HB0534 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0534

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2610/24 new

Amends the State Police Act. Provides that an officer of the Department of State Police who is operating a police vehicle equipped with an operable in-car video camera system must have the system recording activities outside the police vehicle while the police vehicle's emergency lighting system is activated. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by adding Section 24 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2610/24 new)

Sec. 24. Officers; in-car cameras. An officer of the Department of State Police who is operating a police vehicle equipped with an operable in-car video camera system shall have the system recording activities outside the police vehicle while the police vehicle's emergency lighting system is activated.

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