Bill Text: IL HB3854 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Criminal Justice Office Holders Parity and Protection Act. Contains only a short title provision and purpose Section.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3854 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3854-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal justice office holders.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Criminal Justice Office Holders Parity and Protection Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Purpose. A major and vital function of State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | government is the development and maintenance of an effective | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | and efficient criminal justice system to deliver fair and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | impartial justice for all persons within this State, whether | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | guilty or innocent, as well as for the victims of criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | offenses. To carry out this function, it is vitally important | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | that the various components of the criminal justice system from | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | law enforcement, prosecution, defense, corrections, and the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | courts operate as effectively as possible. A key to achieving | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | effective operation of the criminal justice system is to have | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | high quality personnel administering the system, with the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | knowledge, expertise, and experience to deal with the many and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | increasing demands placed upon them. Retention of high quality | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | personnel is even more important as the criminal justice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | landscape continues to evolve and change over time. While the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | number of law enforcement officers and agencies is large even | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | at the county level, the cases generated by the combined | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | efforts of all of these officers and agencies flow into a | |||||||||||||||||||
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