SB3014 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 






 

 		











93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3014


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Kirk W. Dillard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a new










    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Provides that on or before February 1, 2005 and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, the Department of State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly the following information: (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting testing or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department; and (2) what measures have been and are being taken to reduce that backlog  and the estimated costs or expenditures in doing so.  Provides that this information reported shall be made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on the official web site of the Department of State Police.  Effective immediately.
















LRB093 21081 RLC 47125 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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SB3014

LRB093 21081 RLC 47125 b






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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
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adding Section 5-4-3a as follows:
 
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    (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a  new)
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    Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability.
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    (a) On or before February 1, 2005 and on or before February 
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1 of each year thereafter, the Department of State Police shall 
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report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly 
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the following information:
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        (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting testing 
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    or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, including but 
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    not limited to those tests conducted under Section 5-4-3, 
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    as of December 31 of the previous year; and
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        (2) what measures have been and are being taken to 
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    reduce that backlog  and the estimated costs or expenditures 
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    in doing so.
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    (b) The information reported under this Section shall be 
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made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on 
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the official web site of the Department of State Police.
 

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