ILETSB APPEAL BOARD

Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Board in the Illinois State Police. Provides for the powers and duties of the Board, including to consider a request for appeal of a decision of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or staff that is brought by specified individuals. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Replaces appointment requirements for 6 members on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board with new appointment requirements. Requires vacancies of the Board to be replaced within 90 days. Provides that the Board may not share with a person or organization information concerning the certification of or the decertification of an officer resulting from any process the Board is engaged with until the decision is final and all appeals have been exhausted, including sharing information with a State's Attorney or employer regarding the denial of a training waiver, and provides that an aggrieved officer may seek damages and costs against the Board for a violation. Modifies a definition of "convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty to, plea of nolo contendere to" in provisions concerning the officer professional conduct database, and adds a definition of "conviction" in provisions concerning discretionary decertification of full-time and part-time law enforcement officers. Provides that 1.5% of each deposit into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund shall be transferred to the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Fund. Adds provisions relating to continued certification for one year for an officer who departs a department or agency in good standing, provisions relating to denial of certification, and provisions relating to implementation of the federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act of 2004. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Law Enforcement Standards Appeal Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.