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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 805

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  805  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    adding Section 16-108 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/16-108 new)
 7        Sec. 16-108. Racial profiling.
 8        (a)  As used in  this  Section,  "minority  group"  means
 9    individuals  of  African, Hispanic, Native American, or Asian
10    descent.
11        (b)  Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
12    Act  of  the  92  General  Assembly  and  for a 2-year period
13    thereafter, each time a peace officer stops  a  driver  of  a
14    motor vehicle for a violation of any motor vehicle statute or
15    ordinance,   that   officer   shall   report   the  following
16    information to the law enforcement agency  that  employs  the
17    officer:
18             (1)  The  age, gender, and race or minority group of
19        the individual stopped;
20             (2)  The traffic violation or violations alleged  to
21        have been committed that led to the stop;
22             (3)  Whether  a  search was conducted as a result of
 
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 1        the stop;
 2             (4)  If  a  search  was   conducted,   whether   the
 3        individual  consented  to  the search, the probable cause
 4        for the search, whether the person was searched,  whether
 5        the  person's  property was searched, and the duration of
 6        the search;
 7             (5)  Whether any contraband was  discovered  in  the
 8        course  of  the  search  and  the  type of any contraband
 9        discovered;
10             (6)  Whether any warning or citation was issued as a
11        result of the stop;
12             (7)  If  a  warning  or  citation  was  issued,  the
13        violation charged or warning provided;
14             (8)  Whether an arrest  was  made  as  a  result  of
15        either the stop or the search;
16             (9)  If an arrest was made, the crime charged; and
17             (10)  The location of the stop.
18        This   information   may   be  reported  using  a  format
19    determined by  the  Department  of  State  Police  that  uses
20    existing citation and report forms.
21        (c)  Each  law  enforcement agency shall compile the data
22    described in subsection (b) of this Section for the  calendar
23    year  into  a  report to the Attorney General, which shall be
24    submitted to the Attorney General no later than  March  1  of
25    the  following  calendar  year.    The Attorney General shall
26    determine the format that all law enforcement agencies  shall
27    use to submit the report.
28        (d)  The   Attorney  General  shall  analyze  the  annual
29    reports of law enforcement agencies required by this  Section
30    and  submit  a  report  of  the findings to the Governor, the
31    General Assembly, and each law enforcement  agency  no  later
32    than June 1 of each year.
33        (e)  The  report of the Attorney General shall include at
34    least the following  information  for  each  law  enforcement
 
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 1    agency:
 2             (1)  The  total  number of vehicles stopped by peace
 3        officers during the previous calendar year;
 4             (2)  The number  and  percentage  of  stopped  motor
 5        vehicles  that  were driven by members of each particular
 6        minority group;
 7             (3)  A comparison of the percentage of stopped motor
 8        vehicles driven by each minority group and the percentage
 9        of  the  State's  population  that  each  minority  group
10        comprises; and
11             (4)  A compilation of the  information  reported  by
12        law  enforcement  agencies  under  subsection (b) of this
13        Section.
14        (f)  Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy  on
15    race-based traffic stops that:
16             (1)  Prohibits  the  practice  of routinely stopping
17        members of minority groups for violations of vehicle laws
18        as  a  pretext  for  investigating  other  violations  of
19        criminal law;
20             (2)  Provides  for  periodic  reviews  by  the   law
21        enforcement  agency  of the annual report of the Attorney
22        General required by subsection (d) of this Section that:
23                  (A)  Determine whether any  peace  officers  of
24             the   law  enforcement  agency  have  a  pattern  of
25             stopping members of minority groups  for  violations
26             of  vehicle laws in a number disproportionate to the
27             population of minority groups residing or  traveling
28             within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  law  enforcement
29             agency; and
30                  (B)  If  the  review reveals a pattern, require
31             an investigation  to  determine  whether  any  peace
32             officers  of  the  law  enforcement agency routinely
33             stop members of minority groups  for  violations  of
34             vehicle  laws  as  a pretext for investigating other
 
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 1             violations of criminal law;
 2             (3)  Provides   for   appropriate   counseling   and
 3        training of any peace officer found to  have  engaged  in
 4        race-based  traffic  stops  within 90 days of the review;
 5        and
 6             (4)  Provides for annual  sensitivity  training  for
 7        any  employees  who  may  conduct stops of motor vehicles
 8        regarding the prohibition against racial  profiling.  The
 9        course or courses of instruction and the guidelines shall
10        stress  understanding and respect for racial and cultural
11        differences   and   the   development    of    effective,
12        noncombative  methods  of  carrying  out  law enforcement
13        duties in a racially and culturally diverse environment.
14        (g)  If a law enforcement agency fails to comply with the
15    provisions of this  Section,  the  Governor  may  direct  the
16    Comptroller  and  the  State  Treasurer to withhold any State
17    funds  appropriated  to  the  noncompliant  law   enforcement
18    agency.

19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.".

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