93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4071


 
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Monique D. Davis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 2605/2605-390
  was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part







    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Eliminates the provision that the duty of the Department of State Police to collect and disseminate information relating to hate crimes is contingent upon the availability of State or federal funds to revise and upgrade the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting System.  Provides that the information must be collected and disseminated regardless of State or federal fund availability.



















LRB093 15079 RLC 40665 b




















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 














HB4071

LRB093 15079 RLC 40665 b









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    AN ACT concerning hate crimes.

 
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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 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil 
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Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
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2605-390 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-390)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)


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    Sec. 2605-390. Hate crimes. 

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    (a) To collect and disseminate information relating to

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"hate crimes" as defined under Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal 
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Code of 1961
contingent upon the availability of State or

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federal funds to revise and upgrade the Illinois Uniform Crime 
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Reporting
System.  All law enforcement agencies shall report 
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monthly to the Department concerning those offenses in the
form 
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and in the manner prescribed by rules and regulations adopted 
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by the Department. The information shall be compiled by the 
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Department and
be
disseminated upon request to any local law 
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enforcement agency, unit of
local government, or State agency.  
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Dissemination of the
information shall
be subject to all 
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confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.

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    (b) The Department shall provide training for State
Police

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officers in identifying, responding to, and reporting all hate 
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crimes.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board

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shall develop and certify a course of such training to be made 
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available to
local law enforcement officers.

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(Source:  P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-130, eff. 1-1-98;
90-372, 
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eff. 7-1-98;
90-590, eff. 1-1-00; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-793, 
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eff. 8-14-98;
91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)