Public Act 095-0024
 		





HB0162 Enrolled
LRB095 04246 RLC 24287 b






    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by changing 
Section 2-13 as follows:
 



    (720 ILCS 5/2-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-13)



    Sec. 2-13. "Peace officer". "Peace officer" means (i) any 
person who by
virtue of his office or public
employment is 
vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make

arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses 
or is
limited to specific offenses, or (ii) any person who, by 
statute, is granted and authorized to exercise powers similar 
to those conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law 
enforcement agency of this State.

    For purposes of Sections concerning unlawful use of 
weapons,
for the purposes of assisting an Illinois peace 
officer in an arrest, or when
the commission of any offense
a 
felony under Illinois law is directly observed by the
person, 
and statutes involving the false personation of a peace 
officer, false personation of a peace officer while carrying a 
deadly weapon, and aggravated false personation of a peace 
officer, then 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 this Code, including, but not
limited to all 
criminal investigators of:

        (1) The United States Department of Justice, The 
    Federal Bureau of
Investigation, The Drug Enforcement 
    Agency and The Department of
Immigration and 
    Naturalization;

        (2) The United States Department of the Treasury, The 
    Secret Service,
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
    and The Customs Service;

        (3) The United States Internal Revenue Service;

        (4) The United States General Services Administration;

        (5) The United States Postal Service; and

        (6) all United States Marshals or Deputy United States 
    Marshals whose
duties involve the enforcement of federal 
    criminal laws.

(Source: P.A. 94-730, eff. 4-17-06; 94-846, eff. 1-1-07; 
revised 8-3-06.)






Effective Date:  1/1/2008