Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 4/23/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3872
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3872 on page 1, | ||||||
| 3 | lines 5 and 6, by replacing "Section 2505-310" with "Sections | ||||||
| 4 | 2505-305 and 2505-310"; and
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| 5 | on page 1, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | ||||||
| 6 | following:
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| 7 | "(20 ILCS 2505/2505-305) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b15.1)
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| 8 | Sec. 2505-305. Investigators.
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| 9 | (a) The Department has the power to
appoint investigators | ||||||
| 10 | to conduct all investigations,
searches, seizures, arrests, | ||||||
| 11 | and other duties imposed under the provisions
of any law | ||||||
| 12 | administered by the Department, the Illinois Liquor Control | ||||||
| 13 | Commission, the Illinois Racing Board,
or the Illinois Gaming | ||||||
| 14 | Board. These
Except as provided in subsection (c), these | ||||||
| 15 | investigators have
and
may exercise all the powers of peace | ||||||
| 16 | officers only as provided in this Section. An investigator may | ||||||
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| 1 | exercise the powers of a peace officer while solely for the | ||||||
| 2 | purpose of
enforcing taxing or other measures administered by | ||||||
| 3 | the Department, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, the | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Racing Board,
or the Illinois Gaming Board. An | ||||||
| 5 | investigator may exercise the powers of a peace officer when he | ||||||
| 6 | or she discovers any criminal offense or violation while | ||||||
| 7 | enforcing any measure administered by the Department, the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Liquor Control Commission, the Illinois Racing Board, | ||||||
| 9 | or the Illinois Gaming Board if (i) the criminal offense or | ||||||
| 10 | violation creates a threat to the life or safety of the | ||||||
| 11 | investigator or any other person and (ii) the investigator | ||||||
| 12 | notifies the proper local law enforcement agency as soon as is | ||||||
| 13 | practical.
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| 14 | (b) The Director must authorize to each investigator | ||||||
| 15 | employed under this
Section and
to any other employee of the | ||||||
| 16 | Department exercising the powers of a peace
officer a
distinct | ||||||
| 17 | badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is
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| 18 | authorized
by the
Department and (ii)
contains a unique | ||||||
| 19 | identifying number.
No other badge shall be authorized by
the | ||||||
| 20 | Department.
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| 21 | (c) (Blank). Investigators appointed under this Section | ||||||
| 22 | who are assigned to the
Illinois Gaming Board have and may | ||||||
| 23 | exercise all
the rights and powers
of peace officers,
provided | ||||||
| 24 | that these powers shall be limited to offenses or violations | ||||||
| 25 | occurring
or committed on a riverboat or dock, as defined in | ||||||
| 26 | subsections (d) and (f) of
Section 4 of the Riverboat
Gambling | ||||||
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| 1 | 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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