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| Public Act 099-0651 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning federal law enforcement agencies.
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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 1. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 3 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 503)
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Sec. 3. Board - composition - appointments - tenure - | ||||
vacancies. The Board
shall be composed of 19 20 members | ||||
selected as follows: The Attorney
General of
the State of | ||||
Illinois, the Director of State Police, the Director of
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Corrections, the Superintendent of the
Chicago Police | ||||
Department, the Sheriff of Cook County, the Director of the
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Illinois Police Training Institute, the Special Agent in Charge | ||||
of the
Springfield, Illinois, division of the Federal Bureau of | ||||
Investigation, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, | ||||
and the following
to be appointed by the Governor: 2 mayors or | ||||
village presidents of Illinois
municipalities, 2 Illinois | ||||
county sheriffs from counties other than Cook
County, 2 | ||||
managers of Illinois municipalities, 2 chiefs of municipal | ||||
police
departments in Illinois having no Superintendent of the | ||||
Police Department on
the Board, 2 citizens of Illinois who | ||||
shall be members of
an organized enforcement officers' | ||||
association, one active member of a statewide association | ||||
representing sheriffs, and one active member of a statewide | ||
association representing municipal police chiefs. The | ||
appointments of the Governor
shall be made on the first Monday | ||
of August in 1965 with 3 of the appointments
to be for a period | ||
of one year, 3 for 2 years, and 3 for 3 years. Their
successors | ||
shall be appointed in like manner for terms to expire the first
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Monday of August each 3 years thereafter. All members shall | ||
serve until their
respective successors are appointed and | ||
qualify. Vacancies shall be filled by
the Governor for the | ||
unexpired terms.
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(Source: P.A. 97-327, eff. 1-1-12; 97-747, eff. 7-6-12.)
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||
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 | ||
person who by
virtue of his office or public
employment is | ||
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 | ||
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.
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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 | ||
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, false personation of a peace officer in attempting or | ||
committing a felony, and false personation of a peace officer | ||
in attempting or committing a forcible felony, then officers, | ||
agents, or employees of the federal government
commissioned by
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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:
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(1) the United States Department of Justice, the | ||
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Drug Enforcement | ||
Agency and all United States Marshals or Deputy United | ||
States Marshals whose
duties involve the enforcement of | ||
federal criminal laws the Department of
Immigration and | ||
Naturalization;
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(1.5) the United States Department of Homeland | ||
Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration | ||
Services,
United States Coast Guard, United States Customs | ||
and Border Protection,
and United States Immigration and | ||
Customs Enforcement; | ||
(2) the United States Department of the Treasury, the | ||
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and the United | ||
States the Secret Service,
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco | ||
and Firearms and the Customs Service;
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(3) the United States Internal Revenue Service;
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(4) the United States General Services Administration;
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(5) the United States Postal Service;
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(6) (blank); and all United States Marshals or Deputy | ||
United States Marshals whose
duties involve the | ||
enforcement of federal criminal laws; and
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(7) the United States Department of Defense.
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(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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Section 10. The Federal Law Enforcement Officer Immunity | ||
Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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(745 ILCS 22/5)
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Sec. 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "federal law | ||
enforcement
officer" means any officer, agent or employee of | ||
the federal government
commissioned by federal statute to make | ||
arrests for violations of federal
criminal laws, including but | ||
not limited to, all criminal investigators of:
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(a) The United States Department of Justice, the The | ||
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the The Drug Enforcement | ||
Agency and all United States Marshals or Deputy United States | ||
Marshals whose
duties involve the enforcement of federal | ||
criminal laws and The Department of Immigration
and | ||
Naturalization;
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(a-5) The United States Department of Homeland Security, | ||
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services,
United | ||
States Coast Guard, United States Customs and Border | ||
Protection,
and United States Immigration and Customs | ||
Enforcement; | ||
(b) The United States Department of the Treasury, the | ||
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and the United States | ||
The Secret Service, The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms | ||
and The Customs Service;
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(c) The United States Internal Revenue Service;
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(d) The United States General Services Administration;
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(e) The United States Postal Service; and
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(f) (Blank); and All United States Marshals or Deputy | ||
United States Marshals whose
duties involve the enforcement of | ||
federal criminal laws.
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(g) The United States Department of Defense. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Section and Section 1 take | ||
effect upon becoming law.
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