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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 6 | 2605-40 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
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| 8 | Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division | ||||||
| 9 | of
Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
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| 10 | (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 11 | law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
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| 12 | (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 13 | law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.
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| 14 | (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement | ||||||
| 15 | agencies
through training, management, and consultant | ||||||
| 16 | services.
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| 17 | (4) (Blank).
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| 18 | (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the | ||||||
| 19 | Director in
order to fulfill the responsibilities and | ||||||
| 20 | achieve the purposes of the
Department.
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| 21 | (6) Establish and operate a forensic science | ||||||
| 22 | laboratory system,
including a forensic toxicological | ||||||
| 23 | laboratory service, for the purpose of
testing specimens | ||||||
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| 1 | submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers
in | ||||||
| 2 | their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or | ||||||
| 3 | poisonous or other
toxic substances have been involved in | ||||||
| 4 | deaths, accidents, or illness.
Forensic toxicological | ||||||
| 5 | laboratories shall be established in Springfield,
Chicago, | ||||||
| 6 | and elsewhere in the State as needed.
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| 7 | (6.5) The Department of State Police shall establish | ||||||
| 8 | administrative rules in order to set forth standardized | ||||||
| 9 | requirements for the disclosure of toxicology results and | ||||||
| 10 | other relevant documents related to the toxicological | ||||||
| 11 | analysis performed in a particular criminal case. These | ||||||
| 12 | administrative rules shall be submitted by the Department | ||||||
| 13 | of State Police on or before June 30, 2017.
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| 14 | (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these | ||||||
| 15 | purposes, establish
and coordinate a system for providing | ||||||
| 16 | accurate and expedited
forensic science and other | ||||||
| 17 | investigative and laboratory services to local law
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| 18 | enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of | ||||||
| 19 | the investigation
and trial of capital cases.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 90-130, eff. 1-1-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-589, | ||||||
| 21 | eff. 1-1-00;
91-760, eff. 1-1-01.)
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