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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2243
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Sen. George P. Shadid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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610 ILCS 80/2 |
from Ch. 114, par. 98 |
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Amends the Railroad Police Act. Makes a technical change in a provision regarding the police powers of a railroad police force.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2243 |
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LRB094 16076 DRH 51311 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Railroad Police Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 2 as follows:
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| (610 ILCS 80/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 98)
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| Sec. 2. Conductors of all railroad trains, and the captain |
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| or master of any
boat carrying passengers within the |
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| jurisdiction of this State
state, is vested
with police powers |
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| while on duty on their respective trains and boats, and
may |
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| wear an appropriate badge indicative of such authority.
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| In the policing of its properties any railroad may provide |
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| for the
appointment and maintenance of such police force as it |
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| may find necessary
and practicable to aid and supplement the |
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| police forces of any municipality
in the protection of its |
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| property and the protection of the persons and
property of its |
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| passengers and employees, or otherwise in furtherance of
the |
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| purposes for which such railroad was organized. While engaged |
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| in the
conduct of their employment, the members of such |
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| railroad police force have
and may exercise like police powers |
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| as those conferred upon the police of
cities.
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| (Source: Laws 1968, p. 198.)
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