Full Text of HB4266 98th General Assembly
HB4266ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 3/13/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4266
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4266 on page 1, by | 3 | | inserting immediately below line 3 the following:
| 4 | | "Section 3. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Section 8.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (725 ILCS 120/8.5)
| 7 | | Sec. 8.5. Statewide victim and witness notification | 8 | | system.
| 9 | | (a) The Attorney General may establish a crime victim and | 10 | | witness
notification system to assist public officials in | 11 | | carrying out their
duties to notify and inform crime victims | 12 | | and witnesses under Section 4.5 of
this Act or under | 13 | | subsections (a), (a-2), and (a-3) of Section 120 of the Sex | 14 | | Offender Community Notification Law as the Attorney General | 15 | | specifies by rule. The system shall download
necessary
| 16 | | information from participating officials into its computers, |
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| 1 | | where it shall be
maintained, updated, and automatically | 2 | | transmitted to victims and witnesses by
telephone, computer, or | 3 | | written notice.
| 4 | | (b) The Illinois Department of Corrections, the Department | 5 | | of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human
Services, and the | 6 | | Prisoner Review Board shall cooperate with the Attorney
General | 7 | | in the implementation of this Section and shall provide | 8 | | information as
necessary to the effective operation of the | 9 | | system.
| 10 | | (c) State's attorneys, circuit court clerks, and local law | 11 | | enforcement
and correctional authorities
may enter into | 12 | | agreements with the Attorney General for participation in the
| 13 | | system. The Attorney General may provide those who elect to | 14 | | participate with
the equipment, software, or training | 15 | | necessary to bring their offices into the
system.
| 16 | | (d) The provision of information to crime victims and | 17 | | witnesses through the
Attorney General's notification system
| 18 | | satisfies a given State or local official's corresponding | 19 | | obligation to provide the information.
| 20 | | (e) The Attorney General may provide for telephonic, | 21 | | electronic, or other
public access to the database established | 22 | | under this Section.
| 23 | | (f) The Attorney General shall adopt rules as necessary to | 24 | | implement this
Section. The rules shall include, but not be | 25 | | limited to, provisions for the
scope and operation of any | 26 | | system the Attorney General may establish
and procedures, |
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| 1 | | requirements,
and standards for entering into agreements to | 2 | | participate in the system and to
receive equipment, software, | 3 | | or training.
| 4 | | (g) There is established in the Office of the Attorney | 5 | | General a Crime
Victim and Witness Notification Advisory
| 6 | | Committee consisting of those victims advocates, sheriffs,
| 7 | | State's Attorneys, circuit court clerks, Illinois Department | 8 | | of
Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and | 9 | | Prisoner Review
Board
employees that the Attorney General
| 10 | | chooses to appoint. The Attorney General shall designate one | 11 | | member to chair
the Committee.
| 12 | | (1) The Committee shall consult with and advise the | 13 | | Attorney General as to
the exercise of the Attorney | 14 | | General's authority under this Section, including,
but not | 15 | | limited
to:
| 16 | | (i) the design, scope, and operation of the | 17 | | notification system;
| 18 | | (ii) the content of any rules adopted to implement | 19 | | this Section;
| 20 | | (iii) the procurement of hardware, software, and
| 21 | | support for the system, including choice of supplier or | 22 | | operator; and
| 23 | | (iv) the acceptance of agreements with and the | 24 | | award of equipment,
software, or training to officials | 25 | | that seek to participate in the system.
| 26 | | (2) The Committee shall review the status and operation |
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| 1 | | of the system and
report any findings and recommendations | 2 | | for changes to the Attorney General and
the General | 3 | | Assembly by November 1 of each year.
| 4 | | (3) The members of the Committee shall receive no | 5 | | compensation for their
services as members of the | 6 | | Committee, but may be reimbursed for their actual
expenses | 7 | | incurred in serving on the Committee.
| 8 | | (h) The Attorney General shall not release the names, | 9 | | addresses,
phone numbers, personal identification numbers, or | 10 | | email addresses of
any person registered to receive | 11 | | notifications to any other person except
State or local | 12 | | officials using the notification system to satisfy the | 13 | | official's
obligation to provide the information. The Attorney | 14 | | General may
grant limited access to the Automated Victim | 15 | | Notification system (AVN) to law enforcement, prosecution,
and | 16 | | other agencies that provide service to victims of violent crime | 17 | | to assist
victims in enrolling and utilizing the AVN system. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1092, eff. 1-1-11.)".
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