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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
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Section 2-13 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/2-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-13)



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    Sec. 2-13. "Peace officer". "Peace officer" means (i) any 
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person who by
virtue of his office or public
employment is 
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vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make

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arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses 
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or is
limited to specific offenses, or (ii) any person who, by 
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statute, is granted and authorized to exercise powers similar 
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to those conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law 
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enforcement agency of this State.

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    For purposes of Sections concerning unlawful use of 
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weapons,
for the purposes of assisting an Illinois peace 
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officer in an arrest, or when
the commission of any offense
a 
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felony under Illinois law is directly observed by the
person, 
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and statutes involving the false personation of a peace 
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officer, false personation of a peace officer while carrying a 
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deadly weapon, and aggravated false personation of a peace 
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officer, then officers, agents, or employees of the federal 
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government
commissioned by
federal statute to make arrests for 
 


 






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violations of federal criminal laws
shall be considered "peace 
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officers" under this Code, including, but not
limited to all 
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criminal investigators of:

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        (1) The United States Department of Justice, The 
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    Federal Bureau of
Investigation, The Drug Enforcement 
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    Agency and The Department of
Immigration and 
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    Naturalization;

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        (2) The United States Department of the Treasury, The 
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    Secret Service,
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
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    and The Customs Service;

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        (3) The United States Internal Revenue Service;

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        (4) The United States General Services Administration;

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        (5) The United States Postal Service; and

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        (6) all United States Marshals or Deputy United States 
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    Marshals whose
duties involve the enforcement of federal 
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    criminal laws.

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(Source: P.A. 94-730, eff. 4-17-06; 94-846, eff. 1-1-07; 
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revised 8-3-06.)