Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
Filed: 04/12/05
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2241




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2241, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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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 Sections 
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2605-5 and 2605-375 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-5)



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    Sec. 2605-5. Definitions. In this Law:

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    "Department" means the Department of State Police.

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    "Director" means the Director of State Police.
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    "Missing endangered senior" means an individual 65 years of 
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age or older who is reported missing to a law enforcement 
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agency and is, or is believed to be:
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        (1) a temporary or permanent resident of Illinois;
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        (2) at a location that cannot be determined by an 
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    individual familiar with the missing individual; and
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        (3) incapable of returning to the individual's 
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    residence without assistance.


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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 



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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 
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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 
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electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal justice 
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data repositories and effecting an
immediate law enforcement 
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response to reports of missing persons, including
lost, missing 
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or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors.  The 
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Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange system to 
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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 
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provide access by
authorized entities to various data 
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repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and 
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related purposes.  To assist the Department in
this effort, 
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funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.

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    (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the

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Department shall do the following:


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        (1) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of 
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    pertinent
information regarding the report of a missing 
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    person into LEADS. The report must include all of the 
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    following:


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            (A) Relevant information obtained from the 
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        notification concerning the missing person, including 
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        all of the following:
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                (i) a physical description of the missing 
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            person;
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                (ii) the date, time, and place that the missing 
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            person was last seen; and
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                (iii) the missing person's address.
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            (B) Information gathered by a preliminary 
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        investigation, if one was made.
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            (C) A statement by the law enforcement officer in 
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        charge stating the officer's assessment of the case 
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        based on the evidence and information received.
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        The Department of State Police shall prepare the report 
 


 






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    required by this paragraph (1) as soon as practical, but 
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    not later than 5 hours after the Department receives 
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    notification of a missing person.

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        (2) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide 
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    or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to 
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    the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in 
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    a format established by the Department.  Such a
format shall 
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    include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing 
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    person
and the suspected circumstance of the 
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    disappearance.


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        (3) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of 
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    missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum 
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    level of data specified by the
Department is available to 
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    the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the 
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    entry of the data exists.


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        (4) Compile and retain information regarding lost, 
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    abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data 
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    file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used 
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    by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by 
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    the Director, for investigative purposes.  The
information

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    shall include the disposition of all reported lost, 
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    abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.


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        (5) Compile and maintain an historic data repository 
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    relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and 
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    other missing persons, including, but not limited to, 
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    missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve 
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    techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when

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    responding to reports of missing persons.


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        (6) Create a quality control program regarding 
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    confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries 
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    of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance 
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    audits of all entering agencies.
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        (7) Upon completion of the report required by paragraph 
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    (1), the Department of State Police shall immediately 
 


 






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    forward the contents of the report to all of the following:
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            (A) all law enforcement agencies that have 
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        jurisdiction in the location where the missing person 
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        lives and all law enforcement agencies that have 
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        jurisdiction in the location where the missing person 
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        was last seen;
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            (B) all law enforcement agencies to which the 
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        person who made the notification concerning the 
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        missing person requests the report be sent, if the 
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        Department determines that the request is reasonable 
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        in light of the information received;
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            (C) all law enforcement agencies that request a 
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        copy of the report; and
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            (D) the National Crime Information Center's 
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        Missing Person File, if appropriate.

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        (8) The Department of State Police shall begin an 
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    investigation concerning the missing person not later than 
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    24 hours after receiving notification of a missing person.
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    (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
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shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel 
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of local governmental agencies in the statewide coordinated 
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missing endangered senior alert system established under this 
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Section.

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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.)

 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 10.10 as follows:
 



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    (50 ILCS 705/10.10)


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    Sec. 10.10. Training in child abduction and missing 
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endangered senior alert system. The Board shall
conduct a

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training program for law enforcement personnel of local 
 


 






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governmental agencies
in the
statewide coordinated child 
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abduction alert system developed under Section
2605-480 of
the 
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Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code 
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of
Illinois and the statewide coordinated missing endangered 
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senior alert system developed under Section 2605-375 of the 
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Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code 
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of Illinois.

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(Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)


 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2006.".