HB 5830

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any provision in a collective bargaining agreement applicable to peace officers, including, but not limited to, the Illinois State Police, that does not pertain directly to wages or benefits, or both, is declared to be against public policy and unenforceable. Amends the State Police Act and the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Deletes provisions that anyone filing a complaint against a State Police Officer or a sworn peace officer must have the complaint supported by a sworn affidavit. Deletes provisions that any such complaint, having been supported by a sworn affidavit, and having been found, in total or in part, to contain false information, shall be presented to the appropriate State's Attorney for a determination of prosecution. In the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act, deletes provision that if a collective bargaining agreement requires the presence of a representative of the collective bargaining unit during investigations, the representative shall be present during the interrogation, unless this requirement is waived by the officer being interrogated. Deletes provision that admissions or confessions obtained during the course of any interrogation not conducted in accordance with the Act may not be utilized in any subsequent disciplinary proceeding against the officer. Deletes provision that in the course of any interrogation no officer shall be required to submit to a polygraph test, or any other test questioning by means of any chemical substance, except with the officer's express written consent. Deletes provision that refusal to submit to such tests shall not result in any disciplinary action nor shall such refusal be made part of his or her record.