SB2443eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2443 Engrossed LRB099 16970 SLF 41319 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2605-40 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)

Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:

(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.

(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.

(3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies through training, management, and consultant services.

(4) (Blank).

(5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.

(6) Establish and operate a forensic science laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago, and elsewhere in the State as needed.

(6.5) The Department of State Police shall establish administrative rules in order to set forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of toxicology results and other relevant documents related to the toxicological analysis performed in a particular criminal case. These administrative rules shall be submitted by the Department of State Police on or before June 30, 2017.

(7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing accurate and expedited forensic science and other investigative and laboratory services to local law enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of the investigation and trial of capital cases.

(Source: P.A. 90-130, eff. 1-1-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-589, eff. 1-1-00; 91-760, eff. 1-1-01.)