Bill Text: IL SB3411 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations or warnings within a designated period of time. Provides that a county or municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a law enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of citations or warnings issued by the law enforcement officer to the number of citations or warnings issued by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that it shall be an unfair labor practice to require a peace officer to perform a duty that conflicts with the provisions of this amendatory Act.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-15)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0650 [SB3411 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3411-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 098-0650 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local 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 Department of Natural Resources | ||||
(Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||
is amended by adding Section 805-537 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 805/805-537 new) | ||||
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. 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 by the Conservation Police Officer | ||||
to the number of citations issued 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 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 shall not include either the | ||
issuance of citations or the number of citations issued by a | ||
Conservation Police Officer.
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Section 10. The State Police Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 24 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2610/24 new) | ||
Sec. 24. State Police quotas prohibited. The Department may | ||
not require a Department of State Police officer to issue a | ||
specific number of citations 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 | ||
Department of State Police officer's job performance, compare | ||
the number of citations issued by the Department of State | ||
Police officer to the number of citations issued by any other | ||
Department of State Police officer who has similar job duties. | ||
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Department from | ||
evaluating a Department of State Police officer based on the | ||
Department of 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 Department | ||
of 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 | ||
shall not include either the issuance of citations or the | ||
number of citations issued by a Department of State Police | ||
officer.
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Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | ||
5-1136 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-1136 new) | ||
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. 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. | ||
A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law | ||
enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of
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citations issued by the law enforcement officer
to the number | ||
of citations issued 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 shall not | ||
include either the issuance of citations or the number of | ||
citations issued 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.
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Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||
adding Section 11-1-12 as follows:
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(65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new) | ||
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. 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 by the police officer
to the number of citations issued | ||
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 shall not include either | ||
the issuance of citations or the number of citations issued by | ||
a police officer. | ||
This Section shall not apply to a municipality subject to | ||
Section 10-1-18.1 of this Code with its own independent | ||
inspector general and law enforcement review authority. | ||
A home rule municipality may not establish requirements for | ||
or assess the performance of police 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.
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