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90_SB1624
65 ILCS 5/11-1-5.5 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a
municipality may use video surveillance systems to enhance
crime prevention, but outdoor surveillance that is not for
the security of a public building shall monitor only street
corners. Preempts home rule.
LRB9011043PTmb
LRB9011043PTmb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by adding
2 Section 11-1-5.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 adding Section 11-1-5.5 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/11-1-5.5 new)
8 Sec. 11-1-5.5. Video surveillance systems. A
9 municipality, including a home rule municipality, may use
10 video surveillance systems to enhance crime prevention, but
11 outdoor surveillance that is not for the security of a public
12 building shall monitor only street corners.
13 A home rule municipality may not use video surveillance
14 systems in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This
15 Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
16 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
17 exercise by home rule municipalities of powers and functions
18 exercised by the State.