Sen. Robert F. Martwick
Filed: 4/5/2022
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3699
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3699, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 6 | Intergovernmental Carjacking Enforcement Act. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 8 | "Carjacking" means vehicular hijacking as defined in | ||||||
| 9 | Section 18-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or aggravated | ||||||
| 10 | vehicular hijacking as defined in Section 18-4 of the Criminal | ||||||
| 11 | Code of 2012. | ||||||
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"Carjacking enforcement group" or "CEG" means a | ||||||
| 13 | combination of units of local government established under | ||||||
| 14 | this Act to enforce vehicular hijacking and aggravated | ||||||
| 15 | vehicular hijacking offenses under the criminal laws of this | ||||||
| 16 | State. | ||||||
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| 1 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 2 | Police. | ||||||
| 3 | "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it | ||||||
| 4 | in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, and | ||||||
| 5 | includes both home rule units and units of local government | ||||||
| 6 | that are not home rule units.
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| 7 | Section 10. Carjacking enforcement group; State grants. A | ||||||
| 8 | carjacking enforcement group that meets the minimum criteria | ||||||
| 9 | established in this Section is eligible to receive State | ||||||
| 10 | grants to help defray the costs of operation. To be eligible, a | ||||||
| 11 | carjacking enforcement group shall: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) be established and operated under intergovernmental | ||||||
| 13 | contracts written and executed in conformity with the | ||||||
| 14 | Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, and involve 2 or more units | ||||||
| 15 | of local government; | ||||||
| 16 | (2) establish a carjacking enforcement group policy board | ||||||
| 17 | composed of an elected official, or his or her designee, and | ||||||
| 18 | the chief law enforcement officer, or his or her designee, | ||||||
| 19 | from each participating unit of local government to oversee | ||||||
| 20 | the operations of the Group and make such reports to the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois State Police as the Illinois State Police may | ||||||
| 22 | require; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) designate a single appropriate elected official of a | ||||||
| 24 | participating unit of local government to act as the financial | ||||||
| 25 | officer of the carjacking enforcement group for all | ||||||
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| 1 | participating units of local government and to receive funds | ||||||
| 2 | for the operation of the Group; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) limit its operations to enforcement of Sections 18-3 | ||||||
| 4 | and 18-4 of the Criminal Code of 2012; | ||||||
| 5 | (5) cooperate with the Illinois State Police in order to | ||||||
| 6 | assure compliance with this Act and to enable the Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | State Police to fulfill its duties under this Act, and supply | ||||||
| 8 | the Illinois State Police with all information the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | State Police deems necessary; and | ||||||
| 10 | (6) receive funding of at least 50% of the total operating | ||||||
| 11 | budget of the carjacking enforcement group from the | ||||||
| 12 | participating units of local government.
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| 13 | Section 15. State grants to carjacking enforcement groups. | ||||||
| 14 | The Illinois State Police shall monitor the operations of all | ||||||
| 15 | carjacking enforcement group units and determine their | ||||||
| 16 | eligibility to receive State grants under this Act. From the | ||||||
| 17 | money appropriated annually by the General Assembly for this | ||||||
| 18 | purpose, the Director shall determine and certify to the | ||||||
| 19 | Comptroller the amount of the grant to be made to each | ||||||
| 20 | designated CEG financial officer. The amount of the State | ||||||
| 21 | grant to a CEG under this Act may not exceed 50% of the total | ||||||
| 22 | operating budget of that CEG.
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| 23 | Section 20. Illinois State Police coordination. The | ||||||
| 24 | Illinois State Police shall coordinate the operations of all | ||||||
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| 1 | CEG units and may adopt such reasonable rules and conduct | ||||||
| 2 | those investigations the Director deems necessary to carry out | ||||||
| 3 | its duties under this Act, including the establishment of | ||||||
| 4 | forms for reporting by each CEG to the Illinois State Police.
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| 5 | Section 25. Director to assign functions and duties. The | ||||||
| 6 | Director may assign the functions and duties created under | ||||||
| 7 | this Act to be administered by the Illinois State Police, | ||||||
| 8 | Division of Criminal Investigation.
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| 9 | Section 30. Annual report to the Governor and General | ||||||
| 10 | Assembly. The Director shall report annually, no later than | ||||||
| 11 | February 1, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the | ||||||
| 12 | operations of the carjacking enforcement groups, including a | ||||||
| 13 | breakdown of the appropriation for the current fiscal year | ||||||
| 14 | indicating the amount of the State grant each CEG received or | ||||||
| 15 | will receive.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.".
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