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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5020
Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2605/2605-375 |
was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part |
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Amends the Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning missing persons.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5020 |
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LRB095 18425 RLC 44511 b |
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| AN ACT concerning missing persons.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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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 Section |
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| 2605-375 as follows:
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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 and maintain a statewide Law |
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| Enforcement
Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of |
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| providing electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal |
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| justice data repositories and effecting an
immediate law |
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| enforcement response to reports of missing persons, including
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| lost, missing or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. |
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| The Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange |
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| system to compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other |
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| law
enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that |
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| can
assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons |
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| and 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 provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for |
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| the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of a |
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| missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the |
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| following:
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| (1) Relevant information obtained from the |
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| notification concerning the missing person, including all |
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| of the following: |
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| (A) a physical description of the missing person; |
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| (B) the date, time, and place that the missing |
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| person was last seen; and |
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| (C) the missing person's address. |
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| (2) Information gathered by a preliminary |
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| investigation, if one was made. |
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| (3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in |
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| charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based |
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| on the evidence and information received. |
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| (b-5) The Department of State Police shall:
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| (1) 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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| (2) 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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| (3) 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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| (4) 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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| (5) 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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| (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 Missing Persons |
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| Identification Act.
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| (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties |