94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3519


 
Introduced 2/23/2005, by Rep. Mike Bost
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 3930/7
  from Ch. 38, par. 210-7







    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act.  Provides that the  Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority may apply for, receive, establish priorities for, allocate, disburse,
and spend grants of funds and appropriations to assist drug task forces, drug squads, and Metropolitan Enforcement Groups throughout the State in the apprehension, prevention, and prosecution of persons who violate the laws relating to the manufacture, delivery, and possession of methamphetamine.  The funds shall be specifically allocated to these law enforcement groups for the surveillance of sites used to manufacture methamphetamine, the interdiction of methamphetamine produced by these sites, and the prosecution of cases arising from these law enforcement activities.  Effective July 1, 2005.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 7 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)



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    Sec. 7. Powers and Duties. The Authority shall have the 
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following
powers, duties and responsibilities:


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        (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information 
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    systems for the
improvement and coordination of all aspects 
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    of law enforcement, prosecution
and corrections;


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        (b) To define, develop, evaluate and correlate State 
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    and local programs
and projects associated with the 
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    improvement of law enforcement and the
administration of 
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    criminal justice;


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        (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house 
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    for federal, state
and local research studies, plans, 
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    projects, proposals and other information
relating to all 
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    aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to 
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    encourage
educational programs for citizen support of 
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    State and local efforts to make
such improvements;


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        (d) To undertake research studies to aid in 
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    accomplishing its purposes;


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        (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal 
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    justice information
systems in order to protect the 
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    constitutional rights and privacy of
individuals about 
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    whom criminal history record information has been 
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    collected;


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        (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for 
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    the protection of
the rights of individuals concerning 
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    criminal history record information;


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        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures 
 


 






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    which ensure the privacy
and security of criminal history 
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    record information
consistent with State and federal laws;


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        (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in 
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    the State of
Illinois to conduct hearings and make final 
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    determinations concerning
individual challenges to the 
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    completeness and accuracy of criminal
history record 
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    information;


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        (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice body 
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    in the State of
Illinois to conduct annual and periodic 
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    audits of the procedures, policies,
and practices of the 
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    State central repositories for criminal history
record 
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    information to verify compliance with federal and state 
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    laws and
regulations governing such information;


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        (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis 
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    Center;


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        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for, 
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    allocate, disburse
and spend grants of funds that are made 
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    available by and received on or
after January 1, 1983 from 
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    private sources or from the United States pursuant
to the 
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    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar 
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    federal
legislation, and to enter into agreements with the 
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    United States government
to further the purposes of this 
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    Act, or as may be required as a condition
of obtaining 
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    federal funds;
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        (k-5) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for, 
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    allocate, disburse,
and spend grants of funds and 
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    appropriations to assist drug task forces, drug squads, and 
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    Metropolitan Enforcement Groups throughout the State in 
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    the apprehension, prevention, and prosecution of persons 
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    who violate the laws relating to the manufacture, delivery, 
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    and possession of methamphetamine.  The funds shall be be 
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    specifically allocated to these law enforcement groups for 
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    the surveillance of sites used to manufacture 
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    methamphetamine, the interdiction of methamphetamine 
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    produced by these sites, and the prosecution of cases 
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    arising from these law enforcement activities;



 


 






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        (l) To receive, expend and account for such funds of 
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    the State of Illinois
as may be made available to further 
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    the purposes of this Act;


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        (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with units 
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    of general local
government or combinations of such units, 
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    State agencies, and criminal justice
system agencies of 
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    other states for the purpose of carrying out the duties
of 
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    the Authority imposed by this Act or by the federal Crime 
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    Control Act
of 1973, as amended;


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        (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of 
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    general local
government outside of Illinois, other 
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    states' agencies, and private
organizations outside of 
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    Illinois to provide computer software or design
that has 
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    been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system, or 
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    to
participate in the cooperative development or design of 
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    new software or
systems to be used by the Illinois criminal 
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    justice system.  Revenues
received as a result of such 
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    arrangements shall be deposited in the
Criminal Justice 
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    Information Systems Trust Fund.


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        (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal 
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    justice information
systems and to promulgate such rules, 
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    regulations and procedures as are
necessary to the 
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    operation of the Authority and to the uniform consideration

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    of appeals and audits;


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        (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the 
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    Governor and the General
Assembly on policies relating to 
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    criminal justice information systems;


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        (q) To direct all other agencies under the jurisdiction 
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    of the Governor
to provide whatever assistance and 
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    information the Authority may lawfully
require to carry out 
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    its functions;


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        (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable 
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    and necessary to
fulfill the responsibilities of the 
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    Authority under this Act and to comply
with the 
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    requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;


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        (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which 
 


 






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    have been vested
in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform 
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    Conviction Information Act",
enacted by the 85th General 
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    Assembly, as hereafter amended; and


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        (t) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which 
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    have been vested
in the Authority by the Illinois Motor 
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    Vehicle Theft Prevention Act.

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    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall 
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be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, 
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the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of 
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Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the 
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Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as 
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required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in 
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relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, 
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as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State 
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Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly 
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as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State 
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Library Act.

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(Source: P.A. 85-922; 86-1408.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2005.