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1 | AN ACT concerning children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 2256)
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7 | Sec. 6. The Department shall:
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8 | (a) Establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Agencies Data
System (LEADS) for the purpose of effecting an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | immediate law enforcement
response to reports of missing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | children. The Department shall implement an
automated data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | exchange system to compile, to maintain and to make
available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | for dissemination to Illinois and out-of-State law enforcement
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14 | agencies, data which can assist appropriate agencies in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | recovering missing
children.
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16 | (b) Establish contacts and exchange information regarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | lost, missing or
runaway children with nationally recognized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | "missing person and runaway"
service organizations and monitor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | national research and publicize important
developments.
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20 | (c) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | pertinent
information regarding reports of missing children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | into LEADS.
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23 | (d) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide or |
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1 | regional alert
would be used in situations relating to the | ||||||
2 | disappearances of children,
based on criteria and in a format | ||||||
3 | established by the Department. Such a
format shall include, but | ||||||
4 | not be limited to, the age and physical description
of the | ||||||
5 | missing child and the suspected circumstances of the | ||||||
6 | disappearance.
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7 | (d-5) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide or | ||||||
8 | regional alert
would be used in situations relating to sex | ||||||
9 | offenses committed by child sex offenders as defined in Section | ||||||
10 | 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or violent offenses against | ||||||
11 | youth as defined in Section 5 of the Child Murderer and Violent | ||||||
12 | Offender Against Youth Registration Act in which the offenders | ||||||
13 | have not been apprehended utilizing the information entered | ||||||
14 | into LEADS under paragraphs (k) and (l) of this Section. | ||||||
15 | (e) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of | ||||||
16 | missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum level | ||||||
17 | of data specified by the
Department is available to the | ||||||
18 | reporting agency and that no waiting period
for entry of such | ||||||
19 | data exists.
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20 | (f) Provide a procedure for prompt confirmation of the | ||||||
21 | receipt and entry of
the missing child report into LEADS to the | ||||||
22 | parent or guardian of the missing
child.
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23 | (g) Compile and retain information regarding missing | ||||||
24 | children in a
separate data file, in a manner that allows such | ||||||
25 | information to be used by
law enforcement and other agencies | ||||||
26 | deemed appropriate by the Director, for
investigative |
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1 | purposes. Such files shall be updated to reflect and include
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2 | information relating to the disposition of the case.
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3 | (h) Compile and maintain an historic data repository | ||||||
4 | relating to missing
children in order (1) to develop and | ||||||
5 | improve techniques utilized by law
enforcement agencies when | ||||||
6 | responding to reports of missing children and (2)
to provide a | ||||||
7 | factual and statistical base for research that would address
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8 | the problem of missing children.
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9 | (i) Create a quality control program to monitor timeliness | ||||||
10 | of entries of
missing children reports into LEADS and conduct | ||||||
11 | performance audits of all
entering agencies.
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12 | (j) Prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning | ||||||
13 | missing children
who it determines may be present in this | ||||||
14 | State, compiling such bulletin from
information contained in | ||||||
15 | both the National Crime Information Center computer
and from | ||||||
16 | reports, alerts and other information entered into LEADS or
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17 | otherwise compiled and retained by the Department pursuant to | ||||||
18 | this Act. The
bulletin shall indicate the name, age, physical | ||||||
19 | description, suspected
circumstances of disappearance if that | ||||||
20 | information is available, a photograph
if one is available, the | ||||||
21 | name of the law enforcement agency investigating the
case, and | ||||||
22 | such other information as the Director considers appropriate
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23 | concerning each missing child who the Department determines may | ||||||
24 | be present in
this State. The Department shall send a copy of | ||||||
25 | each periodic information
bulletin to the State Board of | ||||||
26 | Education for its use in accordance with Section
2-3.48 of the |
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1 | School Code. The Department shall provide a copy of the | ||||||
2 | bulletin,
upon request, to law enforcement agencies of this or | ||||||
3 | any other state or of the
federal government, and may provide a | ||||||
4 | copy of the bulletin, upon request, to
other persons or | ||||||
5 | entities, if deemed appropriate by the Director, and may
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6 | establish limitations on its use and a reasonable fee for so | ||||||
7 | providing the
same, except that no fee shall be charged for | ||||||
8 | providing the periodic
information bulletin to the State Board | ||||||
9 | of Education, appropriate units of
local government, State | ||||||
10 | agencies, or law enforcement agencies of this or any
other | ||||||
11 | state or of the federal government.
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12 | (k) Provide for the entry into LEADS of the names and | ||||||
13 | addresses of sex
offenders as defined in the Sex Offender | ||||||
14 | Registration Act , including child sex offenders as defined in | ||||||
15 | Section 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961, who are required | ||||||
16 | to
register under that Act. The information shall be | ||||||
17 | immediately accessible to
law enforcement agencies and peace | ||||||
18 | officers of this State or any other state or
of the federal | ||||||
19 | government. Similar information may be requested from any other
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20 | state or of the federal government for purposes of this Act.
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21 | (l) Provide for the entry into LEADS of the names and | ||||||
22 | addresses of violent offenders against youth as defined in the | ||||||
23 | Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration | ||||||
24 | Act who are required to
register under that Act. The | ||||||
25 | information shall be immediately accessible to
law enforcement | ||||||
26 | agencies and peace officers of this State or any other state or
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1 | of the federal government. Similar information may be requested | ||||||
2 | from any other
state or of the federal government for purposes | ||||||
3 | of this Act.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
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