illinois Police Training Act, shall be searched as part of |
this process. For purposes of this Section, "convicted of, or |
entered a plea of guilty" regardless of whether the |
adjudication of guilt or sentence is withheld or not entered |
thereon. This includes sentences of supervision, conditional |
discharge, or first offender probation, or any similar |
disposition provided for by law. |
(f) The Board shall by rule establish an application fee |
waiver program for any person who meets one or more of the |
following criteria: |
(1) his or her available personal income is 200% or |
less of the current poverty level; or |
(2) he or she is, in the discretion of the Board, |
unable to proceed in an action with payment of application |
fee and payment of that fee would result in substantial |
hardship to the person or the person's family.
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(Source: P.A. 101-374, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; |
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-813, eff. |
5-13-22; revised 8-24-22.)
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