HB3023 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 10962 RLC 21199 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3023

Introduced , by Rep. David Harris

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Investigations of Sexual Assault in Higher Education Act. Provides that municipal police with jurisdiction, or if in an unincorporated area the sheriff, shall investigate allegations of sexual assault at any public university or public community college located in this State. Provides that campus police departments shall lend all necessary support that may be needed to conduct a thorough investigation under the direction of the municipal police department or sheriff. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Investigations of Sexual Assault in Higher Education Act.

Section 5. Investigations.

(a) As used in this Section, "sexual assault" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1a of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act.

(b) Municipal police with jurisdiction, or if in an unincorporated area the sheriff, shall investigate allegations of sexual assault at any public university or public community college located in this State. Campus police departments shall lend all necessary support that may be needed to conduct a thorough investigation under the direction of the municipal police department or sheriff.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.