99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0871

 

Introduced 2/11/2015, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/1-2-11  from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-11

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that orders for possession for housing authorities with no police force or for privately owned housing may be executed by peace officers and private detectives.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 1-2-11 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/1-2-11)  (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-11)
7    Sec. 1-2-11. (a) A sheriff may serve any process or make
8any arrest in a municipality or a part of a municipality
9located in the county in which the sheriff was elected that any
10officer of that municipality is authorized to make under this
11Code or any ordinance passed under this Code.
12    (b) Police officers may serve summons for violations of
13ordinances occurring within their municipalities. In
14municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more, active
15duty or retired police officers may serve summons for
16violations of ordinances occurring within their
17municipalities.
18    (c) In addition to the powers stated in Section 8.1a of the
19Housing Authorities Act, in counties with a population of
203,000,000 or more inhabitants, members of a housing authority
21police force may serve process for forcible entry and detainer
22actions commenced by that housing authority and may execute
23orders of possession for that housing authority. Orders for

 

 

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1possession for housing authorities with no police force or for
2privately owned housing may be executed by "peace officers" as
3defined in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and
4"private detectives" as defined in Section 5-10 of the Private
5Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security Fingerprint Venter,
6and Locksmith Act of 2004 subject to the limitations to the
7powers authorized under that Act.
8(Source: P.A. 98-503, eff. 8-16-13.)