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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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