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90_HB0695
New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
Creates the Law Enforcement Intern Training Act.
Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
Standards Board shall administer and conduct a Law
Enforcement Intern Training Program. Establishes criteria
for participation in the program. Provides that moneys
collected or received from fees or tuition shall be deposited
into the Police Training Board Services Fund. Contains other
provisions. Amends the State Finance Act to create the
Police Training Board Services Fund in the State Treasury.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT creating the Law Enforcement Intern Training Act.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Law Enforcement Intern Training Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7 "Academy" means a school certified by the Illinois Law
8 Enforcement Training and Standards Board to provide basic
9 training under Section 6 of the Illinois Police Training Act.
10 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
11 Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
12 "Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who has met the
13 requirements to enter the Law Enforcement Intern Training
14 Program and who is not employed as a law enforcement officer
15 under the Illinois Police Training Act.
16 "Graduate Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who
17 has successfully completed the law enforcement intern
18 training course and is not employed as a law enforcement
19 officer under the Illinois Police Training Act.
20 "Trainee" means a law enforcement intern who is enrolled
21 in the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program.
22 Section 10. Initiation, administration, and conduct of
23 program by Board. The Board may initiate, administer, and
24 conduct the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program. The
25 training for law enforcement interns shall be provided at any
26 certified academy selected by the Board. The Board shall
27 have the authority to establish enrollment limitations.
28 Section 15. Election to participate in the program. Any
29 person may elect to apply to participate in the Law
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1 Enforcement Intern Training Program. To be eligible to
2 participate, the person must meet the minimum criteria
3 established by the Board that includes, but is not limited
4 to, physical fitness standards, educational standards,
5 psychological standards, 21 years of age, of good character,
6 and not convicted of a felony offense or other crime
7 involving moral turpitude under the laws of this State or any
8 other State that, if convicted in this State, would be
9 punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude.
10 Applicants shall be accepted for the program on a person by
11 person basis and shall not take the place of or prevent a law
12 enforcement officer from entering an academy class to meet
13 the basic training requirements set forth in the Illinois
14 Police Training Act. The Board's investigators shall enforce
15 the provisions of this Act to ensure compliance with the Act,
16 including, but not limited to, administrating a criminal
17 justice background check that includes State and federal
18 criminal histories, conducting interviews, obtaining, by
19 subpoena if necessary, investigative records, police records,
20 personnel records, or other records that may be needed.
21 Nothing in this Act shall override or replace, preempt,
22 or supersede, any hiring or selection standard, process,
23 procedure, requirement, or mechanism established by any local
24 governmental unit, or State statute or regulation that is in
25 effect or amended hereafter.
26 Section 20. Certification; transition course. The Board
27 shall require law enforcement interns to undertake, at a
28 minimum, the same training requirements as established for
29 law enforcement officers under the Illinois Police Training
30 Act. The Board certificate reserved for law enforcement
31 officers shall not be awarded until the law enforcement
32 intern is employed, has successfully completed the State
33 certification exam, and meets the requirements established by
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1 the Board. The Law Enforcement Intern Certificate shall be
2 issued to the trainee following the successful completion of
3 the course. The graduate law enforcement intern, if not
4 employed as a law enforcement officer within 2 years after
5 issuance of the law enforcement intern certificate, must then
6 meet the requirements of the Illinois Police Training Act
7 upon employment. A graduate law enforcement intern who is
8 not employed within one year, but is hired within 2 years
9 after completing the course, must successfully complete a
10 transition course approved by the Illinois Police Training
11 Board and again successfully complete the law enforcement
12 State certification exam in order to obtain the Board's
13 certificate reserved for law enforcement officers. The
14 transition course shall consist of a minimum of 80 hours and
15 shall be conducted at a Board certified academy.
16 Section 25. Police Training Board Services Fund. The
17 Board shall charge, collect, or receive fees, tuition, or
18 moneys from persons electing to enter the Law Enforcement
19 Intern Training Program equivalent to the costs of providing
20 personnel, equipment, services, and training to law
21 enforcement interns that, in the judgement of the Board, are
22 in the best interest of the State.
23 All fees or moneys received by the Board under this Act
24 shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to
25 be known as the Police Training Board Services Fund. The
26 moneys deposited in the Police Training Board Services Fund
27 shall be appropriated to the Board for expenses of the Board
28 for the administration and conduct of training.
29 Section 30. Rules; dismissal of trainee. The Board may
30 make, amend, and rescind any rules that may be necessary to
31 carry out the provisions of this Act. A copy of all rules
32 and amendments or rescissions shall be filed with the
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1 Secretary of State within a reasonable time after adoption.
2 The academies certified by the Board and participating in the
3 training program may dismiss from the academy any trainee
4 prior to the completion of the course if, in the opinion of
5 the person in charge of the training school, the trainee is
6 unable or unwilling to satisfactorily complete the prescribed
7 course of training.
8 Section 35. Severability. The provisions of this Act
9 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
10 Section 100. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
11 Section 5.449 as follows:
12 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
13 Sec. 5.449. Police Training Board Services Fund.
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.