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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5791
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that the Attorney General may establish a crime victim and witness
notification system to assist public officials in carrying out their
duties to notify and inform crime victims and witnesses under certain provisions of the Sex Offender Community Notification Law (rather than just under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act).
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 16483 RLC 35523 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 8.5 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 120/8.5)
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| Sec. 8.5. Statewide victim and witness notification |
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| system.
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| (a) The Attorney General may establish a crime victim and |
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| witness
notification system to assist public officials in |
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| carrying out their
duties to notify and inform crime victims |
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| and witnesses under Section 4.5 of
this Act or under |
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| subsections (a), (a-2), and (a-3) of Section 120 of the Sex |
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| Offender Community Notification Law as the Attorney General |
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| specifies by rule. The system shall download
necessary
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| information from participating officials into its computers, |
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| where it shall be
maintained, updated, and automatically |
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| transmitted to victims and witnesses by
telephone, computer, or |
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| written notice.
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| (b) The Illinois Department of Corrections, the Department |
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| of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human
Services, and the |
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| Prisoner Review Board shall cooperate with the Attorney
General |
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| in the implementation of this Section and shall provide |
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| information as
necessary to the effective operation of the |
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| system.
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| (c) State's attorneys, circuit court clerks, and local law |
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| enforcement
and correctional authorities
may enter into |
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| agreements with the Attorney General for participation in the
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| system. The Attorney General may provide those who elect to |
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| participate with
the equipment, software, or training |
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| necessary to bring their offices into the
system.
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| (d) The provision of information to crime victims and |
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| witnesses through the
Attorney General's notification system
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| satisfies a given State or local official's corresponding |
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| obligation under
Section 4.5 to provide the information.
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| (e) The Attorney General may provide for telephonic, |
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| electronic, or other
public access to the database established |
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| under this Section.
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| (f) The Attorney General shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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| implement this
Section. The rules shall include, but not be |
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| limited to, provisions for the
scope and operation of any |
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| system the Attorney General may establish
and procedures, |
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| requirements,
and standards for entering into agreements to |
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| participate in the system and to
receive equipment, software, |
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| or training.
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| (g) There is established in the Office of the Attorney |
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| General a Crime
Victim and Witness Notification Advisory
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| Committee consisting of those victims advocates, sheriffs,
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| State's Attorneys, circuit court clerks, Illinois Department |
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| of
Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and |
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| Prisoner Review
Board
employees that the Attorney General
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| chooses to appoint. The Attorney General shall designate one |
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| member to chair
the Committee.
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| (1) The Committee shall consult with and advise the |
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| Attorney General as to
the exercise of the Attorney |
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| General's authority under this Section, including,
but not |
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| limited
to:
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| (i) the design, scope, and operation of the |
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| notification system;
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| (ii) the content of any rules adopted to implement |
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| this Section;
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| (iii) the procurement of hardware, software, and
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| support for the system, including choice of supplier or |
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| operator; and
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| (iv) the acceptance of agreements with and the |
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| award of equipment,
software, or training to officials |
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| that seek to participate in the system.
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| (2) The Committee shall review the status and operation |
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| of the system and
report any findings and recommendations |
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| for changes to the Attorney General and
the General |
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| Assembly by November 1 of each year.
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| (3) The members of the Committee shall receive no |
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| compensation for their
services as members of the |
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| Committee, but may be reimbursed for their actual
expenses |
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| incurred in serving on the Committee.
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