Section 1221.40  Duties

 

a)         Department.

 

1)         The Department shall establish and maintain on its official website at https://isp.illinois.gov/Finance/AssetSeizure:

 

A)        All necessary forms for initial seizure and annual reporting, which require the journaling of information pertaining to seized assets, awarded assets, and expenditures, as outlined in subsection (a)(2) below; and

 

B)        A public database that includes annual aggregate data for each participating agency that:

 

i)          reports seizures of property under Section 10(a) of the Act;

 

ii)         receives distributions of forfeiture proceeds subject to reporting under the Act; or

 

iii)        reports expenditures under Section 10(b) of the Act.  (Section 10(c) of the Act)

 

2)         This aggregate data reported on the Department's website shall include, for each participating agency:

 

A)        The total number of asset seizures reported by each participating agency during the calendar year;

 

B)        The monetary value of all currency or its equivalent seized by the participating agency during the calendar year;

 

C)        The number of conveyances seized by the participating agency during the calendar year, and the aggregate estimated value;

 

D)        The aggregate estimated value of all other property seized by the participating agency during the calendar year;

 

E)        The monetary value of distributions by the Department of State Police of forfeited currency or auction proceeds from forfeited property to the participating agency during the calendar year; and

 

F)         The total amount of the participating agency's expenditures of forfeiture proceeds during the calendar year, categorized as provided under Section 10(b) of the Act.  (Section 10(c) of the Act)

 

b)         Law Enforcement. Each participating agency that seizes property subject to reporting under the Act shall report to the Department utilizing the forms referenced in subsection (a) consistent with the rules established in this Part.