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1 | | AN ACT concerning government. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago |
5 | | Women Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows: |
6 | | (20 ILCS 4119/10) |
7 | | Sec. 10. Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women. |
8 | | (a) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal |
9 | | Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
10 | | designee, in consultation with the Director of the Illinois |
11 | | State Police and the Chicago Police Superintendent, shall |
12 | | appoint the non-legislative members to the Task Force on |
13 | | Missing and Murdered Chicago Women to advise the Director and |
14 | | the Chicago Police Superintendent and to report to the General |
15 | | Assembly on recommendations to reduce and end violence against |
16 | | Chicago women and girls. The Task Force may also serve as a |
17 | | liaison between the Director, the Chicago Police |
18 | | Superintendent, and agencies and nongovernmental organizations |
19 | | that provide services to victims, victims' families, and |
20 | | victims' communities. Task Force members shall serve without |
21 | | compensation but may, subject to appropriation, receive |
22 | | reimbursement for their expenses as members of the Task Force. |
23 | | (b) There is created the Task Force on Missing and |
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1 | | Murdered Chicago Women, which shall consist of the following |
2 | | individuals, or their designees, who are knowledgeable in |
3 | | crime victims' rights or violence protection and, unless |
4 | | otherwise specified, members shall be appointed for 2-year |
5 | | terms as follows: |
6 | | (1) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the |
7 | | President of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority |
8 | | Leader of the Senate; |
9 | | (2) Two members of the House of Representatives, one |
10 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives |
11 | | and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
12 | | Representatives; |
13 | | (3) Two members from among the following appointed by |
14 | | the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
15 | | Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
16 | | designee: |
17 | | (A) an association representing Illinois chiefs of |
18 | | police; |
19 | | (B) an association representing Illinois sheriffs; |
20 | | (C) an officer who is employed by the Illinois |
21 | | State Police; or |
22 | | (D) an Illinois peace officer's association; |
23 | | (4) One or more representatives from among the |
24 | | following: |
25 | | (A) an association representing State's Attorneys; |
26 | | (B) an attorney representing the United States |
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1 | | Attorney's Office in Chicago; or |
2 | | (C) a circuit judge, associate judge, or attorney |
3 | | working in juvenile court; or |
4 | | (D) the Cook County Medical Examiner, or his or |
5 | | her designee, or a representative from a statewide |
6 | | coroner's or medical examiner's association or a |
7 | | representative of the Department of Public Health; |
8 | | (5) Two representatives for victims, with a focus on |
9 | | individuals who work with victims of violence or their |
10 | | families appointed by the Executive Director of the |
11 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the |
12 | | Executive Director's designee; and |
13 | | (6) Four or more members from among the following |
14 | | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois |
15 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority or the Executive |
16 | | Director's designee: |
17 | | (A) a statewide or local organization that |
18 | | provides legal services to Chicago women and girls; |
19 | | (B) a statewide or local organization that |
20 | | provides advocacy or counseling for Chicago women and |
21 | | girls who have been victims of violence; |
22 | | (C) a statewide or local organization that |
23 | | provides healthcare services to Chicago women and |
24 | | girls; |
25 | | (D) a statewide organization that represents women |
26 | | and girls who have been sexually assaulted; |
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1 | | (E) a women's health organization or agency; or |
2 | | (F) a Chicago woman who is a survivor of |
3 | | gender-related violence ; and . |
4 | | (7) Two officers who are employed by the Chicago |
5 | | Police Department nominated by the Chicago Police |
6 | | Superintendent or the Chicago Police Superintendent's |
7 | | designee and appointed by the Executive Director of the |
8 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the |
9 | | Executive Director's designee. |
10 | | (c) Vacancies in positions appointed by the Executive |
11 | | Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
12 | | Authority or the Executive Director's designee shall be filled |
13 | | by the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
14 | | Information Authority or the Executive Director's designee |
15 | | consistent with the qualifications of the vacating member |
16 | | required by this Section. |
17 | | (d) Task Force members shall annually elect a chair and |
18 | | vice-chair from among the Task Force's members, and may elect |
19 | | other officers as necessary. The Task Force shall meet at |
20 | | least quarterly, or upon the call of its chair, and may hold |
21 | | meetings throughout the City of Chicago. The Task Force shall |
22 | | meet frequently enough to accomplish the tasks identified in |
23 | | this Section. Meetings of the Task Force are subject to the |
24 | | Open Meetings Act. The Task Force shall seek out and enlist the |
25 | | cooperation and assistance of nongovernmental organizations, |
26 | | community, and advocacy organizations working with the Chicago |
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1 | | community, and academic researchers and experts, specifically |
2 | | those specializing in violence against Chicago women and |
3 | | girls, representing diverse communities disproportionately |
4 | | affected by violence against women and girls, or focusing on |
5 | | issues related to gender-related violence and violence against |
6 | | Chicago women and girls. |
7 | | (e) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal |
8 | | Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
9 | | designee shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force no |
10 | | later than 30 days after the appointment of a majority of the |
11 | | members of the Task Force. The Illinois Criminal Justice |
12 | | Information Authority shall provide meeting space and |
13 | | administrative assistance as necessary for the Task Force to |
14 | | conduct its work. The chair of the Task Force may call |
15 | | electronic meetings of the Task Force. A member of the Task |
16 | | Force participating electronically shall be deemed present for |
17 | | purposes of establishing a quorum and voting. |
18 | | (f) The Task Force must examine and report on the |
19 | | following: |
20 | | (1) the systemic causes behind violence that Chicago |
21 | | women and girls experience, including patterns and |
22 | | underlying factors that explain why disproportionately |
23 | | high levels of violence occur against Chicago women and |
24 | | girls, including underlying historical, social, economic, |
25 | | institutional, and cultural factors that may contribute to |
26 | | the violence; |
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1 | | (2) appropriate methods for tracking and collecting |
2 | | data on violence against Chicago women and girls, |
3 | | including data on missing and murdered Chicago women and |
4 | | girls; |
5 | | (3) policies and institutions such as policing, child |
6 | | welfare, medical examiner practices, and other |
7 | | governmental practices that impact violence against |
8 | | Chicago women and girls and the investigation and |
9 | | prosecution of crimes of gender-related violence against |
10 | | Chicago residents; |
11 | | (4) measures necessary to address and reduce violence |
12 | | against Chicago women and girls; and |
13 | | (5) measures to help victims, victims' families, and |
14 | | victims' communities prevent and heal from violence that |
15 | | occurs against Chicago women and girls. |
16 | | (g) The Task Force shall report on or before December 31 of |
17 | | 2024, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter, to |
18 | | the General Assembly and the Governor on the work of the Task |
19 | | Force, including, but not limited to, the issues to be |
20 | | examined in subsection (g), and shall include in the annual |
21 | | report recommendations regarding institutional policies and |
22 | | practices or proposed institutional policies and practices |
23 | | that are effective in reducing gender-related violence and |
24 | | increasing the safety of Chicago women and girls. The report |
25 | | shall include recommendations to reduce and end violence |
26 | | against Chicago women and girls and help victims and |