Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 610 - RAILROADS
610 ILCS 80/ - Railroad Police Act.

(610 ILCS 80/0.01) (from Ch. 114, par. 97.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Railroad Police Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(610 ILCS 80/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 98)
Sec. 2. Conductors of all railroad trains, and the captain or master of any
boat carrying passengers within the jurisdiction of this State, are vested
with police powers while on duty on their respective trains and boats, and
may wear an appropriate badge indicative of this authority.
In the policing of its properties any registered rail carrier, as defined in Section 18c-7201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, may provide for the
appointment and maintenance of a police force to aid and supplement the police forces of any municipality
in the protection of its property and the protection of the persons and
property of its passengers and employees, or in furtherance of
the purposes for which the railroad was organized. While engaged in the
conduct of their employment, the members of the railroad police force have
and may exercise the same police powers conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law enforcement agency of this State, including the authority to issue administrative citations in accordance with the provisions of county or municipal ordinances.
Any registered rail carrier that appoints and maintains a police force shall comply with the following requirements:
Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

(610 ILCS 80/3) (from Ch. 114, par. 99)
Sec. 3.
When any passenger shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or use
any obscene language, to the annoyance and vexation of passengers or employees, or play
any games of cards or other games of chance for money or other valuable
thing, upon any railroad train or boat, the conductor of the train
and captain or master of the boat is authorized to stop the
train or boat, at or near any place where an offense has been committed or at an available public station or dock, and remove the
passenger from the train or boat using only the force
necessary to accomplish the removal, and may command the assistance of the
employees of the railroad company or boat, or any of the other passengers willing and able to
assist with the removal; but before removing the passenger the conductor or captain or master shall tender to the
passenger the total fare the passenger has paid, minus the portion of the total fare attributable to the distance travelled by the passenger prior to being removed from the train or boat. No operating rule, bulletin, directive, or other order of a carrier shall contradict or limit the authority granted in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 98-791, eff. 7-25-14.)

(610 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 114, par. 100)
Sec. 4.
When any passenger commits any crime or misdemeanor upon
any train or boat, the conductor, captain or master, or employees of
that train or boat may arrest that passenger and take him or her before any
judge of the circuit court, in any county through which the boat or train
may pass, or in which its trip may begin or terminate, and file an
affidavit before the judge, charging the passenger with the
crime or misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 98-791, eff. 7-25-14.)

(610 ILCS 80/5)
Sec. 5. Stolen or missing firearms, explosives, or other weapons. Whenever a shipment of firearms, explosives or other weapons is reported as stolen or missing to the railroad police force, the railroad police force shall report all information regarding the incident to local law enforcement, including, but not limited to, the municipal police, the County Sheriff, and the Department of State Police.

(Source: P.A. 96-1133, eff. 1-1-11.)