[Peace-discuss] Call or write Naomi on Blackwater bill, #5700

[Barbara kessel]

Naomi Jakobsson can be reached by phone in her office (217) 373-5000
in Champaign
or Springfield (217) 558-1009. Legislature is in session on Tuesday through
Thursday next week.

or you can e-mail her at n.jakobsson at worldwide.att.net. We would like her to
co-sponsor this bill next week, but failing that, to vote for it when it is
introduced later this month.


*Illinois: HB 5700*

A BILL FOR

HB5700 LRB095 17903 BDD 46184 b

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Limitations on Private
Military Contractors Act.

Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, a "private military
contractor" means a corporation, firm, or other private business entity that
supplies personnel with specialized operational and tactical skills of a
military nature, including combat experience, on contract with official
governmental armed services or any governmental unit. A private military
contractor may also be known as a private security contractor or company, a
military service provider, or a privatized military firm.

Section 10. Prohibition on use of State funds. No State funds shall be used
to contract with or purchase services from any private military contractor
or related security or law enforcement training entity for training of law
enforcement officers or security guards.

Section 15. Prohibition on use of military weapons or explosives. No
military weapons or explosives may be used by private military contractors
or related security or law enforcement training operations, except on
secured U.S. military bases, other established government-regulated
facilities, or government-related facilities designed for that purpose.

Section 20. Additional prohibitions. In the event of any natural disaster,
civil disorder, labor dispute, or terrorist attack, no personnel trained by
any private military contractor shall be used, employed, or contracted with
to patrol, guard, control, contain, or arrest any Illinois resident or
citizen nor to provide any type of security services of any kind during such
emergencies.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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