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                                          SRS92SB0021JJapam01

 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 21

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 21, on page 1,  by
 3    replacing lines 7 through 23 with the following:

 4        "Section  19.5.  Release  of prisoners to law enforcement
 5    personnel or State's Attorney.  The  sheriff  may  adopt  and
 6    implement a written policy that provides for the release of a
 7    person  who is in the custody of the sheriff for any criminal
 8    or  supposed  criminal  matter  to  sworn   law   enforcement
 9    personnel  or  to  the  State's  Attorney  for the purpose of
10    furthering investigations  into  criminal  matters  that  are
11    unrelated to the criminal matter for which the person is held
12    in  custody.   The written policy must, at a minimum, require
13    that there be a written  request,  signed  by  an  authorized
14    agent  of  the  law  enforcement  agency  or State's Attorney
15    office, to take custody of the prisoner and that the  written
16    request  shall  include the name of the individual authorized
17    to take custody of the prisoner, the purpose and scope of the
18    criminal matter under investigation, and a statement  of  the
19    fact  that  the individual taking custody and agency they are
20    employed  by  understand  the  limitation  of  the  sheriff's
21    liability as described in this Act.  Upon the  release  of  a
22    person  to  law enforcement personnel or the State's Attorney
23    under written policy of the sheriff, the sheriff shall not be
 
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 1    liable for any injury of any kind, including but not  limited
 2    to death, to either the person released or to any third party
 3    that  occurs  during  the  time  period that the person is in
 4    custody of other law enforcement  personnel  or  the  State's
 5    Attorney unless the sheriff or a deputy sheriff, correctional
 6    guard, lockup keeper, or county employee is guilty of willful
 7    and wanton conduct that proximately caused the injury.".

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