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 1        AN ACT concerning children's advocacy centers.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Children's Advocacy Center Act is amended
 5    by changing Sections 4, 5, and 7 and by adding Section 7.1 as
 6    follows:

 7        (55 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 1804)
 8        Sec. 4. Children's Advocacy Center.
 9        (a)  Subject to the referendum provisions of this Act,  A
10    Children's  Advocacy  Center ("Center") may be established to
11    coordinate the activities of the various agencies involved in
12    the investigation,  prosecution  and  treatment  referral  of
13    child  sexual  abuse.   The Advisory Board shall serve as the
14    governing board for the Center. The operation of  the  Center
15    may  be  funded  through  grants,  contracts,  or  any  other
16    available sources. In counties in which a referendum has been
17    adopted under Section 5 of this Act, the Advisory Board, and,
18    by  the majority vote of its members, shall submit a proposed
19    annual budget for the operation of the Center to  the  county
20    board,  which.  The  county board shall appropriate funds and
21    levy a tax sufficient to operate the Center. The Each  county
22    board  in  each county in which a referendum has been adopted
23    shall establish a Children's Advocacy Center Fund  and  shall
24    deposit  the  net proceeds of the tax authorized by Section 6
25    of this Act in that Fund, which shall be kept  separate  from
26    all  other  county  funds  and  shall  only  be  used for the
27    purposes of this Act.
28        (b)  The Advisory Board shall  pay  from  the  Children's
29    Advocacy  Center  Fund  or  from  other  available  funds the
30    salaries of all employees of the Center, all of whom shall be
31    county employees, and the expenses of  acquiring  a  physical
 
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 1    plant for the Center by construction or lease and maintaining
 2    the  Center,  including  the  expenses  of  administering the
 3    coordination of the investigation, prosecution and  treatment
 4    referral  of  child  sexual abuse under the provisions of the
 5    protocol adopted pursuant to this Act.
 6        (c)  Every Center shall include at  least  the  following
 7    components:
 8             (1)  An   interdisciplinary,   coordinated   systems
 9        approach to the investigation of child sexual abuse which
10        shall include, at a minimum;
11                  (i)  an interagency notification procedure;
12                  (ii)  a  dispute resolution process between the
13             involved agencies when a conflict arises on  how  to
14             proceed with the investigation of a case;
15                  (iii)  a policy on interagency decision-making;
16             and
17                  (iv)  a description of the role each agency has
18             in the investigation of the case;
19             (2)  A  safe, separate space with assigned personnel
20        designated for  the  investigation  and  coordination  of
21        child sexual abuse cases;
22             (3)  An  interdisciplinary  case  review process for
23        purposes of  decision-making,  problem  solving,  systems
24        coordination, and information sharing;
25             (4)  A  comprehensive tracking system to receive and
26        coordinate  information  concerning  child  sexual  abuse
27        cases from each participating agency;
28             (5)  Interdisciplinary specialized training for  all
29        professionals  involved  with the victims and families of
30        child sexual abuse cases; and
31             (6)  A process for evaluating the  effectiveness  of
32        the Center and its operations.
33        (d)  In  the  event that a Center has been established as
34    provided in this Section, the Advisory Board of  that  Center
 
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 1    may,  by  a  majority of the members, authorize the Center to
 2    coordinate the activities of the various agencies involved in
 3    the investigation, prosecution,  and  treatment  referral  of
 4    serious  child physical abuse cases. The Advisory Board shall
 5    provide for the financial support of these  activities  in  a
 6    manner  similar to that set out in subsections (a) and (b) of
 7    this Section and shall be allowed to  submit  a  budget  that
 8    includes support for physical abuse and neglect activities to
 9    the  County  Board, which shall appropriate funds that may be
10    available under Section 5 of this Act.
11        (e)  The Illinois  Child  Advocacy  Commission  may  also
12    provide  technical  assistance  and  guidance to the Advisory
13    Boards and shall make a single annual grant for  the  purpose
14    of  providing  technical  support and assistance for advocacy
15    center development in Illinois whenever an  appropriation  is
16    made  by  the General Assembly specifically for that purpose.
17    The grant may be made  only  to  an  Illinois  not-for-profit
18    corporation  that  qualifies  for tax treatment under Section
19    501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that has a  voting
20    membership  consisting  of  children's advocacy centers.  The
21    grant may be spent on staff,  office  space,  equipment,  and
22    other  expenses  necessary  for  the  development of resource
23    materials  and  other  forms   of   technical   support   and
24    assistance.   The  grantee  shall report to the Commission on
25    the specific uses of grant funds by no later than  October  1
26    of  each year and shall retain supporting documentation for a
27    period of at least 5 years after the corresponding report  is
28    filed.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-158, eff. 7-16-99.)

30        (55 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1805)
31        Sec. 5. Referendum.
32        (a)  Whenever a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
33    voted in the last general election in any county is presented
 
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 1    to   the  county  board  requesting  the  submission  of  the
 2    proposition whether an annual tax of not to exceed  .004%  of
 3    the  value,  as  equalized  or  assessed by the Department of
 4    Revenue, of all taxable  property  in  the  county  shall  be
 5    levied  for  the  purpose  of  establishing and maintaining a
 6    Children's Advocacy Center, the county board  shall  adopt  a
 7    resolution  for  the  submission  of  the  proposition to the
 8    electors at the next regular election held in the  county  in
 9    accordance with the general election law.
10        (b)  Upon   the   adoption   and   certification  of  the
11    resolution, the proposition shall be  submitted at  the  next
12    regular election held in the county. The proposition shall be
13    in substantially the following form: "Shall an annual  tax of
14    not  to  exceed   .......  per cent be levied in ............
15    County  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and  maintaining
16    Children's Advocacy Center to serve the county?"
17        (c)  If a majority of the electors of the  county  voting
18    on  the  proposition  vote  in favor thereof, the proposition
19    shall be deemed adopted.
20        (d)  The adoption of a  referendum  is  not  required  to
21    establish  a  Children's Advocacy Center if the Center may be
22    or is operated with funds other  than  the  proceeds  of  the
23    annual tax that is authorized by referendum.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-276.)

25        (55 ILCS 80/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 1807)
26        Sec.  7. Discontinuance. (a) Upon a petition signed by 1%
27    of the electors who voted in the last general election  in  a
28    county  which  has  levied and collected a tax for Children's
29    Advocacy Center purposes under this Act  being  presented  to
30    the  county  board,  requesting  that  the tax for Children's
31    Advocacy Center purposes be discontinued,  the  county  board
32    shall  adopt a resolution providing for the submission of the
33    proposition to the electors of the county in the same  manner
 
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 1    as  provided  for  the  submission of the proposition for the
 2    levy of the tax.
 3        (b)  Upon  the  adoption   and   certification   of   the
 4    resolution,  the  proposition shall be  submitted at the next
 5    regular election held in the county. The proposition shall be
 6    in substantially the following form: "Shall the tax  for  the
 7    purpose of establishing and maintaining a Children's Advocacy
 8    Center be discontinued?"
 9        (c)  If  a  majority of the electors of the county voting
10    upon the proposition vote in favor thereof,  the  proposition
11    shall  be  deemed  adopted,  and  the  tax shall no longer be
12    levied or collected in the county. Any  monies  remaining  in
13    the  Children's  Advocacy  Center Fund in the county shall be
14    used to pay the remaining expenses of the  Center,  including
15    expenses  of  winding up its operations if it is discontinued
16    by the Advisory Board. In that case, after  all  expenses  of
17    the  Center  have been paid, any remaining monies in the Fund
18    shall be paid into the general fund for  county  purposes  in
19    the county treasury.
20    (Source: P.A. 86-276.)

21        (55 ILCS 80/7.1 new)
22        Sec.  7.1. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the
23    92nd General Assembly are  intended  to  be  declarations  of
24    existing law and are not intended to be a new enactment.

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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