Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

Filed: 3/28/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3911

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3911 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is amended
5by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 707/10)
7    Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation,
8rules.
9    (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a
10special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the
11Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of
12local government in Illinois for the purpose of purchasing
13installing video cameras for in law enforcement use vehicles
14and training for law enforcement officers in the operation of
15the cameras.
16    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,

 

 

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1including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants,
2and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited
3into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must
4be deposited into the Fund.
5    (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of
6grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are
7eligible.
8    (c) The Board shall develop model rules to be adopted by
9law enforcement agencies that receive grants under this
10Section. The rules shall include the following requirements:
11        (1) Cameras must be used for installed in the law
12    enforcement purposes vehicles.
13        (2) Video recording Videotaping must provide audio of
14    the officer when the officer is outside of the vehicle.
15        (3) Camera access must be restricted to the supervisors
16    of the recorded officer in the vehicle.
17        (4) Cameras must be turned on when the officer is
18    engaged with a member of the public continuously throughout
19    the officer's shift.
20        (5) A copy of the video record videotape must be made
21    available upon request to personnel of the law enforcement
22    agency, the local State's Attorney, and any persons
23    depicted in the video. Procedures for distribution of the
24    video record videotape must include safeguards to protect
25    the identities of individuals who are not a party to the
26    requested stop.

 

 

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1        (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under
2    this grant shall provide for storage of the video records
3    tapes for a period of not less than 2 years.
4    (d) Any law enforcement agency receiving moneys under this
5Section must provide an annual report to the Board, the
6Governor, and the General Assembly, which will be due on May 1
7of the year following the receipt of the grant and each May 1
8thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall
9include (i) the number of cameras received by the law
10enforcement agency, (ii) the number of cameras actually in use
11installed in law enforcement vehicles, (iii) a brief
12description of the review process used by supervisors within
13the law enforcement agency, (iv) a list of any criminal,
14traffic, ordinance, and civil cases where video recordings were
15used, including party names, case numbers, offenses charged,
16and disposition of the matter, (this item applies, but is not
17limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand jury
18proceedings, and plea bargains), and (v) any other information
19relevant to the administration of the program.
20    (e) No applications for grant money under this Section
21shall be accepted before January 1, 2007 or after January 1,
222011.
23    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition
24to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1,
252012 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
26Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer

 

 

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1any funds in excess of $1,000,000 held in the Law Enforcement
2Camera Grant Fund to the State Police Operations Assistance
3Fund.
4    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition
5to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1,
62013 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
7Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer
8the sum of $2,000,000 from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
9Fund to the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund.
10(Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)
 
11    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
12changing Section 5-9-1 as follows:
 
13    (730 ILCS 5/5-9-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-1)
14    Sec. 5-9-1. Authorized fines.
15    (a) An offender may be sentenced to pay a fine as provided
16in Article 4.5 of Chapter V.
17    (b) (Blank.)
18    (c) There shall be added to every fine imposed in
19sentencing for a criminal or traffic offense, except an offense
20relating to parking or registration, or offense by a
21pedestrian, an additional penalty of $15 $10 for each $40, or
22fraction thereof, of fine imposed. The additional penalty of
23$15 $10 for each $40, or fraction thereof, of fine imposed, if
24not otherwise assessed, shall also be added to every fine

 

 

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1imposed upon a plea of guilty, stipulation of facts or findings
2of guilty, resulting in a judgment of conviction, or order of
3supervision in criminal, traffic, local ordinance, county
4ordinance, and conservation cases (except parking,
5registration, or pedestrian violations), or upon a sentence of
6probation without entry of judgment under Section 10 of the
7Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled
8Substances Act, or Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control
9and Community Protection Act.
10    Such additional amounts shall be assessed by the court
11imposing the fine and shall be collected by the Circuit Clerk
12in addition to the fine and costs in the case. Each such
13additional penalty shall be remitted by the Circuit Clerk
14within one month after receipt to the State Treasurer. The
15State Treasurer shall deposit $1 for each $40, or fraction
16thereof, of fine imposed into the LEADS Maintenance Fund. The
17State Treasurer shall deposit $3 $1 for each $40, or fraction
18thereof, of fine imposed into the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
19Fund. The remaining surcharge amount shall be deposited into
20the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund, unless the
21fine, costs or additional amounts are subject to disbursement
22by the circuit clerk under Section 27.5 of the Clerks of Courts
23Act. Such additional penalty shall not be considered a part of
24the fine for purposes of any reduction in the fine for time
25served either before or after sentencing. Not later than March
261 of each year the Circuit Clerk shall submit a report of the

 

 

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1amount of funds remitted to the State Treasurer under this
2subsection (c) during the preceding calendar year. Except as
3otherwise provided by Supreme Court Rules, if a court in
4imposing a fine against an offender levies a gross amount for
5fine, costs, fees and penalties, the amount of the additional
6penalty provided for herein shall be computed on the amount
7remaining after deducting from the gross amount levied all fees
8of the Circuit Clerk, the State's Attorney and the Sheriff.
9After deducting from the gross amount levied the fees and
10additional penalty provided for herein, less any other
11additional penalties provided by law, the clerk shall remit the
12net balance remaining to the entity authorized by law to
13receive the fine imposed in the case. For purposes of this
14Section "fees of the Circuit Clerk" shall include, if
15applicable, the fee provided for under Section 27.3a of the
16Clerks of Courts Act and the fee, if applicable, payable to the
17county in which the violation occurred pursuant to Section
185-1101 of the Counties Code.
19    (c-5) In addition to the fines imposed by subsection (c),
20any person convicted or receiving an order of supervision for
21driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs shall pay an
22additional $100 fee to the clerk. This additional fee, less 2
231/2% that shall be used to defray administrative costs incurred
24by the clerk, shall be remitted by the clerk to the Treasurer
25within 60 days after receipt for deposit into the Trauma Center
26Fund. This additional fee of $100 shall not be considered a

 

 

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1part of the fine for purposes of any reduction in the fine for
2time served either before or after sentencing. Not later than
3March 1 of each year the Circuit Clerk shall submit a report of
4the amount of funds remitted to the State Treasurer under this
5subsection (c-5) during the preceding calendar year.
6    The Circuit Clerk may accept payment of fines and costs by
7credit card from an offender who has been convicted of a
8traffic offense, petty offense or misdemeanor and may charge
9the service fee permitted where fines and costs are paid by
10credit card provided for in Section 27.3b of the Clerks of
11Courts Act.
12    (c-7) In addition to the fines imposed by subsection (c),
13any person convicted or receiving an order of supervision for
14driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs shall pay an
15additional $5 fee to the clerk. This additional fee, less 2
161/2% that shall be used to defray administrative costs incurred
17by the clerk, shall be remitted by the clerk to the Treasurer
18within 60 days after receipt for deposit into the Spinal Cord
19Injury Paralysis Cure Research Trust Fund. This additional fee
20of $5 shall not be considered a part of the fine for purposes
21of any reduction in the fine for time served either before or
22after sentencing. Not later than March 1 of each year the
23Circuit Clerk shall submit a report of the amount of funds
24remitted to the State Treasurer under this subsection (c-7)
25during the preceding calendar year.
26    (c-9) (Blank).

 

 

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1    (d) In determining the amount and method of payment of a
2fine, except for those fines established for violations of
3Chapter 15 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the court shall
4consider:
5        (1) the financial resources and future ability of the
6    offender to pay the fine; and
7        (2) whether the fine will prevent the offender from
8    making court ordered restitution or reparation to the
9    victim of the offense; and
10        (3) in a case where the accused is a dissolved
11    corporation and the court has appointed counsel to
12    represent the corporation, the costs incurred either by the
13    county or the State for such representation.
14    (e) The court may order the fine to be paid forthwith or
15within a specified period of time or in installments.
16    (f) All fines, costs and additional amounts imposed under
17this Section for any violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of
18the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar provision of a local
19ordinance, and any violation of the Child Passenger Protection
20Act, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, shall be
21collected and disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under
22Section 27.5 of the Clerks of Courts Act.
23(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-652, eff. 8-22-05;
2494-987, eff. 6-30-06; 95-1052, eff. 7-1-09.)".