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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0162
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/2-13 |
from Ch. 38, par. 2-13 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that officers, agents, or employees of the federal government
commissioned by
federal statute to make arrests for violations of federal criminal laws shall be considered "peace officers" under the Code when
the commission of any offense (rather than a felony) under Illinois law is directly observed by the
person.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0162 |
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LRB095 04246 RLC 24287 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 2-13 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/2-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-13)
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| Sec. 2-13. "Peace officer". "Peace officer" means (i) any |
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| person who by
virtue of his office or public
employment is |
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| vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
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| arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses |
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| or is
limited to specific offenses, or (ii) any person who, by |
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| statute, is granted and authorized to exercise powers similar |
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| to those conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law |
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| enforcement agency of this State.
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| For purposes of Sections concerning unlawful use of |
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| weapons,
for the purposes of assisting an Illinois peace |
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| officer in an arrest, or when
the commission of any offense
a |
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| felony under Illinois law is directly observed by the
person, |
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| and statutes involving the false personation of a peace |
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| officer, false personation of a peace officer while carrying a |
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| deadly weapon, and aggravated false personation of a peace |
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| officer, then officers, agents , or employees of the federal |
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| government
commissioned by
federal statute to make arrests for |