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Rep. Patrick Sheehan
Filed: 4/7/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2270
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2270 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 2-115 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/2-115) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-115) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-115. Investigators. |
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State, for the purpose of more |
| 9 | | effectively carrying out the provisions of the laws in |
| 10 | | relation to motor vehicles, shall have power to appoint such |
| 11 | | number of investigators as he may deem necessary. It shall be |
| 12 | | the duty of such investigators to investigate and enforce |
| 13 | | violations of the provisions of this Act administered by the |
| 14 | | Secretary of State and provisions of Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, |
| 15 | | and 15 and to investigate and report any violation by any |
| 16 | | person who operates as a motor carrier of property as defined |
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| 1 | | in Section 18-100 of this Act and does not hold a valid |
| 2 | | certificate or permit. Such investigators shall have and may |
| 3 | | exercise throughout the State all of the powers of peace |
| 4 | | officers. |
| 5 | | No person may be retained in service as an investigator |
| 6 | | under this Section after he or she has reached 65 60 years of |
| 7 | | age, except for a person employed in the title of Capitol |
| 8 | | Police Investigator, in which case, that person may not be |
| 9 | | retained in service after that person has reached 65 years of |
| 10 | | age. |
| 11 | | The Secretary of State must authorize to each investigator |
| 12 | | employed under this Section and to any other employee of the |
| 13 | | Office of the Secretary of State exercising the powers of a |
| 14 | | peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly |
| 15 | | states that the badge is authorized by the Office of the |
| 16 | | Secretary of State and (ii) contains a unique identifying |
| 17 | | number. No other badge shall be authorized by the Office of the |
| 18 | | Secretary of State. |
| 19 | | (b) The Secretary may expend such sums as he deems |
| 20 | | necessary from Contractual Services appropriations for the |
| 21 | | Department of Police for the purchase of evidence, for the |
| 22 | | employment of persons to obtain evidence, and for the payment |
| 23 | | for any goods or services related to obtaining evidence. Such |
| 24 | | sums shall be advanced to investigators authorized by the |
| 25 | | Secretary to expend funds, on vouchers signed by the |
| 26 | | Secretary. In addition, the Secretary of State is authorized |
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| 1 | | to maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with any |
| 2 | | State banking corporation or corporations organized under or |
| 3 | | subject to the Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and |
| 4 | | withdrawal of moneys to be used solely for the purchase of |
| 5 | | evidence and for the employment of persons to obtain evidence, |
| 6 | | or for the payment for any goods or services related to |
| 7 | | obtaining evidence; provided that no check may be written on |
| 8 | | nor any withdrawal made from any such account except on the |
| 9 | | written signatures of 2 persons designated by the Secretary to |
| 10 | | write such checks and make such withdrawals, and provided |
| 11 | | further that the balance of moneys on deposit in any such |
| 12 | | account shall not exceed $5,000 at any time, nor shall any one |
| 13 | | check written on or single withdrawal made from any such |
| 14 | | account exceed $5,000. |
| 15 | | All fines or moneys collected or received by the |
| 16 | | Department of Police under any State or federal forfeiture |
| 17 | | statute; including, but not limited to moneys forfeited under |
| 18 | | Section 12 of the Cannabis Control Act, moneys forfeited under |
| 19 | | Section 85 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community |
| 20 | | Protection Act, and moneys distributed under Section 413 of |
| 21 | | the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, shall be deposited |
| 22 | | into the Secretary of State Evidence Fund. |
| 23 | | In all convictions for offenses in violation of this Act, |
| 24 | | the Court may order restitution to the Secretary of any or all |
| 25 | | sums expended for the purchase of evidence, for the employment |
| 26 | | of persons to obtain evidence, and for the payment for any |
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| 1 | | goods or services related to obtaining evidence. All such |
| 2 | | restitution received by the Secretary shall be deposited into |
| 3 | | the Secretary of State Evidence Fund. Moneys deposited into |
| 4 | | the fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the |
| 5 | | Secretary of State for the purposes provided for under the |
| 6 | | provisions of this Section. |
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)". |