HB1948 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1948

Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson - Chapin Rose - Barbara Flynn Currie

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

15 ILCS 205/6.8 new

Amends the Attorney General Act. Requires that the Attorney General create a form for agencies to list the number of cameras that they own or have access to and to post that form on its official Internet website. Provides that the Attorney General must post on its website a list of agencies that own or have access to cameras and the number of cameras that each agency owns or has access to. Defines "camera" and "agency".

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding Section 6.8 as follows:

(15 ILCS 205/6.8 new)

Sec. 6.8. Surveillance Cameras.

(a) By July 1, 2012, the Office of the Attorney General must (i) create a form for agencies to list the number of cameras that they own or have access to and (ii) post that form on the Attorney General's official Internet website.

(b) By December 31, 2012 and each December 1 thereafter, each agency that owns or has access to a camera shall provide to the Attorney General the following: (i) the completed form described in subsection (a) and (ii) a copy of any written regulations, polices, or ordinances adopted by the agency that address cameras for the purpose of protecting the privacy or other civil liberties and rights of the general public.

(c) By July 1, 2013 and each July 1 thereafter, the following information must be posted on the Attorney General's official Internet website for the prior calendar year: (i) any documents provided by an agency under subsection (b) and (ii) a list of agencies that own or have access to cameras and the number of cameras that each agency owns or has access to.

(d) For the purposes of this Section, "access" means real-time access to images from a camera.

For the purposes of this Section, "agency" means all units of government, including, but not limited to, the departments, boards, bureaus, committees, commissions, or any another subdivision of a State agency, unit of local government, public university or college, school district, or any other political entity.

For the purposes of this Section, "camera" means any video surveillance camera that is located outdoors or within a public transit system. The term does not include a camera used principally to enforce traffic laws.