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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a significant | ||||||
3 | expansion in the volume of personal property sold through | ||||||
4 | pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | ||||||
5 | resellers; and
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6 | WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a similar | ||||||
7 | increase in the volume of stolen personal property sold through | ||||||
8 | pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | ||||||
9 | resellers; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Access by law enforcement to sales-related | ||||||
11 | information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, | ||||||
12 | consignment sellers, and other resellers has always been an | ||||||
13 | important tool in combating burglary, robbery, theft, and other | ||||||
14 | crimes directed at personal property; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Recent advances in electronic data collection and | ||||||
16 | compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of | ||||||
17 | sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction services, | ||||||
18 | consignment sellers, and other resellers; and
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19 | WHEREAS, These same advances have created opportunities | ||||||
20 | for law enforcement to access sales-related information at | ||||||
21 | increasingly shorter intervals after the date of sale; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction | ||||||
2 | services, consignment sellers, resellers, and information | ||||||
3 | technology-related businesses in several states have created | ||||||
4 | differing systems to provide law enforcement with timely access | ||||||
5 | to sales-related information; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
8 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Re-Sellers' | ||||||
9 | Electronic Reporting Task Force, consisting of 19 members | ||||||
10 | appointed as follows: | ||||||
11 | (1) four members of the General Assembly, one member | ||||||
12 | appointed by the President of the Senate, one member | ||||||
13 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one member | ||||||
14 | appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one member | ||||||
15 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; the members | ||||||
16 | appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of | ||||||
17 | the House shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force; | ||||||
18 | (2) three members appointed by the Governor; and | ||||||
19 | (3) twelve members who are not members of the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly appointed by the co-chairs of the Task Force | ||||||
21 | representing a range of interests, including: law | ||||||
22 | enforcement, pawnbrokers, consignment sellers, | ||||||
23 | auctioneers, insurance companies, and the general public; | ||||||
24 | and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That all members shall serve without | ||||||
2 | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | ||||||
3 | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose; | ||||||
4 | and be it further | ||||||
5 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the various | ||||||
6 | systems, technologies, and methods of operation for providing | ||||||
7 | law enforcement with timely access to information relating to | ||||||
8 | the sales of personal property by pawnbrokers, auction | ||||||
9 | services, consignment sellers, and other resellers, and shall | ||||||
10 | consult with such law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, | ||||||
11 | auction services, consignment sellers, resellers, and other | ||||||
12 | persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, but not | ||||||
13 | limited to, providers of technology and services relating to | ||||||
14 | the collection, compilation, storage, and access to such | ||||||
15 | information; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That on or before December 31, 2007, the Task | ||||||
17 | Force shall report to the General Assembly concerning its | ||||||
18 | recommendations regarding the systems and technologies, | ||||||
19 | together with their usage and potential funding mechanisms and | ||||||
20 | sources, to be implemented to create a state-wide system for | ||||||
21 | the collection of sales-related information by pawnbrokers, | ||||||
22 | auction services, consignment sellers, and other resellers, | ||||||
23 | and for the compilation, storage and timely access to such |
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1 | information by law enforcement and shall include proposed | ||||||
2 | legislation to implement its recommendations, if needed; and be | ||||||
3 | it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That upon issuing its report, the Task Force | ||||||
5 | shall be dissolved.
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