Public Act 099-0494
 
SB1380 EnrolledLRB099 09371 AWJ 29577 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
    Section 5. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act is 
amended  by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 725/8)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 1, 2016)
    Sec. 8. Commission on Police Professionalism.
    (a) Recognizing the need to review performance standards 
governing the professionalism of law enforcement agencies and 
officers in the 21st century, the General Assembly hereby 
creates the Commission on Police Professionalism.
    (b) The Commission on Policing Standards and 
Professionalism shall be composed of the following members:
        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President 
    of the Senate;
        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate 
    Minority Leader;
        (3) one member of the House of Representatives 
    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (4) one member of the House of Representatives 
    appointed by the House Minority Leader;
        (5) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a 
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed 
    by the Governor;
        (6) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a 
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed 
    by the President of the Senate;
        (7) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a 
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed 
    by the Senate Minority Leader;
        (8) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a 
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed 
    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (9) one active duty law enforcement officer who is a 
    member of a certified collective bargaining unit appointed 
    by the House Minority Leader;
        (10) the Director of State Police, or his or her 
    designee;
        (11) the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement 
    Training Standards Board, or his or her designee;
        (12) the Director of a statewide organization 
    representing Illinois sheriffs;
        (13) the Director of a statewide organization 
    representing Illinois chiefs of police;
        (14) the Director of a statewide fraternal 
    organization representing sworn law enforcement officers 
    in this State;
        (15) the Director of a benevolent association 
    representing sworn police officers in this State;
        (16) the Director of a fraternal organization 
    representing sworn law enforcement officers within the 
    City of Chicago; and
        (17) the Director of a fraternal organization 
    exclusively representing sworn Illinois State Police 
    officers.
    (c)
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall each appoint a joint chairperson 
to the Commission. The Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
    (d) The Commission shall meet regularly to review the 
current training and certification process for law enforcement 
officers, review the duties of the various types of law 
enforcement officers, including auxiliary officers, review the 
standards for the issuance of badges, shields,  and other police 
and agency identification, and examine whether law enforcement 
officers should be licensed. For the purposes of this 
subsection (d), "badge" means an officer's department issued 
identification number associated with his or her position as a 
police officer with that Department.
    (e) The Commission shall submit a report of its findings 
and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly and 
Governor on or before March 31, 2016 January 31, 2016.
    (f) This Section is repealed on April 1, 2016 February 1, 
2016.

(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 8-12-15.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.