Full Text of HB1298 97th General Assembly
HB1298ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kenneth Dunkin Filed: 2/16/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1298
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1298 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, immediately below line 3, by inserting the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | "Section 2. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | 6 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 2605-375 as follows:
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-375) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
| 9 | | Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies | 10 | | Data System
(LEADS).
| 11 | | (a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
| 12 | | Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing | 13 | | electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal justice | 14 | | data repositories and effecting an
immediate law enforcement | 15 | | response to reports of missing persons, including
lost, missing |
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| 1 | | or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. The | 2 | | Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange system to | 3 | | compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other law
| 4 | | enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can
| 5 | | assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and | 6 | | provide access by
authorized entities to various data | 7 | | repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and | 8 | | related purposes. To assist the Department in
this effort, | 9 | | funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund. | 10 | | Funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund to | 11 | | the Department to finance any of its lawful purposes or | 12 | | functions in relation to defraying the expenses associated with | 13 | | establishing, maintaining, and supporting the issuance of | 14 | | electronic citations.
| 15 | | (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
| 16 | | Department shall provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for | 17 | | the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of a | 18 | | missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the | 19 | | following:
| 20 | | (1) Relevant information obtained from the | 21 | | notification concerning the missing person, including all | 22 | | of the following: | 23 | | (A) a physical description of the missing person; | 24 | | (B) the date, time, and place that the missing | 25 | | person was last seen; and | 26 | | (C) the missing person's address. |
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| 1 | | (2) Information gathered by a preliminary | 2 | | investigation, if one was made. | 3 | | (3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in | 4 | | charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based | 5 | | on the evidence and information received. | 6 | | (b-5) The Department of State Police shall:
| 7 | | (1) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide | 8 | | or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to | 9 | | the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in | 10 | | a format established by the Department. Such a
format shall | 11 | | include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing | 12 | | person
and the suspected circumstance of the | 13 | | disappearance.
| 14 | | (2) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of | 15 | | missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum | 16 | | level of data specified by the
Department is available to | 17 | | the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the | 18 | | entry of the data exists.
| 19 | | (3) Compile and retain information regarding lost, | 20 | | abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data | 21 | | file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used | 22 | | by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by | 23 | | the Director, for investigative purposes. The
information
| 24 | | shall include the disposition of all reported lost, | 25 | | abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.
| 26 | | (4) Compile and maintain an historic data repository |
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| 1 | | relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and | 2 | | other missing persons, including, but not limited to, | 3 | | missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve | 4 | | techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
| 5 | | responding to reports of missing persons.
| 6 | | (5) Create a quality control program regarding | 7 | | confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries | 8 | | of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance | 9 | | audits of all entering agencies.
| 10 | | (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board | 11 | | shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel | 12 | | of local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons | 13 | | Identification Act.
| 14 | | (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties | 15 | | prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject | 16 | | to appropriation.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 94-145, eff. 1-1-06; 95-192, eff. 8-16-07.)"; and
| 18 | | on page 1, by deleting lines 4 through 22; and | 19 | | on page 2, by deleting lines 1 and 2; and | 20 | | on page 3, lines 13 and 14, by replacing " State Police | 21 | | Electronic Citation Fund " with " LEADS Maintenance Fund ".
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