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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by adding
5 Section 24 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 2610/24 new)
7     Sec. 24. Officers; in-car cameras. An officer of the
8 Department of State Police who is operating a police vehicle
9 equipped with an operable in-car video camera system shall have
10 the system recording activities outside the police vehicle
11 while the police vehicle's emergency lighting system is
12 activated.
13     Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may
14 exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under
15 the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or
16 promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this
17 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the
18 Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or
19 enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th
20 General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General
21 Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and
22 Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
23 Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those

 

 

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1 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
2 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
3 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
4 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
5 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
6 explicitly given. For the purposes of this Section, "rules" is
7 given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois
8 Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head"
9 are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of
10 the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that
11 such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
12 jurisdiction of the Governor.
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.