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Public Act 097-0402 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 2. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||
2605-375 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2605/2605-375) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
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Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies | ||||
Data System
(LEADS).
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(a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
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Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing | ||||
electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal justice | ||||
data repositories and effecting an
immediate law enforcement | ||||
response to reports of missing persons, including
lost, missing | ||||
or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. The | ||||
Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange system to | ||||
compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other law
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enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can
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assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and | ||||
provide access by
authorized entities to various data | ||||
repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and | ||||
related purposes. To assist the Department in
this effort, | ||||
funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund. |
Funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund to | ||
the Department to finance any of its lawful purposes or | ||
functions in relation to defraying the expenses associated with | ||
establishing, maintaining, and supporting the issuance of | ||
electronic citations.
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(b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
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Department shall provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for | ||
the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of a | ||
missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the | ||
following:
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(1) Relevant information obtained from the | ||
notification concerning the missing person, including all | ||
of the following: | ||
(A) a physical description of the missing person; | ||
(B) the date, time, and place that the missing | ||
person was last seen; and | ||
(C) the missing person's address. | ||
(2) Information gathered by a preliminary | ||
investigation, if one was made. | ||
(3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in | ||
charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based | ||
on the evidence and information received. | ||
(b-5) The Department of State Police shall:
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(1) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide | ||
or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to | ||
the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in |
a format established by the Department. Such a
format shall | ||
include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing | ||
person
and the suspected circumstance of the | ||
disappearance.
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(2) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of | ||
missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum | ||
level of data specified by the
Department is available to | ||
the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the | ||
entry of the data exists.
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(3) Compile and retain information regarding lost, | ||
abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data | ||
file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used | ||
by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by | ||
the Director, for investigative purposes. The
information
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shall include the disposition of all reported lost, | ||
abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.
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(4) Compile and maintain an historic data repository | ||
relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and | ||
other missing persons, including, but not limited to, | ||
missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve | ||
techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
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responding to reports of missing persons.
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(5) Create a quality control program regarding | ||
confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries | ||
of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance | ||
audits of all entering agencies.
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(c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board | ||
shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel | ||
of local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons | ||
Identification Act.
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(d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties | ||
prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject | ||
to appropriation.
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(Source: P.A. 94-145, eff. 1-1-06; 95-192, eff. 8-16-07.)
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Section 10. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | ||
Section 27.3e as follows: | ||
(705 ILCS 105/27.3e) | ||
Sec. 27.3e. Electronic citation fee. As used in this | ||
Section, "electronic citation" means the process of | ||
transmitting traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, | ||
conservation, or other citations and law enforcement data via | ||
electronic means to a circuit court clerk. | ||
To defray the expense of establishing and maintaining | ||
electronic citations, each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and | ||
collect an electronic citation fee of $5. Such fee shall be | ||
paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal | ||
ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or | ||
grant of supervision.
This fee shall be in addition to all | ||
other fees and charges and assessable as costs and shall not be | ||
subject to disbursement under Section 27.5 or 27.6 of this Act. |
60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk | ||
Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed | ||
to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the | ||
establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. The | ||
Circuit Court Clerk shall be the custodian, ex officio, of the | ||
Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and shall use the | ||
Fund to perform the duties required by the office for | ||
establishing and maintaining electronic citations. The Fund | ||
shall be audited by the County's auditor. The Circuit Court | ||
Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee | ||
if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject | ||
to this Section. Any funds collected under this Section before | ||
such an ordinance takes effect shall be disbursed to the | ||
Illinois State Police for expenses related to the establishment | ||
and maintenance of electronic citations.
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With respect to funds designated for, as well as citations | ||
issued by, the Department of State Police, the moneys shall be | ||
remitted by the circuit court clerk to the State Treasurer | ||
within one month after receipt for deposit into the LEADS | ||
Maintenance Fund. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-1210, eff. 1-1-11.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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