96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1701

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. John J. Millner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3930/7   from Ch. 38, par. 210-7

    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Makes a technical change in the Authority's powers and duties Section.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is
5 amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
7     Sec. 7. Powers and Duties. The Authority shall have the the
8 following powers, duties and responsibilities:
9         (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
10     systems for the improvement and coordination of all aspects
11     of law enforcement, prosecution and corrections;
12         (b) To define, develop, evaluate and correlate State
13     and local programs and projects associated with the
14     improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
15     criminal justice;
16         (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
17     for federal, state and local research studies, plans,
18     projects, proposals and other information relating to all
19     aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
20     encourage educational programs for citizen support of
21     State and local efforts to make such improvements;
22         (d) To undertake research studies to aid in
23     accomplishing its purposes;

 

 

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1         (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
2     justice information systems in order to protect the
3     constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
4     whom criminal history record information has been
5     collected;
6         (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
7     the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
8     criminal history record information;
9         (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures
10     which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
11     record information consistent with State and federal laws;
12         (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
13     the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
14     determinations concerning individual challenges to the
15     completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
16     information;
17         (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice body
18     in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and periodic
19     audits of the procedures, policies, and practices of the
20     State central repositories for criminal history record
21     information to verify compliance with federal and state
22     laws and regulations governing such information;
23         (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
24     Center;
25         (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
26     allocate, disburse and spend grants of funds that are made

 

 

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1     available by and received on or after January 1, 1983 from
2     private sources or from the United States pursuant to the
3     federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar
4     federal legislation, and to enter into agreements with the
5     United States government to further the purposes of this
6     Act, or as may be required as a condition of obtaining
7     federal funds;
8         (l) To receive, expend and account for such funds of
9     the State of Illinois as may be made available to further
10     the purposes of this Act;
11         (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with units
12     of general local government or combinations of such units,
13     State agencies, and criminal justice system agencies of
14     other states for the purpose of carrying out the duties of
15     the Authority imposed by this Act or by the federal Crime
16     Control Act of 1973, as amended;
17         (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of
18     general local government outside of Illinois, other
19     states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
20     Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
21     been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system, or
22     to participate in the cooperative development or design of
23     new software or systems to be used by the Illinois criminal
24     justice system. Revenues received as a result of such
25     arrangements shall be deposited in the Criminal Justice
26     Information Systems Trust Fund.

 

 

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1         (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
2     justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
3     regulations and procedures as are necessary to the
4     operation of the Authority and to the uniform consideration
5     of appeals and audits;
6         (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
7     Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
8     criminal justice information systems;
9         (q) To direct all other agencies under the jurisdiction
10     of the Governor to provide whatever assistance and
11     information the Authority may lawfully require to carry out
12     its functions;
13         (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
14     and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
15     Authority under this Act and to comply with the
16     requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;
17         (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which
18     have been vested in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform
19     Conviction Information Act", enacted by the 85th General
20     Assembly, as hereafter amended;
21         (t) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which
22     have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Motor
23     Vehicle Theft Prevention Act; and
24         (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
25     in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
26     Network Act.

 

 

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1     The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
2 be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
3 the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
4 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
5 Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
6 required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in
7 relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874,
8 as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
9 Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
10 as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
11 Library Act.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-896, eff. 7-1-06.)