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Public Act 103-0798


 

Public Act 0798 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
Public Act 103-0798
 
HB2323 EnrolledLRB103 28598 AWJ 54979 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
        (1) As data tracking is necessary to develop effective
    solutions to lower crime and to prioritize limited
    resources, an integrated and accurate data system will
    allow law enforcement agencies to better serve victims, to
    analyze responses, and to strive to eliminate racial
    disparities in the local and State responses to crime.
        (2) Aside from allowing local prosecutors and police
    to calibrate their response to crime trends, updated data
    will allow State leaders and policymakers to effectively
    hone their legislative responses and to distribute
    resources to successful strategies.
        (3) An integrated software system would better assist
    law enforcement agencies in keeping Illinois communities
    safe from crime.
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
is amended by changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.11 as
follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
    Sec. 7. Powers and duties. The Authority shall have the
following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
        (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
    systems for the improvement and coordination of all
    aspects of law enforcement, prosecution, and corrections;
        (b) To define, develop, evaluate, and correlate State
    and local programs and projects associated with the
    improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
    criminal justice;
        (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
    for federal, state, and local research studies, plans,
    projects, proposals, and other information relating to all
    aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
    encourage educational programs for citizen support of
    State and local efforts to make such improvements;
        (d) To undertake research studies to aid in
    accomplishing its purposes;
        (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
    justice information systems in order to protect the
    constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
    whom criminal history record information has been
    collected;
        (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
    the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
    criminal history record information;
        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines, and procedures
    which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
    record information consistent with State and federal laws;
        (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
    the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
    determinations concerning individual challenges to the
    completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
    information;
        (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice
    body in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and
    periodic audits of the procedures, policies, and practices
    of the State central repositories for criminal history
    record information to verify compliance with federal and
    state laws and regulations governing such information;
        (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
    Center;
        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
    allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds that are
    made available by and received on or after January 1, 1983
    from private sources or from the United States pursuant to
    the federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and
    similar federal legislation, and to enter into agreements
    with the United States government to further the purposes
    of this Act, or as may be required as a condition of
    obtaining federal funds;
        (l) To receive, expend, and account for such funds of
    the State of Illinois as may be made available to further
    the purposes of this Act;
        (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with
    units of general local government or combinations of such
    units, State agencies, and criminal justice system
    agencies of other states for the purpose of carrying out
    the duties of the Authority imposed by this Act or by the
    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended;
        (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units
    of general local government outside of Illinois, other
    states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
    Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
    been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system,
    or to participate in the cooperative development or design
    of new software or systems to be used by the Illinois
    criminal justice system;
        (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
    justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
    regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the
    operation of the Authority and to the uniform
    consideration of appeals and audits;
        (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
    Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
    criminal justice information systems;
        (q) To direct all other agencies under the
    jurisdiction of the Governor to provide whatever
    assistance and information the Authority may lawfully
    require to carry out its functions;
        (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
    and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
    Authority under this Act and to comply with the
    requirements of applicable State or federal law or
    regulation;
        (s) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which
    have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Uniform
    Conviction Information Act;
        (t) (Blank);
        (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
    Network Act;
        (v) To provide technical assistance in the form of
    training to local governmental entities within Illinois
    requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring
    grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs
    or other criminal justice programs from the United States
    Department of Justice;
        (w) To conduct strategic planning and provide
    technical assistance to implement comprehensive trauma
    recovery services for violent crime victims in underserved
    communities with high levels of violent crime, with the
    goal of providing a safe, community-based, culturally
    competent environment in which to access services
    necessary to facilitate recovery from the effects of
    chronic and repeat exposure to trauma. Services may
    include, but are not limited to, behavioral health
    treatment, financial recovery, family support and
    relocation assistance, and support in navigating the legal
    system; and
        (x) To coordinate statewide violence prevention
    efforts and assist in the implementation of trauma
    recovery centers and analyze trauma recovery services. The
    Authority shall develop, publish, and facilitate the
    implementation of a 4-year statewide violence prevention
    plan, which shall incorporate public health, public
    safety, victim services, and trauma recovery centers and
    services.
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18;
100-575, eff. 1-8-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1148, eff.
12-10-18.)
 
    (20 ILCS 3930/7.11 new)
    Sec. 7.11. Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task Force.
    (a) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
shall establish a Uniform Statewide Crime Statistics Task
Force within 120 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
    (b) The Task Force shall include the following members
appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority:
        (1) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
    State Police.
        (2) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
    representing State's Attorneys in Illinois.
        (3) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
    representing Illinois chiefs of police.
        (4) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
    representing sworn officers of Illinois law enforcement
    agencies.
        (5) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
    Firearm Violence Prevention of the Department of Human
    Services.
        (6) Up to 2 individuals from a membership organization
    whose mission is to stop domestic or firearm violence.
        (7) Up to 2 individuals from the Office of the
    Secretary of State.
        (8) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department of
    Innovation and Technology.
        (9) Up to 2 individuals from a statewide organization
    exclusively representing retailers of all types and sizes.
        (10) Up to 2 individuals representing the Department
    of Public Health.
        (11) Up to 2 individuals representing the Illinois
    Criminal Justice Information Authority.
        (12) Up to 2 individuals representing Illinois
    institutions of higher education working on Illinois crime
    statistics research.
        (13) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
    representing Illinois sheriffs.
        (14) Up to 2 individuals representing the Office of
    the Illinois Attorney General.
        (15) Up to 2 individuals from an organization
    representing Illinois coroners and medical examiners.
        (16) Up to 2 individuals from the Illinois Sentencing
    Policy Advisory Council.
    The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority, or the Executive Director's designee,
shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. Members shall serve for
the entirety of the Task Force without compensation. If a
vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the vacancy shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for
the entirety of the Task Force.
    (c) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task
Force.
    (d) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly to assist
in the development and implementation of an integrated
software system for gathering and publishing crime data from
all law enforcement agencies throughout the State.
    (e) The Task Force shall submit, no later than 18 months
after the first convening of the Task Force, a final report to
the Governor, General Assembly, and the Executive Director of
the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority that shall
include, at a minimum, recommendations on the development of
the integrated software system, the estimated cost of the
implementation and maintenance of the integrated software
system, and protocols on accessing and updating the
information that should be implemented.
    (f) The Task Force is dissolved and this Section is
repealed 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

Effective Date: 1/1/2025