2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 50 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › 50 ILCS 712/ - Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Act.

(50 ILCS 712/1)
Sec. 1. Short title.  This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
(50 ILCS 712/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Armor vest" or "bulletproof vest" means body armor, no less than
        Type I, which has been tested through the voluntary compliance
        testing program operated by the National Law Enforcement and
        Corrections Technology Center of the National Institute of
        Justice, and found to meet or exceed the requirements of
        National Institute of Justice  Standard 0101.03, or any subsequent revision of that
        standard.
"Law enforcement agency" means an agency of this State or unit of local government
which is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to maintain public order
and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances.
"Law enforcement officer" means any officer,
        agent, or employee of this State or a  unit of local government authorized by law or by a government agency

to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, or
        investigation of any violation of criminal law, or authorized by
        law to supervise sentenced criminal offenders.
"Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement officer or full-time county corrections officer who is enrolled in an approved training course.
(Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
(50 ILCS 712/10)
Sec. 10. Law enforcement agencies to provide bulletproof vests for officers.
(a)  Each law enforcement agency within this State shall provide a bulletproof vest for every law enforcement officer of that agency who is employed as a new recruit by that agency on or after the effective date of this Act as part of the officer's initial equipment issue.
(b)  All officer bulletproof vests shall be replaced before or at the expiration of the warranty period of the vest at the expense of the law enforcement agency.
(c)  The State or unit of local government which has jurisdiction over the law enforcement agency shall apply to the United States Department of Justice under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 or a successor Act for matching grants of the purchase price of the bulletproof vests for the officers of the law enforcement agency.
(d) If the law enforcement agency is a local law enforcement agency and not a State agency, the costs of purchasing the bulletproof vests shall be from State funds and from the funds of the unit of local government, including the matching grants received from the  United States Department of Justice.
(Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
(50 ILCS 712/15)
Sec. 15. Applicability. If substantial funding for the purchase of bulletproof vests is provided
to law enforcement agencies by the federal government and State government, the law
enforcement agency shall comply with the provisions of this Act. This Act does not apply to a
law enforcement agency if any one of the following is applicable:
(1) substantial funding, as determined by the     Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, is not provided to that agency by the federal and State government;
(2) the law enforcement agency collectively bargains     with its officers or exclusive representative of the officers for uniform allowances, and bulletproof vests are considered to be a part of the uniform for which the allowance is given; or
(3) the law enforcement agency collectively bargains     with its officers or exclusive representative of the officers for the provision of bulletproof vests.
(Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
(50 ILCS 712/905)
Sec. 905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)