Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 3/6/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5739




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5739 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The State Police Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 24 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2610/24 new)

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    Sec. 24. Officers; in-car cameras. An officer of the 
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Department of State Police who is driving a motor vehicle 
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equipped with an operable in-car video camera system while in 
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the course of his or her official duties must have the system 
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recording activities outside of the vehicle when responding to 
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a call with the vehicle's emergency lighting response system 
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activated.
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    Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may 
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exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under 
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the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or 
 


 






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promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, however, the 
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Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or 
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enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General 
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Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and 
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Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General 
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Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this Section, "rules" is 
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given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" 
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are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of 
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the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that 
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such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor. 

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".