Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 710/1 – Definitions
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(a) “Peace officer” means (i) any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a primary duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any county or municipality or (ii) any retired law enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon.
(a-5) “Probation officer” means a county probation officer authorized by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court to carry a firearm as part of his or her duties under § 12 of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(b) “Firearms” means any weapon or device defined as a firearm in Section 1.1 of “An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation in connection therewith”, approved August 3, 1967, as amended.
(a) “Peace officer” means (i) any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a primary duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any county or municipality or (ii) any retired law enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 710/1
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
(a-5) “Probation officer” means a county probation officer authorized by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court to carry a firearm as part of his or her duties under § 12 of the Probation and Probation Officers Act and Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(b) “Firearms” means any weapon or device defined as a firearm in Section 1.1 of “An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation in connection therewith”, approved August 3, 1967, as amended.