Full Text of SB2848 100th General Assembly
SB2848 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB2848 Introduced 2/13/2018, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 1205/4-7 | from Ch. 105, par. 4-7 | 70 ILCS 1325/1 | from Ch. 105, par. 330a |
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Amends the Park District Code and the Park District Police Act. Provides that the jurisdiction of the police officers of a park district is anywhere within the boundaries of the district (rather than within the parks, boulevards, driveways, and property controlled by the park district). 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 Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 4-7 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 1205/4-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-7)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-7. Employees; police force. The board of any park | 8 | | district may
employ engineers,
attorneys, clerks and other | 9 | | employees, including a police force, as may be
required, and | 10 | | may define and prescribe their respective duties and
| 11 | | compensation.
After receiving a certificate attesting to the | 12 | | successful completion
of
a training course administered by the | 13 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board,
the members | 14 | | of the board and all police officers appointed by
the board | 15 | | shall be conservators of the peace within the boundaries of and | 16 | | upon the
parks,
boulevards, driveways, and property controlled | 17 | | by that park
district, and
shall have power to make arrests | 18 | | subject to the provisions of the Park
District Police Act. The | 19 | | exercise of such authority shall not permit the
possession or | 20 | | use of firearms by members of the board.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96; 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)
| 22 | | Section 10. The Park District Police Act is amended by |
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| 1 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
| 2 | | (70 ILCS 1325/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 330a)
| 3 | | Sec. 1. Park police powers.
| 4 | | (a) Whenever any park district establishes a
police force | 5 | | under Section 4-7 of the Park District Code, each officer of | 6 | | that
force is vested with police
powers, is authorized to act | 7 | | as a conservator of the peace
within the boundaries of that | 8 | | park district,
and may arrest or cause to be arrested, with or | 9 | | without a warrant, any
person who breaks the peace, or who | 10 | | violates any
ordinance
of a city, town, or village, or of the | 11 | | park district, or any criminal
law of the State.
If a park | 12 | | district maintains an airport, this authority also extends to | 13 | | any
violation of a rule or regulation of a governing federal | 14 | | agency or any federal,
State, or local law relating to that | 15 | | operation. The authority granted under
this Section is | 16 | | expressly limited to the boundaries of that park district | 17 | | property and shall not be
construed to extend to any other | 18 | | jurisdiction except in cases of fresh pursuit
or under a | 19 | | validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement.
| 20 | | (b) An arrest may be made by a park police officer
without | 21 | | a
warrant when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in | 22 | | his
presence, or when a criminal offense has been committed
and
| 23 | | the officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person | 24 | | to be
arrested has committed it. Any person so arrested shall, | 25 | | without
unnecessary delay, be taken by the officer before the |
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| 1 | | circuit
court of
the county having jurisdiction, and the | 2 | | officer shall file a complaint in writing under oath,
charging
| 3 | | the defendant with a violation of a
statute or ordinance.
| 4 | | (c) A full or part-time police officer employed under this | 5 | | Section shall
comply with the requirements of the Illinois | 6 | | Police Training Act. In addition,
before carrying a firearm, | 7 | | each officer shall complete a training course
under the Peace | 8 | | Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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