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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5adding Section 11-5-12 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-5-12 new)
7    Sec. 11-5-12. Detention center facilities.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Detention center facility" means any one or more of the
10following:
11        (1) a facility that is owned, leased, operated, or
12    otherwise controlled by any unit of government or a
13    federal immigration authority and that has as its primary
14    use the occupation under restraint or security of
15    individuals detained by or in the custody of any unit of
16    government or a federal immigration authority for
17    immigration-related purposes;
18        (2) a facility where individuals who have been
19    detained by or are in the custody of any unit of government
20    or a federal immigration authority are processed for
21    deportation from the United States; or
22        (3) a facility where individuals who have been
23    detained by or in the custody of any unit of government or

 

 

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1    a federal immigration authority are temporarily held while
2    their citizenship status is determined.
3    "Federal immigration authority" means the United States
4Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs
5and Border Protection, the United States Department of
6Homeland Security, or any other federal agency exercising
7immigration enforcement authority under the laws of the United
8States or any entity that is under contract with such an agency
9to perform immigration enforcement activities.
10    (b) A detention center facility may not be located,
11constructed, or operated within 1,500 feet of the property
12boundaries of any school, day care center, day care home,
13cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing,
14private residence, or place of religious worship, regardless
15of address.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.