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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14 | ||||||
2 | (As Amended by Senate Amendments 1 & 2)
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3 | WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a significant | ||||||
4 | expansion in the volume of personal property sold through | ||||||
5 | pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | ||||||
6 | resellers; and
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7 | WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a similar | ||||||
8 | increase in the volume of stolen personal property sold through | ||||||
9 | pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | ||||||
10 | resellers; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Access by law enforcement to sales-related | ||||||
12 | information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, | ||||||
13 | consignment sellers, and other resellers has always been an | ||||||
14 | important tool in combating burglary, robbery, theft, and other | ||||||
15 | crimes directed at personal property; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Recent advances in electronic data collection and | ||||||
17 | compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of | ||||||
18 | sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction services, | ||||||
19 | consignment sellers, and other resellers; and
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20 | WHEREAS, These same advances have created opportunities | ||||||
21 | for law enforcement to access sales-related information at |
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1 | increasingly shorter intervals after the date of sale; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction | ||||||
3 | services, consignment sellers, resellers, and information | ||||||
4 | technology-related businesses in several states have created | ||||||
5 | differing systems to provide law enforcement with timely access | ||||||
6 | to sales-related information; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
9 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Re-Sellers' | ||||||
10 | Electronic Reporting Task Force, consisting of 19 members | ||||||
11 | appointed as follows: | ||||||
12 | (1) four members of the General Assembly, one member | ||||||
13 | appointed by the President of the Senate, one member | ||||||
14 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one member | ||||||
15 | appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one member | ||||||
16 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; the members | ||||||
17 | appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of | ||||||
18 | the House shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force; | ||||||
19 | (2) three members appointed by the Governor; and | ||||||
20 | (3) twelve members who are not members of the General | ||||||
21 | Assembly appointed by the co-chairs of the Task Force | ||||||
22 | representing a range of interests, including: law | ||||||
23 | enforcement, pawnbrokers, consignment sellers, | ||||||
24 | auctioneers, insurance companies, and the general public; |
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1 | and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That all members shall serve without | ||||||
3 | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | ||||||
4 | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose; | ||||||
5 | and be it further | ||||||
6 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the various | ||||||
7 | systems, technologies, and methods of operation for providing | ||||||
8 | law enforcement with timely access to information relating to | ||||||
9 | the sales of personal property by pawnbrokers, auction | ||||||
10 | services, consignment sellers, and other resellers, and shall | ||||||
11 | consult with such law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, | ||||||
12 | auction services, consignment sellers, resellers, and other | ||||||
13 | persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, but not | ||||||
14 | limited to, providers of technology and services relating to | ||||||
15 | the collection, compilation, storage, and access to such | ||||||
16 | information; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That on or before December 31, 2008, the Task | ||||||
18 | Force shall report to the General Assembly concerning its | ||||||
19 | recommendations regarding the systems and technologies, | ||||||
20 | together with their usage and potential funding mechanisms and | ||||||
21 | sources, to be implemented to create a state-wide system for | ||||||
22 | the collection of nation-wide sales-related information by | ||||||
23 | pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other |
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1 | resellers, and for the compilation, storage and timely access | ||||||
2 | to such information by law enforcement and shall include | ||||||
3 | proposed legislation to implement its recommendations, if | ||||||
4 | needed; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That upon issuing its report, the Task Force | ||||||
6 | shall be dissolved.
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