Full Text of SB1357 100th General Assembly
SB1357 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1357 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 1325/1 | from Ch. 105, par. 330a |
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Amends the Park District Police Act. Extends the police powers of park police officers to include property within 300 feet of the boundary of park district real property (currently, is limited to park district property except when an officer is in fresh pursuit or under a validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement). Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Park District Police Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 1325/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 330a)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. Park police powers.
| 8 | | (a) Whenever any park district establishes a
police force | 9 | | under Section 4-7 of the Park District Code, each officer of | 10 | | that
force is vested with police
powers, is authorized to act | 11 | | as a conservator of the peace
within that park district,
and | 12 | | may arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without a warrant, | 13 | | any
person who breaks the peace, or who violates any
ordinance
| 14 | | of a city, town, or village, or of the park district, or any | 15 | | criminal
law of the State.
If a park district maintains an | 16 | | airport, this authority also extends to any
violation of a rule | 17 | | or regulation of a governing federal agency or any federal,
| 18 | | State, or local law relating to that operation. The authority | 19 | | granted under
this Section is expressly limited to park | 20 | | district property , or other property within 300 feet of the | 21 | | boundary of park district real property, and shall not be
| 22 | | construed to extend to any other jurisdiction except in cases | 23 | | of fresh pursuit
or under a validly executed intergovernmental |
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| 1 | | cooperation agreement.
| 2 | | (b) An arrest may be made by a park police officer
without | 3 | | a
warrant when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in | 4 | | his
presence, or when a criminal offense has been committed
and
| 5 | | the officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person | 6 | | to be
arrested has committed it. Any person so arrested shall, | 7 | | without
unnecessary delay, be taken by the officer before the | 8 | | circuit
court of
the county having jurisdiction, and the | 9 | | officer shall file a complaint in writing under oath,
charging
| 10 | | the defendant with a violation of a
statute or ordinance.
| 11 | | (c) A full or part-time police officer employed under this | 12 | | Section shall
comply with the requirements of the Illinois | 13 | | Police Training Act. In addition,
before carrying a firearm, | 14 | | each officer shall complete a training course
under the Peace | 15 | | Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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