(55 ILCS 5/3-6036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6036)
Sec. 3-6036.
Powers and duties of Supervisor of Safety.
The Supervisor of Safety shall enforce all the laws of this State
and, within the municipalities in his county, the ordinances of such
municipalities relating to the regulation of motor vehicle traffic and
the promotion of safety on public highways. The Supervisor of Safety
shall advise the county board as to contracts negotiated regulating
traffic of parking areas of schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial
facilities, shopping centers and
apartment complexes outside any municipality of said county, and shall
act as its representative and agent in connection with the execution of
such contracts. In those instances where contracts are being negotiated
between municipalities and schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial
facilities, shopping centers and
apartment complexes outside the corporate limits, the Supervisor of
Safety shall advise the county board. All such contracts shall be
negotiated in the manner of section 11-209 of The Illinois Vehicle
Code. Subject to the approval
of the county board, the Supervisor of Safety may appoint assistants to
aid him in carrying out his duties. The Supervisor of Safety shall
cooperate with the State and Federal governments and agencies thereof in
programs designed to promote safety on highways.
The Supervisor of Safety in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants
may enter into cooperative contractual agreements with school districts in
his county, under which the school district hires, compensates and is
liable for one or more school crossing guards, and the Supervisor of
Safety, as sheriff of the county, appoints any such guard as an auxiliary
deputy, in the manner and under the terms of Sections 3-6001 through
3-6032.
This Section is not a prohibition upon the contractual and associational
powers granted by Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 90-145, eff. 1-1-98; 90-481, eff. 8-17-97.)
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