Full Text of HB4298 94th General Assembly
HB4298sam002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Mike Jacobs
Filed: 3/28/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4298
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4298, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 |
| Interstate Sex Offender Task Force Act.
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| Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds as follows: | 8 |
| (1) That the protection of women and children from sexual | 9 |
| assault is critically important. | 10 |
| (2) That every state in the nation has a sex offender | 11 |
| registration law.
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| (3) That Illinois, as well as other states in the nation, | 13 |
| including Iowa and Missouri, have laws restricting where | 14 |
| convicted or registered sex offenders may reside. | 15 |
| (4) That the residency restrictions are not consistent | 16 |
| between states. | 17 |
| (5) That the disparity in residency restrictions and | 18 |
| registration requirements is of concern to communities and law | 19 |
| enforcement in Illinois. | 20 |
| (6) That it would benefit Illinois, its citizens, and its | 21 |
| border states, including Iowa and Missouri, for a task force to | 22 |
| be created to analyze the impact of the disparity between | 23 |
| states regarding registration requirements and residency | 24 |
| restrictions on convicted or registered sex offenders, or both.
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| Section 10. Interstate Sex Offender Task Force. | 2 |
| (a) The Interstate Sex Offender Task Force is created. | 3 |
| (b) The Interstate Sex Offender Task Force shall convene | 4 |
| and initially meet not later than 30 days after the effective | 5 |
| date of this Act and shall meet thereafter as frequently as | 6 |
| necessary to carry out its duties as required by this Act. | 7 |
| (c) The Task Force shall consist of the Director of the | 8 |
| Illinois Department of Corrections (or the Director's | 9 |
| designee) who shall act as the Chair of the Task Force, the | 10 |
| Director of the Illinois Department of State Police (or the | 11 |
| Director's designee), the Attorney General (or the Attorney | 12 |
| General's designee), one member of the General Assembly | 13 |
| appointed by each of the following: the President of the | 14 |
| Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | 15 |
| House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House | 16 |
| of Representatives; together with one member designated by the | 17 |
| Illinois State's Attorneys Association, one member designated | 18 |
| by the Illinois Association of the Chiefs of Police, one member | 19 |
| designated by the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, and any | 20 |
| additional members the Chair of the Task Force may designate. | 21 |
| (d) The Task Force shall coordinate its meetings and | 22 |
| studies with such representatives of similar organizations in | 23 |
| the other states as may be appropriate, including but not | 24 |
| limited to those in Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, and | 25 |
| Missouri. Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 26 |
| compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses as the | 27 |
| discretion of the Director of the Illinois Department of | 28 |
| Corrections from funds appropriated for that purpose. | 29 |
| (e) The Task Force shall examine the following: | 30 |
| (1) The systems of communication between states | 31 |
| regarding the interstate movement of registered sex | 32 |
| offenders.
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| (2) The laws of Illinois and its border states that |
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| restrict and affect where convicted or registered sex | 2 |
| offenders may reside.
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| (3) The extent to which law enforcement resources are | 4 |
| affected by residency restrictions.
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| (4) The impact of residency restrictions on the parole, | 6 |
| mandatory supervised release, and probation systems in | 7 |
| Illinois. | 8 |
| (f) The Illinois Department of Corrections shall provide | 9 |
| staff and administrative support services to the Task Force. | 10 |
| (g) The Task Force shall report its findings and | 11 |
| recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the | 12 |
| General Assembly no later than January 1, 2008.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.".
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