HB4948 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4948

Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Eddie Washington

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/11-212

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code with respect to traffic stop statistical studies. Provides that if a local law enforcement agency neglects or fails to transmit its statistical data in a timely manner or neglects or fails to accurately compile and submit data, then the Department of Transportation shall impose an administrative fine against the local law enforcement agency in an amount to be determined by the Department, by rule, with the amount of the fine based on the population of the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency. The amounts collected as fines shall be deposited into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund to be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide racial and ethnic sensitivity training to law enforcement personnel. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning law enforcement.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 11-212 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-212)

Sec. 11-212. Traffic stop statistical study.

(a) From January 1, 2004 until December 31, 2007, whenever a State or local law enforcement officer issues a uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she shall record at least the following:

(1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's subjective determination of the race of the person stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the following list: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Native American/Alaska Native, or Asian/Pacific Islander;

(2) the alleged traffic violation that led to the stop of the motorist;

(3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped;

(4) the date and time of the stop;

(5) the location of the traffic stop;

(6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by other means; and

(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.

(b) From January 1, 2004 until December 31, 2007, whenever a State or local law enforcement officer stops a motorist for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code and does not issue a uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she shall complete a uniform stop card, which includes field contact cards, or any other existing form currently used by law enforcement containing information required pursuant to this Act, that records at least the following:

(1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's subjective determination of the race of the person stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the following list: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Native American/Alaska Native, or Asian/Pacific Islander;

(2) the reason that led to the stop of the motorist;

(3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped;

(4) the date and time of the stop;

(5) the location of the traffic stop;

(6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by other means; and

(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.

(c) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall provide a standardized law enforcement data compilation form on its website.

(d) Every law enforcement agency shall, by March 1 in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, compile the data described in subsections (a) and (b) on the standardized law enforcement data compilation form provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation and transmit the data to the Department. If a local law enforcement agency neglects or fails to transmit its data in a timely manner or neglects or fails to accurately compile and submit data, then the Department of Transportation shall impose an administrative fine against the local law enforcement agency in an amount to be determined by the Department, by rule, with the amount of the fine based on the population of the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency. The amounts collected as fines shall be deposited into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund to be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide racial and ethnic sensitivity training to law enforcement personnel.

(e) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall analyze the data provided by law enforcement agencies required by this Section and submit a report of the findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, and each law enforcement agency no later than July 1 in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The Illinois Department of Transportation may contract with an outside entity for the analysis of the data provided. In analyzing the data collected under this Section, the analyzing entity shall scrutinize the data for evidence of statistically significant aberrations. The following list, which is illustrative, and not exclusive, contains examples of areas in which statistically significant aberrations may be found:

(1) The percentage of minority drivers or passengers being stopped in a given area is substantially higher than the proportion of the overall population in or traveling through the area that the minority constitutes.

(2) A substantial number of false stops including stops not resulting in the issuance of a traffic ticket or the making of an arrest.

(3) A disparity between the proportion of citations issued to minorities and proportion of minorities in the population.

(4) A disparity among the officers of the same law enforcement agency with regard to the number of minority drivers or passengers being stopped in a given area.

(5) A disparity between the frequency of searches performed on minority drivers and the frequency of searches performed on non-minority drivers.

(f) Any law enforcement officer identification information or driver identification information that is compiled by any law enforcement agency or the Illinois Department of Transportation pursuant to this Act for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall be confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying, as provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act, and the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except as needed to comply with this Section. This Section shall not exempt those materials that, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, were available under the Freedom of Information Act.

(g) Funding to implement this Section shall come from federal highway safety funds available to Illinois, as directed by the Governor.

(h) The Illinois Department of Transportation, in consultation with law enforcement agencies, officials, and organizations, including Illinois chiefs of police, the Department of State Police, the Illinois Sheriffs Association, and the Chicago Police Department, and community groups and other experts, shall undertake a study to determine the best use of technology to collect, compile, and analyze the traffic stop statistical study data required by this Section. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2004.

(Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)

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