99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3289
 
Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Automated License Plate Recognition System Act. Defines "automated license plate recognition system" and limits the use of such systems to use by law enforcement personnel and their agencies for use in an ongoing investigation. Provides that data collected from use of the system may only be kept for 30 days after it was obtained unless necessary for an ongoing investigation. Provides that a violation of the Act is a Class A misdemeanor.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Automated License Plate Recognition System Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act:
7    "Automated license plate recognition system" means a 
8system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras 
9combined with computer algorithms to convert images of 
10registration plates into computer-readable data. "Automated 
11license plate recognition system" does not include the use of 
12photo surveillance under the Toll Highway Act.
 
13    Section 10. Authorization; permitted use.
14    (a) A law enforcement agency may employ an automated 
15license plate recognition system subject to the restrictions 
16under this Act.
17    (b) The data collected under this Act may only be:
18        (1) collected by an employee of a law enforcement 
19    agency in the course of his or her official duties; and
20        (2) used by law enforcement in an ongoing 
21    investigation.
22    Information obtained under this Act may be admissible in 
 
 
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1any administrative or judicial proceeding unless obtained in 
2violation of this Act.
 
3    Section 15. Retention. Each law enforcement agency that 
4uses an automated license plate recognition system shall retain 
5the information collected from that system for no more than 30 
6days after the information was obtained. If the information is 
7necessary in an ongoing criminal investigation, then it shall 
8be retained until no longer needed for evidentiary purposes or 
9for purposes of appeal.
 
10    Section 20. Penalty. A violation of this Act is a Class A 
11misdemeanor.