Public Act 095-0024
 
HB0162 Enrolled LRB095 04246 RLC 24287 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 2-13 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/2-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-13)
    Sec. 2-13. "Peace officer". "Peace officer" means (i) any
person who by virtue of his office or public employment is
vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses
or is limited to specific offenses, or (ii) any person who, by
statute, is granted and authorized to exercise powers similar
to those conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law
enforcement agency of this State.
    For purposes of Sections concerning unlawful use of
weapons, for the purposes of assisting an Illinois peace
officer in an arrest, or when the commission of any offense a
felony under Illinois law is directly observed by the person,
and statutes involving the false personation of a peace
officer, false personation of a peace officer while carrying a
deadly weapon, and aggravated false personation of a peace
officer, then officers, agents, or employees of the federal
government commissioned by federal statute to make arrests for
violations of federal criminal laws shall be considered "peace
officers" under this Code, including, but not limited to all
criminal investigators of:
        (1) The United States Department of Justice, The
    Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Drug Enforcement
    Agency and The Department of Immigration and
    Naturalization;
        (2) The United States Department of the Treasury, The
    Secret Service, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
    and The Customs Service;
        (3) The United States Internal Revenue Service;
        (4) The United States General Services Administration;
        (5) The United States Postal Service; and
        (6) all United States Marshals or Deputy United States
    Marshals whose duties involve the enforcement of federal
    criminal laws.
(Source: P.A. 94-730, eff. 4-17-06; 94-846, eff. 1-1-07;
revised 8-3-06.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2008