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Public Act 102-1057
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AN ACT concerning missing and murdered Chicago women.
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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 Task |
Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women Act.
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Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois State |
Police. |
"Nongovernmental organization" means a nonprofit, |
nongovernmental organization
that provides legal, social, or |
other community services. |
"Task Force" means the Task
Force on Missing and Murdered |
Chicago Women.
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Section 10. Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago |
Women. |
(a) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal |
Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
designee, in consultation with the Director of the Illinois |
State Police and Chicago Police Superintendent, shall appoint |
the non-legislative members to the Task
Force on Missing and |
Murdered Chicago Women to advise the Director and the Chicago |
Police Superintendent and to report
to the General Assembly on |
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recommendations to reduce and end violence against Chicago |
women
and girls. The Task Force may
also serve as a liaison |
between the Director, the Chicago Police Superintendent, and |
agencies and nongovernmental
organizations that provide |
services to victims, victims' families, and victims' |
communities.
Task Force members shall serve without |
compensation but may, subject to appropriation, receive
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reimbursement for their expenses as members of the Task Force. |
(b) There is created the Task Force on Missing and
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Murdered Chicago Women, which shall consist of the following |
individuals, or their designees,
who are knowledgeable in |
crime victims' rights or violence protection and, unless |
otherwise
specified, members shall be appointed for 2-year |
terms as follows: |
(1) Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the |
President of the Senate and one appointed
by the Minority |
Leader of the Senate. |
(2) Two members of the House of Representatives, one |
appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives |
and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
Representatives. |
(3) Two members from among the following appointed by |
the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
designee: |
(A) an association representing Illinois chiefs of |
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police; |
(B)
an association representing Illinois sheriffs; |
(C) an officer who is employed by the Illinois |
State Police; or |
(D) an Illinois peace officer's association. |
(4) One or more representatives from among the |
following: |
(A) an association representing State's Attorneys; |
(B) an attorney representing the United States |
Attorney's Office in Chicago; or |
(C) a circuit judge, associate judge, or attorney |
working in juvenile court; |
(D) the Cook County Medical Examiner, or his or |
her designee, or a representative from a statewide |
coroner's or medical examiner's association or a
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representative of the Department of Public Health; |
(5) Two representatives for victims, with a focus on |
individuals who work
with victims of violence or their |
families appointed by the Executive Director of the |
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the |
Executive Director's designee; and |
(6) Four or more members from among the following |
appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois |
Criminal Justice Information Authority or the Executive |
Director's designee: |
(A) a statewide or local organization that |
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provides legal services to Chicago
women and girls; |
(B) a statewide or local organization that |
provides advocacy or counseling for
Chicago women and |
girls who have been victims of violence; |
(C) a statewide or local organization that |
provides healthcare services to Chicago women
and |
girls; |
(D) a statewide organization that represents women |
and girls who have been sexually assaulted; |
(E)
a women's health organization or agency; or |
(F) a Chicago woman who is a survivor of |
gender-related violence. |
(c) Vacancies in positions appointed by the Executive |
Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
Authority or the Executive Director's designee shall be filled |
by the
Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority or the Executive Director's designee |
consistent with the qualifications of the vacating member |
required by this
Section. |
(d) Task Force members shall annually elect a chair
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vice-chair from among the Task Force's members, and may elect |
other officers as
necessary. The Task Force shall meet at |
least quarterly, or upon the call of its chair, and may
hold |
meetings throughout the City of Chicago. The Task Force shall |
meet frequently enough to
accomplish the tasks identified in |
this Section. Meetings of the Task Force are subject to
the |
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Open Meetings Act. The Task Force shall seek out and enlist the |
cooperation
and assistance of nongovernmental organizations, |
community, and advocacy organizations
working with the Chicago |
community, and academic researchers and experts,
specifically |
those specializing in violence against Chicago women and |
girls, representing
diverse communities disproportionately |
affected by violence against women and girls, or
focusing on |
issues related to gender-related violence and violence against |
Chicago women and
girls. |
(e) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal |
Justice Information Authority or the Executive Director's |
designee shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force no |
later than
30 days after the appointment of a majority of the |
members of the Task Force. The Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority shall provide meeting space and |
administrative assistance as necessary
for the Task Force to |
conduct its work. The chair of the Task Force may call |
electronic meetings of the Task Force. A member of the Task |
Force participating electronically shall be deemed present for |
purposes of establishing a quorum and voting. |
(f) The Task Force must examine and
report on the |
following: |
(1) the systemic causes behind violence that Chicago |
women and girls experience,
including patterns and |
underlying factors that explain why disproportionately |
high levels
of violence occur against Chicago women and |
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girls, including underlying historical,
social, economic, |
institutional, and cultural factors that may contribute to |
the violence; |
(2) appropriate methods for tracking and collecting |
data on violence against Chicago
women and girls, |
including data on missing and murdered Chicago women and |
girls; |
(3) policies and institutions such as policing, child |
welfare, medical examiner practices, and other
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governmental practices that impact violence against |
Chicago women and girls and the
investigation and |
prosecution of crimes of gender-related violence against |
Chicago residents; |
(4) measures necessary to address and reduce violence |
against Chicago women and
girls; and
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(5) measures to help victims, victims' families, and |
victims' communities prevent and
heal from violence that |
occurs against Chicago women and girls. |
(g) The Task Force shall report on or before December 31 of |
2024, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter, to |
the General Assembly and the Governor on the work of the Task |
Force, including, but not limited to, the issues to be
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examined in subsection (g), and shall include in the annual |
report recommendations regarding institutional policies and |
practices
or proposed institutional policies and practices |
that are effective in reducing gender-related violence
and |