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Public Act 099-0874
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| HB5613 Enrolled | LRB099 18522 SLF 42901 b |
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AN ACT concerning the Law Enforcement Information Task |
Force Act.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law |
Enforcement Information Task Force Act.
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Section 5. Task Force; purpose. There shall be created a |
Law Enforcement Information Task Force to study and make |
recommendations regarding criminal discovery and law |
enforcement information sharing.
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Section 10. Members. |
(a) The Task Force shall consist of the following members |
who will not be compensated: |
(1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the |
Illinois Courts, or his or her designee; |
(2) the Attorney General, or his or her designee; |
(3) the Director of State Police, or his or her |
designee; |
(3.5) the Secretary of the Department of Innovation and |
Technology, or his or her designee; |
(4) a State's Attorney from a county with more than |
3,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; |
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(5) a public defender from a county with more than |
3,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; |
(6) a representative of the Office of the State's |
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor; |
(7) a representative of the Office of the State |
Appellate Defender; |
(8) a representative of the Illinois State's Attorneys |
Association, appointed by the Governor; |
(9) a representative of the Illinois Public Defender |
Association, appointed by the Governor; |
(10) a representative from the Illinois Judges |
Association, appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
Representatives; |
(11) a representative from the Illinois State Bar |
Association, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House |
of Representatives; |
(12) a representative of the Chicago Bar Association, |
appointed by the Senate President; |
(13) a representative from the Illinois Sheriffs' |
Association, appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; |
(14) a representative from the Illinois Association of |
Chiefs of Police, appointed by the Governor; |
(15) the chief of police from a municipality with more |
than 1,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; |
(16) the sheriff from a county with more than 3,000,000 |
residents, or his or her designee; and |
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(17) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority, or his or her designee. |
(b) The Law Enforcement Information Task Force shall be |
established within the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
Authority and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
Authority shall serve as the technology and policy advisor to |
assist the Task Force. The Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority shall work with State and local criminal |
justice agencies to promote information sharing systems |
through its access to technical expertise and its grant-making |
powers for technology information projects. The Illinois |
Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide staff to |
serve as a liaison between the Law Enforcement Information Task |
Force and its stakeholders to provide guidance in criminal |
justice information sharing, best practices and strategies, |
and to effectuate the mission of the Task Force. |
(c) The members of the Task Force shall elect a chair of |
the Task Force. The chair of the Task Force shall convene the |
first meeting of the Task Force on or before August 31, 2016. |
The Task Force shall meet at least twice a month thereafter |
until it completes its duties under this Act, or until December |
31, 2016, whichever is earlier.
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Section 15. Duties of the Task Force.
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(a) The Task Force may consult with experts to provide |
assistance as necessary. |
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(b) The Task Force shall: |
(1) analyze the criminal discovery process in this |
State to determine the actual costs, including, but not |
limited to, labor, materials, time, and other tangible |
costs of the current criminal discovery process to |
determine how technology can improve the process for all |
participants; |
(2) analyze the process for information sharing, |
including, but not limited to, an analysis of record |
management systems, computer aided dispatch systems, and |
other technology used to process information between law |
enforcement agencies in this State to determine the actual |
costs of the current process; |
(3) analyze the current information sharing process |
between law enforcement agencies to determine how |
technology can improve the process for all participants; |
(4) determine which prosecutors' offices obtain all |
law enforcement discoverable evidence in an electronic |
format, which prosecutors' offices will soon be able to |
obtain all law enforcement discoverable evidence in an |
electronic format, and which prosecutors' offices will not |
have that ability at any point in the future without |
assistance; |
(5) determine the barriers for those prosecutors' |
offices that will not be able to obtain law enforcement |
discoverable evidence in an electronic format without |
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assistance; |
(6) determine which law enforcement agencies obtain |
and utilize data entirely, or partially, in an electronic |
format, which law enforcement agencies will soon be able to |
obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format, |
and which law enforcement agencies will not be able to |
obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format at |
any point in the future without assistance; |
(7) study how a single statewide criminal information |
sharing system or other technology may improve electronic |
discovery or electronic redaction; |
(8) study how a statewide standardized law enforcement |
reporting form that can be easily redacted may improve the |
criminal discovery process; |
(9) study the short-term needs for law enforcement |
agencies and State's Attorneys to facilitate greater use of |
electronic discovery and information sharing; |
(10) study whether a single standardized statewide |
case record management system or other law enforcement |
technology would provide better and additional access to |
information for law enforcement; |
(11) determine whether a single standardized statewide |
case record management system or other electronic |
discovery technology would provide for a better and more |
efficient criminal discovery process and offer any cost |
savings; |
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(12) determine whether a single standardized statewide |
case record management system or other information sharing |
technology would provide for a better and more efficient |
law enforcement information sharing process and offer any |
cost savings; |
(13) suggest an alternative funding process to the |
State's current method to pay for criminal discovery costs; |
(14) suggest an alternative funding process to the |
State's current method to pay for law enforcement |
information sharing costs; |
(15) determine which executive branch agency, judicial |
branch agency, or quasi-governmental organization is best |
suited to serve as a conduit and coordinator for a |
statewide criminal electronic discovery system; and |
(16) determine which executive branch agency, judicial |
branch agency, or quasi-governmental organization is best |
suited to serve as a conduit and coordinator for a |
statewide criminal information sharing system.
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Section 20. Preliminary and final report. |
(a) The Task Force shall provide a preliminary report to |
the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 15, |
2016, if the final report is not completed by then. |
(b) The Task Force shall issue a final report to the |
Governor and General Assembly on or before January 15, 2017. |
The report shall include recommendations for legislation, use |