Public Act 097-0435
 
HB3033 EnrolledLRB097 10848 RLC 51347 b



    AN ACT concerning violence prevention.

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



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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures 
    which ensure the privacy
and security of criminal history 
    record information
consistent with State and federal laws;


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


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


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


        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for, 
    allocate, disburse
and spend grants of funds that are made 
    available by and received on or
after January 1, 1983 from 
    private sources or from the United States pursuant
to the 
    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar 
    federal
legislation, and to enter into agreements with the 
    United States government
to further the purposes of this 
    Act, or as may be required as a condition
of obtaining 
    federal funds;


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


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


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


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

    of appeals and audits;


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


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


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


        (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which 
    have been vested
in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform 
    Conviction Information Act",
enacted by the 85th General 
    Assembly, as hereafter amended;


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

        (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested 
    in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency 
    Network Act; and .
        (v) To provide technical assistance in the form of 
    training to local governmental entities within Illinois 
    requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring 
    grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs 
    or other criminal justice programs from the United States 
    Department of Justice. 
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall 
be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, 
the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the 
Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as 
required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in 
relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, 
as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State 
Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly 
as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State 
Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-896, eff. 7-1-06.)