Special Committee on Gaming
Filed: 2/8/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 24 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 24, on page 36, by 
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replacing lines 2 through 13 with the following:

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        "(20.6) To appoint investigators to conduct 
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    investigations, searches, seizures, arrests, and other 
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    duties imposed under this Act, as deemed necessary by the 
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    Board.  These investigators have and may exercise all of  the 
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    rights and powers of peace officers, provided that these 
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    powers shall be limited to offenses or violations occurring 
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    or committed on a riverboat or dock, as defined in 
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    subsections (d) and (f) of Section 4, or as otherwise 
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    provided by this Act or any other law.
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        (20.7)  To contract with the Department of State Police 
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    for the use of trained and qualified State police officers 
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    and with the Department of Revenue for the use of trained 
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    and qualified Department of Revenue investigators to 
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    conduct investigations, searches, seizures, arrests, and 
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    other duties imposed under this Act and to exercise all of  
 


 






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    the rights and powers of peace officers, provided that the 
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    powers of Department of Revenue investigators under this 
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    subdivision  (20.7) shall be limited to offenses or 
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    violations occurring or committed on a riverboat or dock, 
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    as defined in subsections (d) and (f) of Section 4, or as 
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    otherwise provided by this Act or any other law.  In the 
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    event the Department of State Police or the Department of 
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    Revenue is unable to fill contracted police or 
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    investigative positions, the Board may appoint 
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    investigators to fill those positions pursuant to 
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    subdivision  (20.6)."; and 
 
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on page 45, line 7, after "Police", by inserting "and to the 
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Department of Revenue"; and
 
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on page 47, by replacing lines 22 and 23 with the following:
 

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    "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2007.".