97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5249

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. William Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/108B-9  from Ch. 38, par. 108B-9

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the contents of recordings of a private communication intercepted under the Electronic Criminal Surveillance Article of the Code may be used to the extent that use is appropriate to the proper performance of official duties by an investigative officer, including an attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of offenses enumerated in that Article or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized in that Article, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any conversation overheard or recorded by use of an eavesdropping device or evidence derived from that use. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 108B-9 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/108B-9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 108B-9)
7    Sec. 108B-9. Recordings, records and custody.
8    (a) Any private communication intercepted in accordance
9with this Article shall, if practicable, be recorded by tape or
10other comparable method. The recording shall, if practicable,
11be done in such a way as will protect it from editing or other
12alteration. During an interception, the interception shall be
13carried out by an electronic criminal surveillance officer,
14and, if practicable, such officer shall keep a signed, written
15record, including:
16        (1) the date and hours of surveillance;
17        (2) the time and duration of each intercepted
18    communication;
19        (3) the parties, if known, to each intercepted
20    conversation; and
21        (4) a summary of the contents of each intercepted
22    communication.
23    (b) Immediately upon the expiration of the order or its

 

 

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1extensions, the tapes and other recordings shall be transferred
2to the chief judge issuing the order and sealed under his
3direction. Custody of the tapes, or other recordings, shall be
4maintained wherever the chief judge directs. They shall not be
5destroyed except upon an order of a court of competent
6jurisdiction and in any event shall be kept for 10 years.
7Duplicate tapes or other recordings may be made for disclosure
8or use under paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 108B-2a of this
9Article. The presence of the seal provided by this Section, or
10a satisfactory explanation for its absence, shall be a
11prerequisite for the disclosure of the contents of any private
12communication, or evidence derived from it, under paragraph (b)
13of Section 108B-2a of this Article.
14(Source: P.A. 92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.