96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1701


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. John J. Millner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 3930/7
  from Ch. 38, par. 210-7







    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act.  Makes a technical change in the Authority's powers and duties Section.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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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 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 7 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)


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    Sec. 7. Powers and Duties. The Authority shall have the the 
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following
powers, duties and responsibilities:


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        (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information 
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    systems for the
improvement and coordination of all aspects 
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    of law enforcement, prosecution
and corrections;


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        (b) To define, develop, evaluate and correlate State 
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    and local programs
and projects associated with the 
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    improvement of law enforcement and the
administration of 
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    criminal justice;


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        (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house 
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    for federal, state
and local research studies, plans, 
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    projects, proposals and other information
relating to all 
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    aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to 
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    encourage
educational programs for citizen support of 
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    State and local efforts to make
such improvements;


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        (d) To undertake research studies to aid in 
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    accomplishing its purposes;


 


 






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        (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal 
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    justice information
systems in order to protect the 
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    constitutional rights and privacy of
individuals about 
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    whom criminal history record information has been 
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    collected;


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        (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for 
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    the protection of
the rights of individuals concerning 
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    criminal history record information;


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        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures 
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    which ensure the privacy
and security of criminal history 
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    record information
consistent with State and federal laws;


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        (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in 
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    the State of
Illinois to conduct hearings and make final 
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    determinations concerning
individual challenges to the 
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    completeness and accuracy of criminal
history record 
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    information;


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        (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice body 
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    in the State of
Illinois to conduct annual and periodic 
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    audits of the procedures, policies,
and practices of the 
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    State central repositories for criminal history
record 
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    information to verify compliance with federal and state 
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    laws and
regulations governing such information;


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        (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis 
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    Center;


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        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for, 
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    allocate, disburse
and spend grants of funds that are made 
 


 






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    available by and received on or
after January 1, 1983 from 
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    private sources or from the United States pursuant
to the 
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    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar 
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    federal
legislation, and to enter into agreements with the 
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    United States government
to further the purposes of this 
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    Act, or as may be required as a condition
of obtaining 
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    federal funds;


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        (l) To receive, expend and account for such funds of 
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    the State of Illinois
as may be made available to further 
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    the purposes of this Act;


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        (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with units 
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    of general local
government or combinations of such units, 
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    State agencies, and criminal justice
system agencies of 
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    other states for the purpose of carrying out the duties
of 
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    the Authority imposed by this Act or by the federal Crime 
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    Control Act
of 1973, as amended;


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        (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of 
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    general local
government outside of Illinois, other 
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    states' agencies, and private
organizations outside of 
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    Illinois to provide computer software or design
that has 
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    been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system, or 
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    to
participate in the cooperative development or design of 
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    new software or
systems to be used by the Illinois criminal 
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    justice system.  Revenues
received as a result of such 
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    arrangements shall be deposited in the
Criminal Justice 
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    Information Systems Trust Fund.


 


 






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        (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal 
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    justice information
systems and to promulgate such rules, 
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    regulations and procedures as are
necessary to the 
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    operation of the Authority and to the uniform consideration

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    of appeals and audits;


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        (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the 
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    Governor and the General
Assembly on policies relating to 
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    criminal justice information systems;


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        (q) To direct all other agencies under the jurisdiction 
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    of the Governor
to provide whatever assistance and 
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    information the Authority may lawfully
require to carry out 
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    its functions;


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        (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable 
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    and necessary to
fulfill the responsibilities of the 
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    Authority under this Act and to comply
with the 
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    requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;


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        (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which 
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    have been vested
in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform 
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    Conviction Information Act",
enacted by the 85th General 
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    Assembly, as hereafter amended;


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        (t) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which 
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    have been vested
in the Authority by the Illinois Motor 
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    Vehicle Theft Prevention Act; and

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        (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested 
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    in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency 
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    Network Act.
 


 






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    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall 
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be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, 
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the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of 
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Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the 
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Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as 
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required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in 
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relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, 
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as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State 
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Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly 
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as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State 
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Library Act.

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(Source: P.A. 94-896, eff. 7-1-06.)