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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4712 Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the Chicago Police Department shall equip patrol vehicles with water rescue equipment in each district that contains a public body of water. Limits home rule powers. Defines "water rescue equipment" as instrumentality needed to rescue a person in danger of drowning, including life jackets, life rings, throw bags, rafts, rescue poles, and rescue tubes.
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| | HB4712 | | LRB102 25093 RAM 34353 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 11-1-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-1-15 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1-15. Water rescue equipment. |
| 8 | | (a) The Chicago Police Department shall equip patrol |
| 9 | | vehicles with water rescue equipment in each district that |
| 10 | | contains a public body of water. |
| 11 | | (b) The City of Chicago may not regulate water rescue |
| 12 | | equipment in patrol vehicles in a manner inconsistent with |
| 13 | | this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection |
| 14 | | (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on |
| 15 | | the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and |
| 16 | | functions exercised by the State. |
| 17 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "water rescue |
| 18 | | equipment" means instrumentality needed to rescue a person in |
| 19 | | danger of drowning, including life jackets, life rings, throw |
| 20 | | bags, rafts, rescue poles, and rescue tubes.
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