104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1655 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government. LRB104 08241 RTM 18291 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1655 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5 55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government. LRB104 08241 RTM 18291 b LRB104 08241 RTM 18291 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1655 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5 55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government.
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-6001.5 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5)
7 Sec. 3-6001.5. Sheriff qualifications. A person is not
8 eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff,
9 unless that person meets all of the following requirements:
10 (1) Is a United States citizen.
11 (2) Has been a resident of the county for at least one
12 year.
13 (3) Is not a convicted felon.
14 (4) The person is seeking election or appointment to:
15 (A) the office of sheriff in a county with a
16 population of less than 3,000,000 and has Has a
17 certificate attesting to the person's his or her
18 successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic
19 Law Enforcement Officers Training Course, as
20 prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
21 Standards Board, or a substantially similar training
22 program of another state or the federal government; or
23 (B) the office of sheriff in a county with a
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1655 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5 55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government.
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