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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Act. (Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
Illinois · statute · 50 ILCS 712 · 5 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Act. (Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15.)
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…
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 init…
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…
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-743, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)