96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4867

 

Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Susana A. Mendoza

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1132 new
65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new

    Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, by no later than April 1, 2011, a county with a population over 500,000 or a municipality with a population over 100,000 must acquire and maintain a gunshot location system to assist law enforcement agencies. Sets forth the requirements for the gunshot location system. Defines "gunshot location system". Limits home rule powers. Effective January 1, 2011.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-1132 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1132 new)
7     Sec. 5-1132. Gunshot location system. By no later than
8 April 1, 2011, a county with a population over 500,000 must
9 acquire and maintain a gunshot location system to assist law
10 enforcement agencies within the county. The gunshot location
11 system must cover at least one square mile within the county in
12 which there is significant gunshot activity. The gunshot
13 location system must meet the guidelines established by the
14 United States Department of Homeland Security. A county must
15 create a database to log gunshot incidents within the area
16 covered by the system.
17     A home rule unit may not adopt gunshot location system
18 requirements that are less restrictive than this Section. This
19 Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
20 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
21 exercise by home rule units of the powers and functions
22 exercised by the State.
23     For the purposes of this Section, "gunshot location system"

 

 

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1 means a network consisting of deployed acoustic sensors and one
2 or more processing nodes for data integration and analysis. The
3 network must (i) be capable of being tuned to one or more
4 ranges of frequencies to detect sounds including without
5 limitation gunshots, heavy weapons discharge, explosions, and
6 vehicle noises, (ii) use acoustic triangulation to provide
7 accurate location data, (iii) be wired, wireless, or a hybrid,
8 and (iv) be capable of operation near critical infrastructure
9 assets or in wide areas.
 
10     Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
11 adding Section 11-1-12 as follows:
 
12     (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new)
13     Sec. 11-1-12. Gunshot location system. By no later than
14 April 1, 2011, a municipality with a population over 100,000
15 must acquire and maintain a gunshot location system to assist
16 law enforcement agencies within the municipality. The gunshot
17 location system must cover at least one square mile within the
18 municipality in which there is significant gunshot activity.
19 The gunshot location system must meet the guidelines
20 established by the United States Department of Homeland
21 Security. A municipality must create a database to log gunshot
22 incidents within the area covered by the system.
23     A home rule municipality may not adopt gunshot location
24 system requirements that are less restrictive than this

 

 

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1 Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
2 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
3 concurrent exercise by home rule units of the powers and
4 functions exercised by the State.
5     For the purposes of this Section, "gunshot location system"
6 means a network consisting of deployed acoustic sensors and one
7 or more processing nodes for data integration and analysis. The
8 network must (i) be capable of being tuned to one or more
9 ranges of frequencies to detect sounds including without
10 limitation gunshots, heavy weapons discharge, explosions, and
11 vehicle noises, (ii) use acoustic triangulation to provide
12 accurate location data, (iii) be wired, wireless, or a hybrid,
13 and (iv) be capable of operation near critical infrastructure
14 assets or in wide areas.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
16 1, 2011.