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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1360
Introduced 02/09/05, by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-37011 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-37011 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Allows Hospital Security Police Force personnel to carry weapons when off duty.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1360 |
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LRB094 08897 AJO 39117 b |
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-37011 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-37011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37011)
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| Sec. 5-37011. Hospital security police force. The board of
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| commissioners, subject to the applicable merit system rules, |
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| may establish
and maintain a Hospital Security Police Force and |
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| may define and prescribe
all such peace officers' duties and |
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| compensation. Every security police
officer appointed by the |
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| board to such Security Police Force, as the same
shall be from |
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| time to time hereafter constituted, shall have and is hereby
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| vested with police powers, and is hereby authorized to act as a |
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| conservator
of the peace within and upon any and all hospital |
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| facilities operated and
hospital premises controlled by such |
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| board, and shall have power to make
arrests or cause to be |
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| arrested, with or without process, any person who
breaks the |
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| peace, or may be found violating any State statutes or city or
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| county ordinances within or upon such facilities or premises.
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| The board may establish reasonable eligibility |
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| requirements for appointment
to such Security Police Force |
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| relating to residence, health, habits and
moral character. |
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| However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless that
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| person is at least 21 years of age. No person may be appointed |
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| to or be
retained in the Hospital Security Police Force unless |
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| that person is of
good character and not a habitual drunkard, |
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| gambler or a person convicted
of a felony or a crime involving |
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| moral turpitude. All Security Police Force
personnel |
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| authorized to carry weapons within or upon hospital facilities
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| or premises while on-duty shall receive a course of training in |
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| the legal
and practical use of such weapons as is required of a |