95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3575


 
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Richard P. Myers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		

















20 ILCS 2605/2605-480




20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5








    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Provides that the statewide emergency
alert system for missing and abducted children shall also be used to assist in the recovery of elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar conditions.  Amends the Department of Transportation Law to make corresponding changes.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 Department of State Police Law of the
Civil 
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Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
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2605-480 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-480)


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    Sec. 2605-480. Statewide kidnapping and missing persons

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alert and prevention program;
Child Safety Coordinator.

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    (a) The Department of
State Police shall develop a 
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coordinated program for a statewide emergency
alert system to 
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assist in the recovery of missing or abducted children or 
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missing elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease, 
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dementia, or similar conditions
when a child is missing or 
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kidnapped.
The system shall include, but is not limited to, the 
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use in coordination with
the Illinois
Department of 
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Transportation, of electronic message signs on roads and 
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highways
in the
vicinity of a child abduction, or near the 
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location where the missing elderly person was last seen, to 
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immediately provide critical information to
the public.

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    (b) The Department of State Police shall establish an AMBER 
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Plan Task Force
to
monitor and review the implementation and 
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operation of the system developed
under
subsection (a), 
 


 






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including procedures, budgetary requirements, and response

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protocols.
The Task Force shall also develop additional network 
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resources for use in the
system.

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    (c) The Department of State Police, in coordination with 
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the Illinois
Emergency
Management Agency, shall develop and 
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implement a community outreach program to
promote awareness 
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among the State's parents and children of child abduction

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prevention
and response.

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    (d) The Department of State Police, in coordination with 
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the State Board of
Education, shall develop child abduction 
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prevention instruction for inclusion
in elementary and 
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secondary school curricula throughout the State. The

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Department and
State Board of Education shall encourage the 
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inclusion of the child abduction
prevention
instruction in 
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private elementary and secondary school curricula throughout 
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the
State.

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    (e) The Department shall appoint a Child Safety Coordinator 
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to assist in the
establishment of State standards for child 
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safety from kidnap and abduction and
to advocate for the 
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achievement of those standards. The Child Safety
Coordinator 
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shall have the
qualifications and experience that the 
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Department shall require by rule. The
Child Safety Coordinator 
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shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed
for his 
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or her expenses from the Department's operations budget. No 
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funds shall
be appropriated solely
for the expenses of the 
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Child Safety Coordinator. The Department shall provide

 


 






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technical assistance for the Child Safety Coordinator from its 
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existing
resources.

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(Source: P.A. 92-259, eff. 1-1-02; 92-468, eff. 8-22-01; 
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93-310, eff.
7-23-03.)



 
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    Section 10. The Department of Transportation Law of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing 
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Section 2705-505.5 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5)


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    Sec. 2705-505.5. Child abduction and missing elderly 
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person message signs. The Department of
Transportation
shall 
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coordinate with the Department of State Police in the use of 
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electronic
message
signs on roads and highways in the vicinity 
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of a child abduction, or near the location where a missing 
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elderly person was last seen, as provided in Section 2605-480 
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of the Department of State Police Law, to immediately
provide

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critical information to the public.

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(Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)