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Sen. John G. Mulroe
Filed: 3/16/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2443
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2443 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil |
| 5 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section |
| 6 | | 2605-40 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
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| 8 | | Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division |
| 9 | | of
Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
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| 10 | | (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 11 | | law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
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| 12 | | (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 13 | | law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.
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| 14 | | (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement |
| 15 | | agencies
through training, management, and consultant |
| 16 | | services.
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| 1 | | (4) (Blank).
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| 2 | | (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the |
| 3 | | Director in
order to fulfill the responsibilities and |
| 4 | | achieve the purposes of the
Department.
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| 5 | | (6) Establish and operate a forensic science |
| 6 | | laboratory system,
including a forensic toxicological |
| 7 | | laboratory service, for the purpose of
testing specimens |
| 8 | | submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers
in |
| 9 | | their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or |
| 10 | | poisonous or other
toxic substances have been involved in |
| 11 | | deaths, accidents, or illness.
Forensic toxicological |
| 12 | | laboratories shall be established in Springfield,
Chicago, |
| 13 | | and elsewhere in the State as needed.
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| 14 | | (6.5) The Department of State Police shall establish |
| 15 | | administrative rules in order to set forth standardized |
| 16 | | requirements for the disclosure of toxicology results and |
| 17 | | other relevant documents related to the toxicological |
| 18 | | analysis performed in a particular criminal case. These |
| 19 | | administrative rules shall be submitted by the Department |
| 20 | | of State Police on or before June 30, 2017.
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| 21 | | (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these |
| 22 | | purposes, establish
and coordinate a system for providing |
| 23 | | accurate and expedited
forensic science and other |
| 24 | | investigative and laboratory services to local law
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| 25 | | enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of |
| 26 | | the investigation
and trial of capital cases.
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