Full Text of SR0093 96th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 93
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| WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a significant | 3 |
| expansion in the volume of personal property sold through | 4 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | 5 |
| resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a similar | 7 |
| increase in the volume of stolen personal property sold through | 8 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | 9 |
| resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, Access by law enforcement to sales-related | 11 |
| information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, | 12 |
| consignment sellers, and other resellers has always been an | 13 |
| important tool in combating burglary, robbery, theft, and other | 14 |
| crimes directed at personal property; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent advances in electronic data collection and | 16 |
| compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of | 17 |
| sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction services, | 18 |
| consignment sellers, and other resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, These same advances have created opportunities | 20 |
| for law enforcement to access sales-related information at | 21 |
| increasingly shorter intervals after the date of sale; and
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| WHEREAS, Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction | 2 |
| services, consignment sellers, resellers, and information | 3 |
| technology-related businesses in several states have created | 4 |
| differing systems to provide law enforcement with timely access | 5 |
| to sales-related information; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the | 8 |
| Re-Sellers' Electronic Reporting Task Force, consisting of 17 | 9 |
| members appointed as follows: | 10 |
| (1) two members of the Senate, one member appointed by | 11 |
| the President of the Senate and one member appointed by the | 12 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate; the member appointed by the | 13 |
| President of the Senate shall serve as chair of the Task | 14 |
| Force; | 15 |
| (2) three members appointed by the Governor; and | 16 |
| (3) twelve members who are not members of the General | 17 |
| Assembly, 6 appointed by the Senate President and 6 | 18 |
| appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, representing a | 19 |
| range of interests, including: law enforcement, | 20 |
| pawnbrokers, consignment sellers, auctioneers, insurance | 21 |
| companies, and the general public; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That all members shall serve without | 23 |
| compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and |
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| necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose; | 2 |
| and be it further | 3 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the various | 4 |
| systems, technologies, and methods of operation for providing | 5 |
| law enforcement with timely access to information relating to | 6 |
| the sales of personal property by pawnbrokers, auction | 7 |
| services, consignment sellers, and other resellers, and shall | 8 |
| consult with such law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, | 9 |
| auction services, consignment sellers, resellers, and other | 10 |
| persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, but not | 11 |
| limited to, providers of technology and services relating to | 12 |
| the collection, compilation, storage, and access to such | 13 |
| information; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That on or before December 31, 2009, the Task | 15 |
| Force shall report to the General Assembly concerning its | 16 |
| recommendations regarding the systems and technologies, | 17 |
| together with their usage and potential funding mechanisms and | 18 |
| sources, to be implemented to create a statewide system for the | 19 |
| collection of nationwide sales-related information by | 20 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | 21 |
| resellers, and for the compilation, storage and timely access | 22 |
| to such information by law enforcement and shall include | 23 |
| proposed legislation to implement its recommendations, if | 24 |
| needed; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That upon issuing its report, the Task Force | 2 |
| shall be dissolved.
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