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	SB1700 - 104th General Assembly
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		SB1700 Enrolled		LRB104 02895 AWJ 12905 b
1    AN ACT concerning local government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-7008 as follows:
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-7008)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008)
7    Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy
8sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs
9not employed as county police officers, or county corrections
10officers and of employees in the Department of Corrections
11shall be made from those applicants who have been certified by
12the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification
13for appointment in one department shall not constitute
14certification for appointment in another department.
15Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment
16and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application
17process. All persons so appointed as a county police officer
18shall, at the time of their appointment, be not less than 21
19years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully
20completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited
21college or university. All persons so appointed as a 
22correctional officer or as a full-time deputy sheriff not 
23employed as a county police officer shall, at the time of their 
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1appointment, be not less than 18 years of age. Any person so
2appointed [subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of ]
3[such law enforcement studies] shall not have power of arrest,
4nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or
5she reaches 21 years of age. Any person appointed shall be a
6citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally
7authorized to work in the United States under federal law and
8is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase
9or otherwise possess a firearm, or an individual against whom
10immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship
11and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for
12Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and who is authorized under
13federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess
14a firearm. In addition, all persons so appointed shall be not
15more than the maximum age limit fixed by the Board from time to
16time, be of sound mind and body, be of good moral character,
17have not been convicted of a crime which the Board considers to
18be detrimental to the applicant's ability to carry out his or
19her duties, possess such prerequisites of training, education
20and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe,
21and shall be required to pass successfully mental, physical,
22psychiatric and other tests and examinations as may be
23prescribed by the Board. Preference shall be given in such
24appointments to persons who have honorably served in the
25military or naval services of the United States. All
26appointees shall serve a probationary period of at least 12
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1months for a county police officer, and at least 15 months for 
2a correctional officer or a full-time deputy sheriff not 
3employed as a county police officer, and during that period
4may be discharged at the will of the Sheriff. However, civil
5service employees of the house of correction who have
6certified status at the time of the transfer of the house of
7correction to the County Department of Corrections are not
8subject to this probationary period, and they shall retain
9their job titles, such tenure privileges as are now enjoyed
10and any subsequent title changes shall not cause reduction in
11rank or elimination of positions.
12    An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in
1338 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally
14under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before
15applying may request examination to occur before the next
16scheduled examination date and, if requested, may be examined
17as soon as possible prior to the next examination date
18following receipt of the application. Once the applicant
19passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an
20eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on
21the eligibility list. Nothing in this paragraph waives
22eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference
23points during the application process or employment.
24(Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24; 103-623, eff. 1-1-25.)