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Public Act 92-0785
SB2118 Enrolled LRB9215602BDpk
AN ACT concerning children's advocacy centers.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children's Advocacy Center Act is amended
by changing Sections 4, 5, and 7 and by adding Section 7.1 as
follows:
(55 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 1804)
Sec. 4. Children's Advocacy Center.
(a) Subject to the referendum provisions of this Act, A
Children's Advocacy Center ("Center") may be established to
coordinate the activities of the various agencies involved in
the investigation, prosecution and treatment referral of
child sexual abuse. The Advisory Board shall serve as the
governing board for the Center. The operation of the Center
may be funded through grants, contracts, or any other
available sources. In counties in which a referendum has been
adopted under Section 5 of this Act, the Advisory Board, and,
by the majority vote of its members, shall submit a proposed
annual budget for the operation of the Center to the county
board, which. The county board shall appropriate funds and
levy a tax sufficient to operate the Center. The Each county
board in each county in which a referendum has been adopted
shall establish a Children's Advocacy Center Fund and shall
deposit the net proceeds of the tax authorized by Section 6
of this Act in that Fund, which shall be kept separate from
all other county funds and shall only be used for the
purposes of this Act.
(b) The Advisory Board shall pay from the Children's
Advocacy Center Fund or from other available funds the
salaries of all employees of the Center, all of whom shall be
county employees, and the expenses of acquiring a physical
plant for the Center by construction or lease and maintaining
the Center, including the expenses of administering the
coordination of the investigation, prosecution and treatment
referral of child sexual abuse under the provisions of the
protocol adopted pursuant to this Act.
(c) Every Center shall include at least the following
components:
(1) An interdisciplinary, coordinated systems
approach to the investigation of child sexual abuse which
shall include, at a minimum;
(i) an interagency notification procedure;
(ii) a dispute resolution process between the
involved agencies when a conflict arises on how to
proceed with the investigation of a case;
(iii) a policy on interagency decision-making;
and
(iv) a description of the role each agency has
in the investigation of the case;
(2) A safe, separate space with assigned personnel
designated for the investigation and coordination of
child sexual abuse cases;
(3) An interdisciplinary case review process for
purposes of decision-making, problem solving, systems
coordination, and information sharing;
(4) A comprehensive tracking system to receive and
coordinate information concerning child sexual abuse
cases from each participating agency;
(5) Interdisciplinary specialized training for all
professionals involved with the victims and families of
child sexual abuse cases; and
(6) A process for evaluating the effectiveness of
the Center and its operations.
(d) In the event that a Center has been established as
provided in this Section, the Advisory Board of that Center
may, by a majority of the members, authorize the Center to
coordinate the activities of the various agencies involved in
the investigation, prosecution, and treatment referral of
serious child physical abuse cases. The Advisory Board shall
provide for the financial support of these activities in a
manner similar to that set out in subsections (a) and (b) of
this Section and shall be allowed to submit a budget that
includes support for physical abuse and neglect activities to
the County Board, which shall appropriate funds that may be
available under Section 5 of this Act.
(e) The Illinois Child Advocacy Commission may also
provide technical assistance and guidance to the Advisory
Boards and shall make a single annual grant for the purpose
of providing technical support and assistance for advocacy
center development in Illinois whenever an appropriation is
made by the General Assembly specifically for that purpose.
The grant may be made only to an Illinois not-for-profit
corporation that qualifies for tax treatment under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that has a voting
membership consisting of children's advocacy centers. The
grant may be spent on staff, office space, equipment, and
other expenses necessary for the development of resource
materials and other forms of technical support and
assistance. The grantee shall report to the Commission on
the specific uses of grant funds by no later than October 1
of each year and shall retain supporting documentation for a
period of at least 5 years after the corresponding report is
filed.
(Source: P.A. 91-158, eff. 7-16-99.)
(55 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1805)
Sec. 5. Referendum.
(a) Whenever a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
voted in the last general election in any county is presented
to the county board requesting the submission of the
proposition whether an annual tax of not to exceed .004% of
the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property in the county shall be
levied for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a
Children's Advocacy Center, the county board shall adopt a
resolution for the submission of the proposition to the
electors at the next regular election held in the county in
accordance with the general election law.
(b) Upon the adoption and certification of the
resolution, the proposition shall be submitted at the next
regular election held in the county. The proposition shall be
in substantially the following form: "Shall an annual tax of
not to exceed ....... per cent be levied in ............
County for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
Children's Advocacy Center to serve the county?"
(c) If a majority of the electors of the county voting
on the proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition
shall be deemed adopted.
(d) The adoption of a referendum is not required to
establish a Children's Advocacy Center if the Center may be
or is operated with funds other than the proceeds of the
annual tax that is authorized by referendum.
(Source: P.A. 86-276.)
(55 ILCS 80/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 1807)
Sec. 7. Discontinuance. (a) Upon a petition signed by 1%
of the electors who voted in the last general election in a
county which has levied and collected a tax for Children's
Advocacy Center purposes under this Act being presented to
the county board, requesting that the tax for Children's
Advocacy Center purposes be discontinued, the county board
shall adopt a resolution providing for the submission of the
proposition to the electors of the county in the same manner
as provided for the submission of the proposition for the
levy of the tax.
(b) Upon the adoption and certification of the
resolution, the proposition shall be submitted at the next
regular election held in the county. The proposition shall be
in substantially the following form: "Shall the tax for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining a Children's Advocacy
Center be discontinued?"
(c) If a majority of the electors of the county voting
upon the proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition
shall be deemed adopted, and the tax shall no longer be
levied or collected in the county. Any monies remaining in
the Children's Advocacy Center Fund in the county shall be
used to pay the remaining expenses of the Center, including
expenses of winding up its operations if it is discontinued
by the Advisory Board. In that case, after all expenses of
the Center have been paid, any remaining monies in the Fund
shall be paid into the general fund for county purposes in
the county treasury.
(Source: P.A. 86-276.)
(55 ILCS 80/7.1 new)
Sec. 7.1. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the
92nd General Assembly are intended to be declarations of
existing law and are not intended to be a new enactment.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2002.
Approved August 06, 2002.
Effective August 06, 2002.
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