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90_SB0369
65 ILCS 5/11-1-2 from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-2
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25 rep.
70 ILCS 1205/4-7 from Ch. 105, par. 4-7
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that police
officers (now the mayor, alderman, president, trustees,
marshals, deputy marshals, and policemen) shall be
conservators of the peace and have the corresponding police
powers. Amends the Park District Code. Provides that police
officers (now board members and police officers) shall be
conservators of the peace. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning conservators of the peace.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-1-2 as follows:
6 (65 ILCS 5/11-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-2)
7 Sec. 11-1-2. Duties and powers of police officers.
8 (a) Police officers in municipalities shall be
9 conservators of the peace. They shall have the power (i) to
10 arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all
11 persons who break the peace or are found violating any
12 municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to
13 commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary,
14 to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in
15 any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper
16 court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators
17 of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
18 (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal
19 ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person,
20 may be served and executed within the limits of a
21 municipality by any police officer of the municipality. For
22 that purpose, police officers have all the common law and
23 statutory powers of sheriffs.
24 (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality may
25 prescribe any additional the duties and powers of the all
26 police officers.
27 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
28 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25 rep.)
29 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
30 repealing Section 3.1-15-25.
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1 Section 15. The Park District Code is amended by
2 changing Section 4-7 as follows:
3 (70 ILCS 1205/4-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-7)
4 Sec. 4-7. Employees; police force. The board of any
5 park district may employ engineers, attorneys, clerks, and
6 other employees, including a police force, as may be
7 required, and may define and prescribe their respective
8 duties and compensation. The members of the board and All
9 police officers appointed by the board shall be conservators
10 of the peace within and upon the parks, boulevards,
11 driveways, and property controlled by that park district, and
12 shall have power to make arrests subject to the provisions of
13 the Park District Police Act. The exercise of such authority
14 shall not permit the possession or use of firearms by members
15 of the board.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.
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