Full Text of SJR0014 095th General Assembly
SJ0014eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14 | 2 |
| (As Amended by Senate Amendments 1 & 2)
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| WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a significant | 4 |
| expansion in the volume of personal property sold through | 5 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | 6 |
| resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, There has been, and continues to be, a similar | 8 |
| increase in the volume of stolen personal property sold through | 9 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other | 10 |
| resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, Access by law enforcement to sales-related | 12 |
| information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, | 13 |
| consignment sellers, and other resellers has always been an | 14 |
| important tool in combating burglary, robbery, theft, and other | 15 |
| crimes directed at personal property; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent advances in electronic data collection and | 17 |
| compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of | 18 |
| sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction services, | 19 |
| consignment sellers, and other resellers; and
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| WHEREAS, These same advances have created opportunities | 21 |
| for law enforcement to access sales-related information at |
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| increasingly shorter intervals after the date of sale; and
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| WHEREAS, Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction | 3 |
| services, consignment sellers, resellers, and information | 4 |
| technology-related businesses in several states have created | 5 |
| differing systems to provide law enforcement with timely access | 6 |
| to sales-related information; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 9 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Re-Sellers' | 10 |
| Electronic Reporting Task Force, consisting of 19 members | 11 |
| appointed as follows: | 12 |
| (1) four members of the General Assembly, one member | 13 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate, one member | 14 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one member | 15 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one member | 16 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; the members | 17 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of | 18 |
| the House shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force; | 19 |
| (2) three members appointed by the Governor; and | 20 |
| (3) twelve members who are not members of the General | 21 |
| Assembly appointed by the co-chairs of the Task Force | 22 |
| representing a range of interests, including: law | 23 |
| enforcement, pawnbrokers, consignment sellers, | 24 |
| auctioneers, insurance companies, and the general public; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That all members shall serve without | 3 |
| compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 4 |
| necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose; | 5 |
| and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study the various | 7 |
| systems, technologies, and methods of operation for providing | 8 |
| law enforcement with timely access to information relating to | 9 |
| the sales of personal property by pawnbrokers, auction | 10 |
| services, consignment sellers, and other resellers, and shall | 11 |
| consult with such law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, | 12 |
| auction services, consignment sellers, resellers, and other | 13 |
| persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, but not | 14 |
| limited to, providers of technology and services relating to | 15 |
| the collection, compilation, storage, and access to such | 16 |
| information; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That on or before December 31, 2008, the Task | 18 |
| Force shall report to the General Assembly concerning its | 19 |
| recommendations regarding the systems and technologies, | 20 |
| together with their usage and potential funding mechanisms and | 21 |
| sources, to be implemented to create a state-wide system for | 22 |
| the collection of nation-wide sales-related information by | 23 |
| pawnbrokers, auction services, consignment sellers, and other |
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| resellers, and for the compilation, storage and timely access | 2 |
| to such information by law enforcement and shall include | 3 |
| proposed legislation to implement its recommendations, if | 4 |
| needed; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That upon issuing its report, the Task Force | 6 |
| shall be dissolved.
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