Bill Text: IL SB0961 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0961 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0961-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0961 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/1 from Ch. 85, par. 501
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purposes of the Act.
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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 Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 501)
Sec. 1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative
determination that that in order to promote and protect citizen
health, safety and welfare, it is necessary and in the public
interest to provide for the creation of the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purpose of
encouraging and aiding municipalities, counties, park
districts, State controlled universities, colleges, and public
community colleges, and other local governmental agencies of
this State and participating State agencies in their efforts to
raise the level of law enforcement by upgrading and maintaining
a high level of training and standards for law enforcement
executives and officers, county corrections officers,
sheriffs, and law enforcement support personnel under this Act.
It is declared to be the responsibility of the board to ensure
the required participation of the pertinent local governmental
units in the programs established under this Act, to encourage
the voluntary participation of other local governmental units

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and participating State agencies, to set standards, develop and
provide quality training and education, and to aid in the
establishment of adequate training facilities.
(Source: P.A. 99-408, eff. 1-1-16.)