2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 50 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT › 50 ILCS 708/ - Law Enforcement Intern Training Act.

(50 ILCS 708/1)
Sec. 1. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Intern Training Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
(50 ILCS 708/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Academy" means a school certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide basic training under Section 6 of the
Illinois Police Training Act.
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
"Correctional Intern" means a civilian who has met the requirements to enter the Correctional Intern Training Program and who is not employed as a correctional officer under the Illinois Police Training Act.
"Graduate Correctional Intern" means a civilian who has successfully completed the correctional intern training course and is not employed as a correctional officer under the Illinois Police Training Act.
"Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who has met the requirements to
enter the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program and who is not employed as a
law enforcement officer under the Illinois Police Training Act.
"Graduate Law Enforcement Intern" means a civilian who has successfully
completed the law enforcement intern training course and is not employed as a
law enforcement officer under the Illinois Police Training Act.
"Trainee" means a law enforcement intern who is enrolled in the Law
Enforcement Intern Training Program.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/10)
Sec. 10. Initiation, administration, and conduct of program by Board. The
Board may initiate, administer, and conduct the Law Enforcement Intern Training
Program and the Correctional Officer Intern Program.  The training for interns shall be provided at any
certified academy selected by the Board.  The Board shall have the authority to
establish enrollment limitations.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/15)
Sec. 15. Election to participate in the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program. Any person may elect to
apply to participate in the Law Enforcement Intern Training Program.  To be
eligible to participate, the person must meet the minimum criteria established
by the Board that includes, but is not limited to, physical fitness standards,
educational standards, psychological standards, 21 years of age, of good
character, and not convicted of a felony offense or other crime involving moral
turpitude under the laws of this State or any other State that, if convicted in
this State, would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude.
Applicants shall be accepted for the program on a person by person basis and
shall not take the place of or prevent a law enforcement officer from entering
an academy class to meet the basic training requirements set forth in the
Illinois Police Training Act.  When reviewing applications, special consideration shall be given to persons who have been members of the Armed Forces of the United States in accordance with the Veterans Preference Act. The Board's investigators shall enforce the
provisions of
this Act to ensure compliance with the Act, including, but not limited to,
administrating a criminal justice background check that includes State and
federal criminal histories, conducting interviews, obtaining, by subpoena if
necessary, investigative records, police records, personnel records, or other
records that may be needed.
Nothing in this Act shall override or replace, preempt, or supersede, any
hiring or selection standard, process, procedure, requirement, or mechanism
established by any local governmental unit, or State statute or regulation
that is in effect or amended hereafter.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/20)
Sec. 20. Law enforcement certification; transition course. The Board shall require law
enforcement interns to undertake, at
a minimum, the same training requirements as established for law enforcement
officers under the Illinois Police Training Act.  The Board certificate
reserved for law
enforcement officers shall not be awarded until the law enforcement intern is
employed, has successfully completed the State certification exam, and meets
the requirements established by the Board.  The Law Enforcement Intern
Certificate shall be issued to the trainee following the successful completion
of the course.  The graduate law enforcement intern, if not employed as a law
enforcement officer within 2 years after issuance of the law enforcement intern
certificate, must then meet the requirements of the Illinois Police Training
Act upon
employment.  A graduate law enforcement intern who is not employed within one
year, but is hired within 2 years after completing the course, must
successfully complete a transition course approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board and again successfully
complete the law enforcement State certification
exam in order to obtain the Board's certificate reserved for law enforcement
officers.  The transition course shall consist of a minimum of 80 hours and
shall be conducted at a Board certified academy.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/22)
Sec. 22. Election to participate in the Correctional Officer Intern Program. Any person may elect to apply to participate in the Correctional Officer Intern Training Program. To be eligible to participate, the person must meet the minimum criteria established by the Board that includes, but is not limited to, physical fitness standards, educational standards, psychological standards, being at least 21 years of age, of good character, and not convicted of a felony offense or other crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of this State or any other State that, if convicted in this State, would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. Applicants shall be accepted for the program on a person by person basis and shall not take the place of or prevent a correctional officer from entering an academy class to meet the basic training requirements set forth in the Illinois Police Training Act. When reviewing applications, special consideration shall be given to persons who have been members of the Armed Forces of the United States in accordance with the Veterans Preference Act. The Board's investigators shall enforce this Act to ensure compliance with the Act, including, but not limited to, administrating a criminal justice background check that includes State and federal criminal histories, conducting interviews, obtaining, by subpoena if necessary, investigative records, police records, personnel records, or other records that may be needed.
    Nothing in this Act shall override or replace, preempt, or supersede any hiring or selection standard, process, procedure, requirement, or mechanism established by any local governmental unit, or State statute or regulation.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/23)
Sec. 23. Correctional certification. The Board shall require correctional interns to undertake, at a minimum, the same training requirements as established for correctional officers under the Illinois Police Training Act. The Board certificate reserved for correctional officers shall not be awarded until the correctional intern is employed, has successfully completed the State certification exam, and meets the requirements established by the Board. The correctional intern certificate shall be issued to the trainee following the successful completion of the course. The graduate correctional intern, if not employed as a correctional officer within 2 years after issuance of the correctional intern certificate, must then meet the requirements of the Illinois Police Training Act upon employment.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/24)
Sec. 24. Transfer credits from public institutions of higher education.
(a)   As used in this Section, "public institutions of higher education" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Board of Higher Education Act.
(b)   The Board shall collaborate with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to create a report with recommendations to the General Assembly for establishing minimum requirements for credits that may transfer from public institutions of higher education to satisfy the requirements of law enforcement and correctional intern courses under this Act.
(c) The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2023.
(Source: P.A. 102-719, eff. 1-1-23.)
(50 ILCS 708/25)
Sec. 25. Police Training Board Services Fund. The Board shall charge,
collect, or receive fees, tuition, or moneys from persons electing to enter the
Law Enforcement Intern Training Program or the Correctional Officer Intern Program equivalent to the costs of providing
personnel, equipment, services, and training to law enforcement interns that,
in
the judgement of the Board, are in the best interest of the State.
All fees or moneys received by the Board under this Act shall be deposited in
a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Police Training Board
Services Fund.  The moneys deposited in the Police Training Board Services Fund
shall be appropriated to the Board for expenses of the
Board for the administration and conduct of training.
(Source: P.A. 101-577, eff. 8-23-19.)
(50 ILCS 708/30)
Sec. 30. 
		Rules; dismissal of trainee. 
		The Board may make, amend, and
rescind any rules that
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.  A copy of all rules
and amendments or rescissions shall be filed with the Secretary of
State within a reasonable time after adoption.  The academies certified by the
Board and participating in the training program may dismiss from the academy
any trainee prior to the completion of the course if, in the opinion of the
person in charge of the training school, the trainee is unable or unwilling to
satisfactorily complete the prescribed course of training.
(Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
(50 ILCS 708/35)
Sec. 35. 
		Severability. 
		The provisions of this Act are severable under
Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
(50 ILCS 708/99)
Sec. 99. 
		Effective date. 
		This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97.)
(50 ILCS 708/100)
Sec. 100. 
		(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 90-259, eff. 7-30-97; text omitted.)