Public Act 097-0809
 
SB3450 EnrolledLRB097 17781 AMC 62996 b



    AN ACT concerning gaming.

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

 
    Section 5. The Video Gaming
Act is amended  by adding 
Section 79 as follows:
 
    (230 ILCS 40/79 new)
    Sec. 79. Investigators. Investigators appointed by the 
Board pursuant to the powers conferred upon the Board by 
paragraph (20.6) of subsection (c) of Section 5 of the 
Riverboat Gambling Act and Section 80 of this Act shall have 
authority to conduct investigations, searches, seizures, 
arrests, and other duties imposed under this Act and the 
Riverboat Gambling Act, as deemed necessary by the Board.  These 
investigators have and may exercise all of the rights and 
powers of peace officers, provided that these powers shall be 
(1) limited to offenses or violations occurring or committed in 
connection with conduct subject to this Act, including, but not 
limited to, the manufacture, distribution, supply, operation, 
placement, service, maintenance, or play of video gaming 
terminals and the distribution of profits and collection of 
revenues resulting from such play, and (2) exercised, to the 
fullest extent practicable, in cooperation with the local 
police department of the applicable municipality or, if these 
powers are exercised outside the boundaries of an incorporated 
municipality or within a municipality that does not have its 
own police department, in cooperation with the police 
department whose jurisdiction encompasses the applicable 
locality.
 

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