Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 3/13/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2323

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2323 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
5        (1) As data tracking is necessary to develop effective
6    solutions to lower crime and to prioritize limited
7    resources, an integrated and accurate data system will
8    allow law enforcement agencies to better serve victims, to
9    analyze responses, and to strive to eliminate racial
10    disparities in the local and State responses to crime.
11        (2) Aside from allowing local prosecutors and police
12    to calibrate their response to crime trends, updated data
13    will allow State leaders and policymakers to effectively
14    hone their legislative responses and to distribute
15    resources to successful strategies.
16        (3) An integrated software system would better assist
17    law enforcement agencies in keeping Illinois communities

 

 

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1    safe from crime.
 
2    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
3is amended by changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.11 as
4follows:
 
5    (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
6    Sec. 7. Powers and duties. The Authority shall have the
7following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
8        (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
9    systems for the improvement and coordination of all
10    aspects of law enforcement, prosecution, and corrections;
11        (b) To define, develop, evaluate, and correlate State
12    and local programs and projects associated with the
13    improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
14    criminal justice;
15        (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
16    for federal, state, and local research studies, plans,
17    projects, proposals, and other information relating to all
18    aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
19    encourage educational programs for citizen support of
20    State and local efforts to make such improvements;
21        (d) To undertake research studies to aid in
22    accomplishing its purposes;
23        (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
24    justice information systems in order to protect the

 

 

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1    constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
2    whom criminal history record information has been
3    collected;
4        (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
5    the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
6    criminal history record information;
7        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines, and procedures
8    which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
9    record information consistent with State and federal laws;
10        (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
11    the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
12    determinations concerning individual challenges to the
13    completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
14    information;
15        (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice
16    body in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and
17    periodic audits of the procedures, policies, and practices
18    of the State central repositories for criminal history
19    record information to verify compliance with federal and
20    state laws and regulations governing such information;
21        (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
22    Center;
23        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
24    allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds that are
25    made available by and received on or after January 1, 1983
26    from private sources or from the United States pursuant to

 

 

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1    the federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and
2    similar federal legislation, and to enter into agreements
3    with the United States government to further the purposes
4    of this Act, or as may be required as a condition of
5    obtaining federal funds;
6        (l) To receive, expend, and account for such funds of
7    the State of Illinois as may be made available to further
8    the purposes of this Act;
9        (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with
10    units of general local government or combinations of such
11    units, State agencies, and criminal justice system
12    agencies of other states for the purpose of carrying out
13    the duties of the Authority imposed by this Act or by the
14    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended;
15        (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units
16    of general local government outside of Illinois, other
17    states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
18    Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
19    been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system,
20    or to participate in the cooperative development or design
21    of new software or systems to be used by the Illinois
22    criminal justice system;
23        (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
24    justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
25    regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the
26    operation of the Authority and to the uniform

 

 

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1    consideration of appeals and audits;
2        (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
3    Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
4    criminal justice information systems;
5        (q) To direct all other agencies under the
6    jurisdiction of the Governor to provide whatever
7    assistance and information the Authority may lawfully
8    require to carry out its functions;
9        (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
10    and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
11    Authority under this Act and to comply with the
12    requirements of applicable State or federal law or
13    regulation;
14        (s) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which
15    have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Uniform
16    Conviction Information Act;
17        (t) (Blank);
18        (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
19    in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
20    Network Act;
21        (v) To provide technical assistance in the form of
22    training to local governmental entities within Illinois
23    requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring
24    grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs
25    or other criminal justice programs from the United States
26    Department of Justice;

 

 

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1        (w) To conduct strategic planning and provide
2    technical assistance to implement comprehensive trauma
3    recovery services for violent crime victims in underserved
4    communities with high levels of violent crime, with the
5    goal of providing a safe, community-based, culturally
6    competent environment in which to access services
7    necessary to facilitate recovery from the effects of
8    chronic and repeat exposure to trauma. Services may
9    include, but are not limited to, behavioral health
10    treatment, financial recovery, family support and
11    relocation assistance, and support in navigating the legal
12    system; and
13        (x) To coordinate statewide violence prevention
14    efforts and assist in the implementation of trauma
15    recovery centers and analyze trauma recovery services. The
16    Authority shall develop, publish, and facilitate the
17    implementation of a 4-year statewide violence prevention
18    plan, which shall incorporate public health, public
19    safety, victim services, and trauma recovery centers and
20    services.
21    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
22shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
23by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
24filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
25Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
26under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18;
2100-575, eff. 1-8-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1148, eff.
312-10-18.)
 
4    (20 ILCS 3930/7.11 new)
5    Sec. 7.11. Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task Force.
6    (a) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
7shall establish a Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task
8Force within 120 days after the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
10    (b) The Task Force shall include the following members
11appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal
12Justice Information Authority:
13        (1) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
14    State Police.
15        (2) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
16    representing State's Attorneys in Illinois.
17        (3) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
18    representing Illinois chiefs of police.
19        (4) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
20    representing sworn officers of Illinois law enforcement
21    agencies.
22        (5) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
23    Firearm Violence Prevention of the Department of Human
24    Services.
25        (6) Up to 2 individuals from a membership organization

 

 

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1    whose mission is to stop domestic or firearm violence.
2        (7) Up to 2 individuals from the Office of the
3    Secretary of State.
4        (8) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department of
5    Innovation and Technology.
6        (9) Up to 2 individuals from a statewide organization
7    exclusively representing retailers of all types and sizes.
8        (10) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department
9    of Public Health.
10        (11) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
11    Criminal Justice Information Authority.
12        (12) Up to 2 individuals representing Illinois
13    institutions of higher education working on Illinois crime
14    statistics research.
15        (13) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
16    representing Illinois sheriffs.
17        (14) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
18    the Illinois Attorney General.
19        (15) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
20    representing Illinois coroners and medical examiners.
21        (16) Up to 2 individuals from the Illinois Sentencing
22    Policy Advisory Council.
23    The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
24Information Authority, or the Executive Director's designee,
25shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. Members shall serve for
26the entirety of the Task Force without compensation. If a

 

 

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1vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the vacancy shall
2be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for
3the entirety of the Task Force.
4    (c) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
5shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task
6Force.
7    (d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to assist
8the Illinois State Police in the development and
9implementation of an integrated software system for gathering
10and publishing crime data from all law enforcement agencies
11throughout the State.
12    (e) The Task Force shall submit, no later than 18 months
13after the first convening of the Task Force, a final report to
14the Governor, General Assembly, and the Director of the
15Illinois State Police that shall include, at a minimum,
16recommendations on the development of the integrated software
17system, the estimated cost of the implementation and
18maintenance of the integrated software system, and protocols
19on accessing and updating the information that should be
20implemented.
21    (f) The Task Force is dissolved and this Section is
22repealed 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory
23Act of the 103rd General Assembly.".