HB3006eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 1-2-11 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-11)

Sec. 1-2-11. (a) A sheriff may serve any process or make any arrest in a municipality or a part of a municipality located in the county in which the sheriff was elected that any officer of that municipality is authorized to make under this Code or any ordinance passed under this Code.

(b) Police officers may serve summons for violations of ordinances occurring within their municipalities. In municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more, private process servers and active duty or retired police officers may serve summons for violations of ordinances occurring within their municipalities.

(c) In addition to the powers stated in Section 8.1a of the Housing Authorities Act, in counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, members of a housing authority police force may serve process for forcible entry and detainer actions commenced by that housing authority and may execute orders of possession for that housing authority.

(Source: P.A. 89-594, eff. 8-1-96.)

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