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HB0344 Engrossed LRB093 04379 NHT 04429 b
1 AN ACT concerning higher education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Higher Education Institution Crime Statistics Act.
6 Section 5. Crime statistics audit.
7 (a) In conjunction with the required financial-related
8 and compliance audit of each public institution of higher
9 education in Illinois, the Auditor General shall conduct and
10 report the results of a sample conducted for the purpose of
11 evaluating the accuracy of these institutions' statistics and
12 the procedures used by these institutions to identify,
13 gather, and track data for publishing, disseminating, and
14 reporting accurate crime statistics in compliance with the
15 requirements of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
16 Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C.
17 Sec. 1092(f)).
18 (b) The reports on the results of the audits described
19 in subsection (a) of this Section shall be submitted to the
20 General Assembly and the Governor, as required in Section
21 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
22 Section 10. Web site link. The Auditor General and the
23 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide
24 on their Internet Web sites a link to the Internet Web site
25 of each public institution of higher education in Illinois
26 that includes on that Web site the institution's criminal
27 statistics information.
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.