Bill Text: IL SB2758 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act.. Provides that a sworn affidavit or other legal documentation is not required to file a complaint against a peace officer (currently, a sworn affidavit is required). Removes a provision referring unsupported complaints containing false material information to the State's Attorney. Effective January 1, 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-27 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2758 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2758-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3.8 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 725/3.8) (from Ch. 85, par. 2561)
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7 | Sec. 3.8. Admissions; counsel; verified complaint.
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8 | (a) No officer shall be interrogated without first being | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | advised
in writing that admissions made in the course of the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | interrogation may be
used as evidence of misconduct or as the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | basis for charges seeking suspension,
removal, or discharge; | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and without first being advised in writing that he
or she has | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the right to counsel of his or her choosing who may be present
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14 | to advise him or her at any stage of any interrogation.
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15 | (b) It shall not be a requirement for anyone Anyone filing | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | a complaint against a sworn peace officer to must have the
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17 | complaint supported by a sworn affidavit or any other legal | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | documentation . Any complaint, having been supported by a sworn | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | affidavit, and having been found, in total or in part, to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | contain knowingly false material information, shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | determination of prosecution.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 97-472, eff. 8-22-11.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
2 | 1, 2017.
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