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20 ILCS 3930/2

(20 ILCS 3930/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-2)

Sec. 2. Purpose of Act.

The purpose of this Act is to coordinate the
use of information in the criminal justice system; to promulgate effective
criminal justice information policy; to encourage the improvement of criminal
justice agency procedures and practices with respect to information; to
provide new information technologies; to permit the evaluation of information
practices and programs; to stimulate research and development of new methods
and uses of criminal justice information for the improvement of the criminal
justice system and the reduction of crime; to protect the integrity
of criminal history record information, while protecting the citizen's right to privacy; and to coordinate statewide violence prevention efforts and develop a statewide plan that includes public health and public safety approaches to violence prevention in families, communities, and schools.

(Source: P.A. 97-1151, eff. 1-25-13.)