093_SB0173

 
                                     LRB093 07216 DRH 07372 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    changing Section 16-102 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-102)
 7        Sec. 16-102.  Arrests -  Investigations  -  Prosecutions.
 8    The  State  Police  shall patrol the public highways and make
 9    arrests for violation of the provisions of this Act.
10        The  Secretary  of  State,  through   the   investigators
11    provided  for  in  this  Act  shall  investigate  and  report
12    violations  of  the provisions of this Act in relation to the
13    equipment and  operation  of  vehicles  as  provided  for  in
14    Section 2-115 and for those such purposes these investigators
15    have  and may exercise throughout the State all of the powers
16    of police officers.
17        The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation
18    occurs  shall  prosecute  all  violations  except  when   the
19    violation   occurs   within   the   corporate   limits  of  a
20    municipality, the municipal attorney may prosecute if written
21    permission to do so is obtained from the State's Attorney.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-341.)