Full Text of HB4604 103rd General Assembly
HB4604ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Justin Slaughter Filed: 5/23/2024 | | 10300HB4604ham001 | | LRB103 36026 AWJ 73431 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4604
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4604 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 10, 15, and 20 and by adding | 6 | | Sections 23 and 30 as follows: | 7 | | (50 ILCS 707/10) | 8 | | Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation, | 9 | | rules. | 10 | | (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a | 11 | | special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the | 12 | | Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of | 13 | | local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities | 14 | | for the purpose of (1) purchasing or leasing in-car video | 15 | | cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles, (2) purchasing or | 16 | | leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology |
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| 1 | | for law enforcement officers, and (3) training for law | 2 | | enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. Grants | 3 | | under this Section may be used to offset data storage and | 4 | | related licensing and software costs for officer-worn body | 5 | | cameras. For a unit of local government with 20 or less sworn | 6 | | police officers, the Board may make a grant to the unit of | 7 | | local government in advance of purchasing or leasing in-car | 8 | | video cameras, officer-worn body cameras, and associated | 9 | | technology that can be used to purchase or lease the cameras or | 10 | | associated technology. | 11 | | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | 12 | | including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants, | 13 | | and awards from any public or private entity, must be | 14 | | deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the | 15 | | Fund must be deposited into the Fund. | 16 | | (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of | 17 | | grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are | 18 | | eligible. | 19 | | (b-5) The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform | 20 | | Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys. | 21 | | (c) (Blank). | 22 | | (d) (Blank). | 23 | | (e) (Blank). | 24 | | (f) (Blank). | 25 | | (g) (Blank). | 26 | | (h) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.) | 2 | | (50 ILCS 707/15) | 3 | | Sec. 15. Rules; in-car video camera grants. | 4 | | (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of | 5 | | in-car video cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies | 6 | | that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules | 7 | | shall include all of the following requirements: | 8 | | (1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement | 9 | | agency vehicles. | 10 | | (2) Video recording must provide audio of the officer | 11 | | when the officer is outside of the vehicle. | 12 | | (3) Camera access must be restricted to the | 13 | | supervisors of the officer in the vehicle. | 14 | | (4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout | 15 | | the officer's shift. | 16 | | (5) A copy of the video record must be made available | 17 | | upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency, | 18 | | the local State's Attorney, and any individuals party to a | 19 | | stop persons depicted in the video . Procedures for | 20 | | distribution of the video record must include safeguards | 21 | | to protect the identities of individuals who are not a | 22 | | party to the requested stop and to provide a reasonable | 23 | | expectation of privacy to individuals party to the stop . | 24 | | (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under | 25 | | this grant shall provide for storage of the video records |
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| 1 | | for a period of not less than 2 years. | 2 | | (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for | 3 | | in-car video cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide | 4 | | an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General | 5 | | Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt | 6 | | of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of | 7 | | the grant. The report shall include the following: | 8 | | (1) the number of cameras purchased or leased received | 9 | | by the law enforcement agency; | 10 | | (2) the number of cameras actually installed in law | 11 | | enforcement agency vehicles; | 12 | | (2.5) the number of cameras damaged, replaced, and not | 13 | | in service within the previous year and, if applicable, | 14 | | the costs incurred related to the cameras damaged, | 15 | | replaced, or not in service; | 16 | | (3) a brief description of the review process used by | 17 | | supervisors within the law enforcement agency; | 18 | | (4) a list of all any criminal, traffic, ordinance, | 19 | | and civil cases in which in-car video recordings were | 20 | | used, including party names, case numbers and , offenses | 21 | | charged , and disposition of the matter . Proceedings to | 22 | | which this paragraph (4) applies include, but are not | 23 | | limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand | 24 | | jury proceedings, and plea bargains; and | 25 | | (5) any other information relevant to the | 26 | | administration of the program. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 2 | | (50 ILCS 707/20) | 3 | | Sec. 20. Rules; officer body-worn camera grants. | 4 | | (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of | 5 | | officer body-worn cameras to be adopted by law enforcement | 6 | | agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act , | 7 | | including that a copy of a video record must be made available | 8 | | upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency, the | 9 | | local State's Attorney, and any individuals party to a law | 10 | | enforcement-related encounter or activity and that the | 11 | | procedures for distribution of the video record must include | 12 | | safeguards to protect the identities of individuals not a | 13 | | party to the law enforcement-related encounter or activity and | 14 | | to provide a reasonable expectation of privacy to individuals | 15 | | party involved . The rules shall comply with the Law | 16 | | Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. | 17 | | (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for | 18 | | officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must | 19 | | provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the | 20 | | General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the | 21 | | receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the | 22 | | period of the grant. The report shall include: | 23 | | (1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency, | 24 | | including the number of cameras purchased or leased and | 25 | | the number of officers utilizing officer-worn body |
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| 1 | | cameras; | 2 | | (2) a list of all officer-initiated encounters and | 3 | | encounters based on calls for service involving domestic | 4 | | abuse, mental illness, sexual assault, high-risk traffic | 5 | | stops, and fatal use of force cases, including case | 6 | | numbers and offenses charged the number of officer-worn | 7 | | body cameras utilized by the law enforcement agency ; | 8 | | (3) any technical issues with the equipment and how | 9 | | those issues were remedied; | 10 | | (3) (4) a brief description of the review process used | 11 | | by supervisors within the law enforcement agency; and | 12 | | (5) for each recording used in prosecutions of | 13 | | conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or municipal | 14 | | ordinance violations: | 15 | | (A) the time, date, and location of the incident; | 16 | | and | 17 | | (B) the offenses charged and the date charges were | 18 | | filed; | 19 | | (6) for a recording used in a civil proceeding or | 20 | | internal affairs investigation: | 21 | | (A) the number of pending civil proceedings and | 22 | | internal investigations; | 23 | | (B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending | 24 | | investigations: | 25 | | (i) the nature of the complaint or | 26 | | allegations; |
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| 1 | | (ii) the disposition, if known; and | 2 | | (iii) the date, time and location of the | 3 | | incident; and | 4 | | (4) (7) any other information relevant to the | 5 | | administration of the program. | 6 | | (c) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must | 7 | | analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an | 8 | | annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 10 | | (50 ILCS 707/23 new) | 11 | | Sec. 23. Eligibility for grants; training requirements. | 12 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, a law | 13 | | enforcement agency shall not be required to indicate either of | 14 | | the following in order to be eligible to receive a grant under | 15 | | this Act: (i) that all active law enforcement officers | 16 | | reflected on the agency roster subject to the mandated | 17 | | training requirements of Section 7 of the Police Training Act | 18 | | are compliant with all Board training requirements at the time | 19 | | of award; or (ii) that any officer that is not compliant with | 20 | | the mandated training requirements of Section 7 of the Police | 21 | | Training Act must be listed as inactive upon reporting the | 22 | | date the officer left service, the officer's expected date of | 23 | | return, the reason for leaving service, and an acknowledgment | 24 | | that all outstanding training will be completed within 60 days | 25 | | of return. |
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 707/30 new) | 2 | | Sec. 30. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Portal. | 3 | | (a) The Board shall establish the Law Enforcement Camera | 4 | | Grant Portal on its website. The Portal shall include | 5 | | dedicated contact information where applicants may obtain | 6 | | assistance relating to the procedures required under this Act | 7 | | and grants awarded under this Act, a list of documents | 8 | | required at the time of application, and a list of allowable | 9 | | costs, including permissible cameras or associated technology | 10 | | allowed by this Act. | 11 | | (b) The Board shall create a video tutorial addressing how | 12 | | to apply for grants under this Act and include the tutorial in | 13 | | the Portal. ". |
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