Full Text of SB0720 99th General Assembly
SB0720 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0720 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Cook County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program Act. Creates the Cook County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program. Provides that within 30 days after the effective date of this Act, the Superintendent of Police for the City of Chicago shall create a pilot program that allows officers to use drug analysis field test devices for use in both Branch 38 and Branch 50 of the Circuit Court of Cook County to determine whether a recovered substance is illegal cannabis, cocaine, or heroin. Provides that the Superintendent shall provide field test training and inventory procedures consistent with this purpose. Provides that the Superintendent of Police for the City of Chicago shall notify the Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections each time a defendant is entered into custody subject to a drug analysis field test. Provides that the Superintendent, Cook County State's Attorney, and Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections shall tally the number of days each defendant remains in custody as part of the Pilot Program from arrest until preliminary examination and report this information to the Pilot Program Study Committee. Provides that the Pilot Program shall operate one year from the later of July 1, 2015 or 30 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the General Assembly may appropriate funds to the Chicago Police Department, to be used solely for the purchase of drug analysis field tests and to carry out obligations of the Cook County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program, including, but not limited to, the preparation and submission of reports to the General Assembly. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2017. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cook | 5 | | County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Legislative findings and intent. | 7 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that: | 8 | | (1) The Cook County Jail consistently faces | 9 | | overcrowding issues, with the total persons held in custody | 10 | | often near or exceeding the jail's capacity limits. | 11 | | (2) The Cook County Jail population includes | 12 | | defendants held in custody, pending a preliminary | 13 | | examination to determine whether there is probable cause to | 14 | | believe that the defendant committed a criminal offense. | 15 | | (3) Each person held in custody at the Cook County Jail | 16 | | costs the taxpayers of Cook County at least an estimated | 17 | | $143 per day, with even higher costs for those people in | 18 | | custody who require mental health treatment and services. | 19 | | (4) If a person in custody is awaiting preliminary | 20 | | examination on an illegal substance offense in Cook County, | 21 | | the preliminary examination will not commence until the | 22 | | Cook County State's Attorney has received a drug chemistry | 23 | | laboratory report from the Department of State Police |
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| 1 | | Division of Forensic Services indicating that a recovered | 2 | | substance in fact tested positive as an illegal substance. | 3 | | This process can take several weeks. | 4 | | (5) Drug analysis field test devices are not currently | 5 | | utilized by law enforcement agencies in Cook County for | 6 | | preliminary examinations. If utilized, drug analysis field | 7 | | test devices may allow the Cook County State's Attorney to | 8 | | immediately determine whether probable cause exists to | 9 | | believe that a recovered substance is an illegal drug or | 10 | | narcotic. | 11 | | (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to create a | 12 | | pilot program making drug analysis field test devices available | 13 | | for use by law enforcement agencies within Cook County. It is | 14 | | also the intent of the General Assembly to explicitly allow the | 15 | | Cook County State's Attorney to use drug analysis field tests | 16 | | to establish probable cause at a preliminary examination, in | 17 | | lieu of waiting for the Department of State Police drug | 18 | | chemistry reports. | 19 | | Section 10. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: | 20 | | "Cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3 of | 21 | | the Cannabis Control Act. | 22 | | "Cocaine" is the same as described in paragraph (4) of | 23 | | subsection (b) of Section 206 of the Illinois Controlled | 24 | | Substances Act. | 25 | | "Heroin" is the same as described in Section 204 of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Controlled Substances Act. | 2 | | "Pilot Program" means the Cook County Drug Analysis Field | 3 | | Test Pilot Program. | 4 | | Section 15. Establishment of the pilot program.
| 5 | | (a) The Cook County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program | 6 | | is hereby authorized. The Pilot Program shall assess whether | 7 | | the use of field tests in Cook County will: | 8 | | (1) reduce the number of days a person would otherwise | 9 | | remain in custody awaiting drug chemistry reports; | 10 | | (2) result in expedited preliminary examinations for | 11 | | cannabis, cocaine, or heroin offenses; and | 12 | | (3) reduce the overall Cook County Jail population at a | 13 | | substantial cost savings to Cook County taxpayers. | 14 | | (b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this Act, | 15 | | the Superintendent of Police for the City of Chicago shall | 16 | | create a pilot program that allows officers to use drug | 17 | | analysis field test devices for use in both Branch 38 and | 18 | | Branch 50 of the Circuit Court of Cook County to determine | 19 | | whether a recovered substance is illegal cannabis, cocaine, or | 20 | | heroin. The Superintendent shall provide field test training | 21 | | and inventory procedures consistent with this purpose. | 22 | | (c) But for good cause shown, the results of each field | 23 | | test performed under this Pilot Program shall be documented and | 24 | | offered by the Cook County State's Attorney as evidence to | 25 | | determine probable cause at a preliminary examination. |
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| 1 | | (d) For purposes of the preliminary examination only, the | 2 | | field test results shall be used in lieu of drug chemistry | 3 | | laboratory reports from the Department of State Police Division | 4 | | of Forensic Services. Where field test results indicate a | 5 | | recovered substance has tested positive for the presence of | 6 | | cannabis, cocaine, or heroin, the Cook County State's Attorney | 7 | | shall proceed to a preliminary examination as soon as | 8 | | practicable, regardless as to whether drug chemistry | 9 | | laboratory reports are available. | 10 | | (e) For purposes of determining probable cause at a | 11 | | preliminary examination under Section 109-3 of the Code of | 12 | | Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in accordance with this Pilot | 13 | | Program: | 14 | | (1) Evidence of results of a properly performed drug | 15 | | analysis field test is admissible in a preliminary | 16 | | examination solely to establish that the substance tested | 17 | | is cannabis, cocaine, or heroin.
| 18 | | (2) Evidence of results of a properly performed drug | 19 | | analysis field test is sufficient to establish that the | 20 | | substance tested is cannabis, cocaine, or heroin for the | 21 | | purposes of a preliminary examination.
| 22 | | Section 20. Data collection. The Superintendent of Police | 23 | | for the City of Chicago shall notify the Director of the Cook | 24 | | County Department of Corrections each time a defendant is | 25 | | entered into custody subject to a drug analysis field test. The |
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| 1 | | Superintendent, Cook County State's Attorney, and Director of | 2 | | the Cook County Department of Corrections shall tally the | 3 | | number of days each defendant remains in custody as part of the | 4 | | Pilot Program from arrest until preliminary examination and | 5 | | report this information to the Pilot Program Study Committee. | 6 | | Section 25. Duration. The Pilot Program shall operate one | 7 | | year from the later of July 1, 2015 or 30 days after the | 8 | | effective date of this Act. | 9 | | Section 30. Pilot Program Study Committee. | 10 | | (a) The Superintendent of Police for the City of Chicago, | 11 | | Cook County State's Attorney, the head of the Division of | 12 | | Forensic Services of the Department of State Police, Executive | 13 | | Director of the Cook County Justice Advisory Council, and | 14 | | Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections shall | 15 | | each appoint one member to the Pilot Program Study Committee no | 16 | | later than 30 days after the effective date of this Act. The | 17 | | Cook County Board President shall appoint one member of a | 18 | | community based organization to the Pilot Program Study | 19 | | Committee no later than 30 days after the effective date of | 20 | | this Act. | 21 | | (b) The Committee may seek research or staff support of | 22 | | advocacy and policy groups to assist in the evaluation of the | 23 | | Pilot Program. | 24 | | (c) The Pilot Program Study Committee shall submit |
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| 1 | | preliminary reports to the General Assembly on a quarterly | 2 | | basis. The reports shall include: | 3 | | (1) the number of persons entered into custody subject | 4 | | to a drug analysis field test; | 5 | | (2) the number of persons released from custody at any | 6 | | point before a preliminary examination subject to a drug | 7 | | analysis field test; | 8 | | (3) the number of days each defendant remains in | 9 | | custody from arrest until preliminary examination; and | 10 | | (4) any other information the Study Committee deems | 11 | | relevant. | 12 | | The preliminary reports shall be submitted to the General | 13 | | Assembly on: October 31, 2015; January 31, 2016; and April 30, | 14 | | 2016.
| 15 | | (d) Upon conclusion of the Pilot Program, the Pilot Program | 16 | | Study Committee shall issue a final report to the General | 17 | | Assembly, evaluating and analyzing the following to the fullest | 18 | | extent possible, but subject to available resources: | 19 | | (1) the length of custody in the Cook County Jail for a | 20 | | cannabis, cocaine, or heroin offender under the Cook County | 21 | | Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program, as compared to a | 22 | | similarly situated drug or narcotics offender not under the | 23 | | Cook County Drug Analysis Field Test Pilot Program; | 24 | | (2) the economic impact of using drug analysis field | 25 | | tests in lieu of drug chemistry laboratory reports for | 26 | | preliminary examinations; |
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| 1 | | (3) the impact on the Cook County Jail population as a | 2 | | result of using drug analysis field tests, and the | 3 | | estimated jail population impact if drug analysis field | 4 | | tests were expanded for use in all drug-related preliminary | 5 | | examinations; and | 6 | | (4) the proposed findings and recommendations on the | 7 | | use and efficacy of drug analysis field tests in Cook | 8 | | County.
| 9 | | (e) The Committee shall hold regularly scheduled meetings | 10 | | and make minutes publicly accessible. | 11 | | (f) The final report shall be submitted to the General | 12 | | Assembly on or before the later of October 1, 2016 or 60 days | 13 | | after the conclusion of the Pilot Program. | 14 | | (g) If the final report is not submitted to the General | 15 | | Assembly by the date designated in subsection (f) of this | 16 | | Section, the amount of time that a person may be held in | 17 | | custody in Cook County awaiting a preliminary examination, | 18 | | under Section 109-3.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, shall | 19 | | be reduced from 30 days to 10 days. | 20 | | (h) Upon issuance of the report required under this | 21 | | Section, the Pilot Program Study Committee shall dissolve.
| 22 | | Section 35. Appropriations. The General Assembly may | 23 | | appropriate funds to the Chicago Police Department, to be used | 24 | | solely for the purchase of drug analysis field tests and to | 25 | | carry out obligations of the Cook County Drug Analysis Field |
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| 1 | | Test Pilot Program, including, but not limited to, the | 2 | | preparation and submission of reports to the General Assembly. | 3 | | Section 40. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 4 | | 2017.
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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