SB1915sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 3/14/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1915

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1915 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections 2605-25, 2605-40, and 2605-45 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-25) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-1)

Sec. 2605-25. Department divisions.

(a) The Department is divided into the Illinois State Police Academy, the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, and 4 divisions: the Division of Operations, the Division of Forensic Services, the Division of Justice Services Administration, and the Division of Internal Investigation.

(b) The Office of the Director shall:

(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act.

(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Personnel Code.

(3) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by "An Act relating to internal auditing in State government", approved August 11, 1967 (repealed; now the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act).

(Source: P.A. 98-634, eff. 6-6-14; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)

Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:

(1) (Blank). Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.

(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.

(3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies through training, management, and consultant services.

(4) (Blank).

(5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.

(6) Establish and operate a forensic science laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago, and elsewhere in the State as needed.

(6.5) Establish administrative rules in order to set forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of toxicology results and other relevant documents related to a toxicological analysis. These administrative rules are to be adopted to produce uniform and sufficient information to allow a proper, well-informed determination of the admissibility of toxicology evidence and to ensure that this evidence is presented competently. These administrative rules are designed to provide a minimum standard for compliance of toxicology evidence and is not intended to limit the production and discovery of material information. These administrative rules shall be submitted by the Department of State Police into the rulemaking process under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act on or before June 30, 2017.

(7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing accurate and expedited forensic science and other investigative and laboratory services to local law enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of the investigation and trial of capital cases.

(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-45) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-5)

Sec. 2605-45. Division of Justice Services. Administration. The Division of Justice Services Administration shall exercise the following functions:

(1) (Blank). Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act.

(2) Pursue research and the publication of studies pertaining to local law enforcement activities.

(3) (Blank). Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Personnel Code.

(4) Operate an electronic data processing and computer center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to criminal activity.

(5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the former Division of State Troopers by Section 17 of the State Police Act.

(6) (Blank). Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by "An Act relating to internal auditing in State government", approved August 11, 1967 (repealed; now the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act, 30 ILCS 10/).

(6.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

(7) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the Director to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.

(8) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)".