Rep. John M. Cabello

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1711

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1711 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-15-25 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25)
7    Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of
8warrants.
9    (a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the
10successful completion of a training course administered by the
11Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the mayor,
12aldermen, president, trustees, marshal, deputy marshals, and
13policemen in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace.
14Conservators of the peace Those persons and others authorized
15by ordinance shall have power (i) to arrest or cause to be
16arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the

 

 

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1peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any
2criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for
3examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in
4custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they
5can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise
6all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the
7corporate authorities.
8    (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances
9or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be
10served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any
11policeman or marshal of the municipality. For that purpose,
12policemen and marshals have all the common law and statutory
13powers of sheriffs.
14(Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.".