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      15 ILCS 205/4c            from Ch. 14, par. 4c
          Amends the  Attorney  General  Act.   Provides  that  the
      Attorney   General's   investigators   shall  cooperate  with
      municipal police and county police in enforcing the  laws  of
      the  State  and  in  making  arrests and recovering property.
      Effective immediately.
                                                     LRB9009447RCcd
HB2734 Engrossed                               LRB9009447RCcd
 1        AN ACT to amend the  Attorney  General  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 4c.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Attorney  General  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 4c as follows:
 7        (15 ILCS 205/4c) (from Ch. 14, par. 4c)
 8        Sec.  4c.  Subject to the qualifications set forth below,
 9    investigators employed by the Attorney General shall be peace
10    officers and as such shall have all the powers  possessed  by
11    policemen  in  cities,  and  by  sheriffs, except that they ;
12    provided, that Attorney General's investigators may  exercise
13    such  powers  anywhere  in the State.  The Attorney General's
14    investigators shall in  cooperate cooperation with the police
15    of cities, villages and incorporated towns,    and  with  the
16    police  officers  of any county, in enforcing the laws of the
17    State and in making arrests  and  recovering  property  after
18    contact with the local law enforcement officials.
19        No  investigator  employed  by the Attorney General shall
20    have peace officer status or exercise police powers unless he
21    or she  successfully  completes  the  basic  police  training
22    course  mandated and approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement
23    Training Standards Board or such board  waives  the  training
24    requirement   by  reason  of  the  investigator's  prior  law
25    enforcement experience or training or both.
26        The board shall not waive the training requirement unless
27    the investigator has had a minimum of 5 years experience as a
28    sworn officer of a local, state or  federal  law  enforcement
29    agency,  2  of  which  shall  have  been  in an investigatory
30    capacity.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)
HB2734 Engrossed            -2-                LRB9009447RCcd
 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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