Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Filed: 2/16/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1298 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1298 as follows:

 
3on page 1, immediately below line 3, by inserting the 
4following:
 
5    "Section 2. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil 
6Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
72605-375 as follows:
 



8    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-375)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)


9    Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies 
10Data System
(LEADS).

11    (a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement

12Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing 
13electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal justice 
14data repositories and effecting an
immediate law enforcement 
15response to reports of missing persons, including
lost, missing 
 
 
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1or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors.  The 
2Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange system to 
3compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other law

4enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can

5assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and 
6provide access by
authorized entities to various data 
7repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and 
8related purposes.  To assist the Department in
this effort, 
9funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund. 
10Funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund  to 
11the Department to finance any of its lawful purposes or 
12functions in relation to defraying the expenses associated with 
13establishing, maintaining, and supporting the issuance of 
14electronic citations. 

15    (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the

16Department shall provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for 
17the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of a 
18missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the 
19following:


20        (1) Relevant information obtained from the 
21    notification concerning the missing person, including all 
22    of the following:
23            (A) a physical description of the missing person;
24            (B) the date, time, and place that the missing 
25        person was last seen; and
26            (C) the missing person's address.
 
 
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1        (2) Information gathered by a preliminary 
2    investigation, if one was made.
3        (3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in 
4    charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based 
5    on the evidence and information received.
6    (b-5) The Department of State Police shall:

7        (1) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide 
8    or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to 
9    the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in 
10    a format established by the Department.  Such a
format shall 
11    include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing 
12    person
and the suspected circumstance of the 
13    disappearance.


14        (2) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of 
15    missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum 
16    level of data specified by the
Department is available to 
17    the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the 
18    entry of the data exists.


19        (3) Compile and retain information regarding lost, 
20    abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data 
21    file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used 
22    by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by 
23    the Director, for investigative purposes.  The
information

24    shall include the disposition of all reported lost, 
25    abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.


26        (4) Compile and maintain an historic data repository 
 
 
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1    relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and 
2    other missing persons, including, but not limited to, 
3    missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve 
4    techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when

5    responding to reports of missing persons.


6        (5) Create a quality control program regarding 
7    confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries 
8    of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance 
9    audits of all entering agencies.

10    (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
11shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel 
12of local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons 
13Identification Act.

14    (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties 
15prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject 
16to appropriation.

17(Source: P.A. 94-145, eff. 1-1-06; 95-192, eff. 8-16-07.)"; and


 
18on page 1, by deleting lines 4 through 22; and
 
19on page 2, by deleting lines 1 and 2; and
 
20on page 3, lines 13 and 14, by replacing "State Police 
21Electronic Citation Fund" with "LEADS Maintenance Fund".