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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1393

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1393 as follows:

 3    on page 1, by replacing line 2 with the following:
 4    "Sections 18c-1703, 18c-7401, and 18c-7402."; and

 5    on page 1, by replacing line 6 with the following:
 6    "changing  Sections  18c-1703,  18c-7401,  and  18c-7402   as
 7    follows:

 8        (625 ILCS 5/18c-1703) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-1703)
 9        Sec.   18c-1703.    Investigations   and   Arrests.   (1)
10    Enforcement  Officers and Investigators. Enforcement officers
11    and investigators appointed by the Commission shall have, and
12    may exercise throughout the state, all the powers  of  police
13    officers  when  enforcing provisions of this Chapter, subject
14    to the regulations and orders of the Commission.
15        (2)  Investigations.
16        (a)  General  Provisions.  The  Commission,  through  its
17    employees, shall conduct such investigations as are necessary
18    for the enforcement of this Chapter.
19        (b)  Examination,  Audit  and  Production   of   Records.
20    Authorized  employees  of the Commission shall have the power
21    at any and all times to examine, audit, or demand  production
22    of  all accounts, books, records, memoranda, and other papers
 
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 1    in the possession or control of  a  license  or  registration
 2    holder,  its  employees  or agents. In addition, every person
 3    other  than  a  license  or  registration  holder  and  every
 4    officer, employee or agent of such person shall permit  every
 5    authorized  employee  of  the Commission, upon administrative
 6    subpoena issued by  the  Chairman  or  his  designee  or  the
 7    Attorney  General,  to  inspect and copy any accounts, books,
 8    records, memoranda,  letters,  checks,  vouchers,  telegrams,
 9    documents, or other papers in its possession or control which
10    the  Commission  deems  necessary to the proper conduct of an
11    investigation  to  determine  whether  provisions   of   this
12    Chapter,   Commission   regulations   or  orders,  have  been
13    violated.
14        (c)  Inspection of Equipment and  Facilities.  Authorized
15    employees of the Commission shall have the power at all times
16    to  inspect  the equipment, facilities, and other property of
17    the licensee in the possession or control  of  a  carrier  or
18    broker, its employees or agents.
19        (d)  Special  Investigations.  The  Commission  may  also
20    conduct   special   investigations   as   necessary  for  the
21    enforcement of this Chapter.  Where such person is  found  by
22    the  Commission  to have violated this Chapter, and where the
23    Commission  imposes  a  sanction  for  such  violation  under
24    Section 18c-1704 of this Chapter, the Commission  may  impose
25    on  such person an assessment of reasonable expenses incurred
26    by  the  Commission  in  the  investigation  and   subsequent
27    proceeding.   Such  assessment shall not exceed a fee of $100
28    per work day or $50 per half work day, per employee, for  the
29    payroll   costs   of   the   Commission  staff,  plus  actual
30    transportation (in accordance with applicable state  employee
31    travel  expense  reimbursement  regulations)  and  all  other
32    actual  expenses  incurred  in  the special investigation and
33    subsequent proceeding.
34        (3)  Arrests and Citations.  The  Commission  shall  make
 
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 1    arrests and issue notices of civil violations where necessary
 2    for the enforcement of this Chapter. No rail carrier employee
 3    shall  be arrested for violation of this Chapter, except that
 4    a rail carrier employee who is not  exempt  from  prosecution
 5    under  subdivision (1)(d) of Section 18c-7402 may be arrested
 6    and prosecuted for  a  violation  of  subdivision  (1)(d)  of
 7    Section  18c-7402.   No  person  operating a motor vehicle in
 8    violation of the  licensing  or  safety  provisions  of  this
 9    Chapter   shall   be   permitted  to  transport  property  or
10    passengers beyond the point of arrest unless, in the  opinion
11    of  the  officer  making  the  arrest,  it  is  necessary  to
12    transport  the  property or passengers to another location to
13    insure their safety or to preserve or tend cargo  carried  in
14    the vehicle.
15    (Source: P.A. 85-553.)"; and

16    on   page   11,   line  6,  by  replacing  "subsection"  with
17    "subdivision"; and

18    on  page  15,  line  24,  by  replacing   "subsection"   with
19    "subdivision".

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