Bill Text: IL HB4585 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois State Police Act, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not be required to arrest a specific number of persons within a designated period of time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4585 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4585-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4585 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 805/805-537
20 ILCS 2610/24
55 ILCS 5/5-1136
65 ILCS 5/11-1-12
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois State Police Act, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a law enforcement officer may not be required to arrest a specific number of persons within a designated period of time.
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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 Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-537 as follows:
(20 ILCS 805/805-537)
Sec. 805-537. Conservation Police Officer quotas
prohibited. The Department may not require a Conservation
Police Officer to issue a specific number of citations within
a designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of
persons within a designated period of time. This prohibition
shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants
or funds awarded to the Department and used to fund traffic
enforcement programs.
The Department may not, for purposes of evaluating a
Conservation Police Officer's job performance, compare the
number of citations issued or arrests made by the Conservation
Police Officer to the number of citations issued or arrests
made by any other Conservation Police Officer who has similar
job duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the
Department from evaluating a Conservation Police Officer based
on the Conservation Police Officer's points of contact. For

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the purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any
quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the
Conservation Police Officer's duties, including, but not
limited to, the number of traffic stops completed, arrests,
written warnings, and crime prevention measures. "Points of
contact" does shall not include either the issuance of
citations, or the number of citations issued, or the number of
arrests made by a Conservation Police Officer.
(Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15.)
Section 10. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by
changing Section 24 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2610/24)
Sec. 24. Illinois State Police quotas prohibited. The
Illinois State Police may not require an Illinois State Police
officer to issue a specific number of citations within a
designated period of time or to arrest a specific number of
persons within a designated period of time. This prohibition
shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants
or funds awarded to the Illinois State Police and used to fund
traffic enforcement programs.
The Illinois State Police may not, for purposes of
evaluating an Illinois State Police officer's job performance,
compare the number of citations issued or arrests made by the
Illinois State Police officer to the number of citations

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issued or arrests made by any other Illinois State Police
officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section
shall prohibit the Illinois State Police from evaluating an
Illinois State Police officer based on the Illinois State
Police officer's points of contact. For the purposes of this
Section, "points of contact" means any quantifiable contact
made in the furtherance of the Illinois State Police officer's
duties, including, but not limited to, the number of traffic
stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime
prevention measures. "Points of contact" does shall not
include either the issuance of citations, or the number of
citations issued, or the number of arrests made by an Illinois
State Police officer.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 5-1136 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1136)
Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a
law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of
citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a
specific number of persons within a designated period of time.
This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any
federal or State grants or funds awarded to the county and used
to fund traffic enforcement programs.

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A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law
enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of
citations issued or arrests made by the law enforcement
officer to the number of citations issued or arrests made by
any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a county from
evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the law
enforcement officer's points of contact.
For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact
made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's
duties, including, but not limited to, the number of
traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and
crime prevention measures. "Points of contact" does shall
not include either the issuance of citations, or the
number of citations issued, or the number of arrests made
by a law enforcement officer.
(2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff,
undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or
other person employed by the county as a peace officer.
A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or
assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner
inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and
limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 98-650, eff. 1-1-15.)

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Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 11-1-12 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-1-12)
Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not
require a police officer to issue a specific number of
citations within a designated period of time or to arrest a
specific number of persons within a designated period of time.
This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any
federal or State grants or funds awarded to the municipality
and used to fund traffic enforcement programs.
A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a
police officer's job performance, compare the number of
citations issued or arrests made by the police officer to the
number of citations issued or arrests made by any other police
officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section
shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a police officer
based on the police officer's points of contact. For the
purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any
quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the police
officer's duties, including, but not limited to, the number of
traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime
prevention measures. "Points of contact" does shall not
include either the issuance of citations, or the number of
citations issued, or the number of arrests made by a police

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