Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/29/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 261
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 261 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything from line 9 on page 2 through line 14 on page 3 with | ||||||
| 4 | the following:
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| 5 | "(20 ILCS 2505/2505-305) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b15.1)
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| 6 | Sec. 2505-305. Investigators.
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| 7 | (a) The Department has the power to
appoint investigators | ||||||
| 8 | to conduct all investigations,
searches, seizures, arrests, | ||||||
| 9 | and other duties imposed under the provisions
of any law | ||||||
| 10 | administered by the Department, the Illinois Liquor Control | ||||||
| 11 | Commission, or the Illinois Racing Board
or the Illinois Gaming | ||||||
| 12 | Board. These
Except as provided in subsection (c), these | ||||||
| 13 | investigators have
and
may exercise all the powers of peace | ||||||
| 14 | officers only as provided in this Section. An investigator may | ||||||
| 15 | exercise the powers of a peace officer while solely for the | ||||||
| 16 | purpose of
enforcing taxing or other measures administered by | ||||||
| 17 | the Department, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, or the | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois Racing Board. An investigator may exercise the powers | ||||||
| 2 | of a peace officer when he or she discovers any criminal | ||||||
| 3 | offense or violation while enforcing any measure administered | ||||||
| 4 | by the Department, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, or | ||||||
| 5 | the Illinois Racing Board if (i) the criminal offense or | ||||||
| 6 | violation creates a threat to the life or safety of the | ||||||
| 7 | investigator or any other person and (ii) the investigator | ||||||
| 8 | notifies the proper local law enforcement agency as soon as is | ||||||
| 9 | practical.
or the Illinois Gaming Board.
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| 10 | (b) The Director must authorize to each investigator | ||||||
| 11 | employed under this
Section and
to any other employee of the | ||||||
| 12 | Department exercising the powers of a peace
officer a
distinct | ||||||
| 13 | badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is
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| 14 | authorized
by the
Department and (ii)
contains a unique | ||||||
| 15 | identifying number.
No other badge shall be authorized by
the | ||||||
| 16 | Department.
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| 17 | (c) The Department may enter into agreements with the | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois Gaming Board providing that investigators appointed | ||||||
| 19 | under this Section shall exercise the peace officer powers set | ||||||
| 20 | forth in paragraph (20.6) of subsection (c) of Section 5 of the | ||||||
| 21 | Riverboat Gambling Act. Investigators appointed under this | ||||||
| 22 | Section who are assigned to the
Illinois Gaming Board have and | ||||||
| 23 | may exercise all
the rights and powers
of peace officers,
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| 24 | provided that these powers shall be limited to offenses or | ||||||
| 25 | violations occurring
or committed on a riverboat or dock, as | ||||||
| 26 | defined in subsections (d) and (f) of
Section 4 of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Riverboat
Gambling Act.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-883, eff. 1-1-01; 92-493, | ||||||
| 3 | eff. 1-1-02.)".
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