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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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2605-580 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-580)
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    Sec. 2605-580. Pilot program; Cyber Gang Internet Gang 
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Crime Units.
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    (a) The Department of State Police shall establish a pilot 
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program from moneys available
under which Cyber Gang Internet 
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Gang Crime Units shall be created in the Lake County 
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Metropolitan Enforcement Group and the Cook County Sheriff's 
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Office, the City of Danville Police Department, and the Village 
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of Round Lake Heights Police Department.  Under the pilot 
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program for the operation of Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime 
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Units, 50% shall be allocated to the Lake County Metropolitan 
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Enforcement Group and 50% 40% shall be allocated to the Cook 
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County Sheriff's Office, 30% shall be allocated to the City of 
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Danville Police Department, and 30% shall be allocated to the 
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Village of Round Lake Heights Police Department.
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    (b) Under the pilot program, the Cyber Gang Internet Gang 
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Crime Units
shall investigate criminal activities of organized 
 


 






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gangs that involve the use of the Internet.  For the duration of 
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the pilot program and in accordance with protocols for 
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inter-jurisdictional cooperation established by the Department 
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of State Police, peace officers in each Cyber Gang Internet 
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Gang Crime Unit shall, notwithstanding any other provision of 
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law, have extra-jurisdictional authority  to conduct 
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investigations and make arrests  anywhere in the State of 
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Illinois regarding  criminal activities of organized gangs that 
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involve the use of the Internet.
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    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
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criminal statute of this State authorizes the distribution of 
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all or a portion of the  proceeds realized from property seized 
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or forfeited under that statute to participating law 
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enforcement agencies or the delivery of property forfeited and

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seized under that statute to participating law enforcement 
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agencies,  a law enforcement agency in which  a Cyber Gang an 
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Internet Gang Crime Unit has been created is eligible to 
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receive such a distribution or delivery if that law enforcement 
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agency participated through its Internet Gang Crime Unit, 
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regardless of the jurisdiction in which the seizure or 
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forfeiture occurs.
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    (d) The Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group and the 
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Cook County Sheriff's Office, the City of Danville Police 
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Department, and the Village of Round Lake Heights Police 
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Department shall report to the Department of State Police on a 
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quarterly basis on the activities of their Cyber Gang Internet 
 


 






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Gang Crime  Units in accordance with reporting guidelines 
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established by the Department of State Police.  The Department 
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of State Police shall file a consolidated report on a quarterly 
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basis with the General Assembly and the Governor. The 
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Department's
consolidated report may also contain any 
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evaluations or recommendations that the Department deems 
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appropriate.
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    (e)  The pilot program shall terminate on July 1, 2012 2010.
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    (f) As used in this Section,  "organized gang" has the 
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meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang 
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Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

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(Source: P.A. 95-423, eff. 8-24-07.)
 

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