102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3273
 
Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



New Act

 Creates the Green Alert Program Act. Provides that each law enforcement agency shall implement a Green Alert Program for missing members of the Armed Forces. Provides that each law enforcement agency may adopt necessary rules to implement the Green Alert Program. Requires each law enforcement agency to adopt specified rules. Requires the Illinois State Police to adopt rules to assist investigating law enforcement agencies during their investigations as a resource for the receipt, analysis, and dissemination of information to those agencies that have a need and right to know about a missing member of the Armed Forces. Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules for the display on its variable message signs of appropriate information that may assist in the safe return of a missing member of the Armed Forces, consistent with applicable State and federal requirements. Provides that if an investigating law enforcement agency receives notice that an individual is a missing member of the Armed Forces, the agency shall solicit information from the family or legal guardian of the missing member of the Armed Forces to provide information regarding the physical or mental condition of the missing member of the Armed Forces. Requires the investigating law enforcement agency to notify the Illinois State Police of the missing member of the Armed Forces. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall make all the necessary notifications and assist the investigating law enforcement agency. Contains provisions regarding the cancellation of a Green Alert. Contains other provisions.



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1 AN ACT concerning veterans.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Green 
5Alert Program Act.

6 Section 5. Definitions.  In this Act:
7 "ACIM Alert Program" or "ACIM" means "A Child is Missing 
8Alert Program", a national rapid-response communication 
9network that offers free assistance to law enforcement 
10agencies to aid in the recovery, identity, or apprehension of 
11missing persons through the use of immediate public 
12notification and dissemination of information via telephone in 
13a targeted community. 
14 "Green Alert Program" or "Green Alert" means the 
15procedures used to aid in the identification of a missing 
16member of the Armed Forces. 
17 "Investigating law enforcement agency" means the law 
18enforcement agency that has primary jurisdiction in the area 
19in which a complaint regarding a missing member of the Armed 
20Forces is filed. 
21 "Missing member of the Armed Forces" means an individual 
22who meets all of the following: 
23  (1) The individual's location is unknown.
 
 
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1  (2) The individual's domicile is in this State at the 
2 time the individual is reported missing.
3  (3) The individual is a veteran or an active duty 
4 member of the United States Armed Forces, including the 
5 National Guard or the reserves.
6  (4) The individual is known to have a physical or 
7 mental health condition that is related to the 
8 individual's service as an active duty member of the 
9 United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard 
10 or reserves.
11  (5) The individual's disappearance poses a credible 
12 threat to the health or safety of the individual, as 
13 determined by the investigating law enforcement agency.
14 "Veteran" means an individual who has served in the United 
15States Armed Forces, including the National Guard or the 
16reserves.

17 Section 10. Establishment of the Illinois Green Alert 
18Program.
19 (a) Each law enforcement agency shall implement a Green 
20Alert Program, consistent with the ACIM Alert Program, for 
21missing members of the Armed Forces.
22 (b) Each law enforcement agency may adopt necessary rules 
23to implement the Green Alert Program. The rules must include 
24the following:
25  (1) Procedures for the use of the Illinois State 
 
 
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1 Police to provide support to the investigating law 
2 enforcement agency as a resource for the receipt, 
3 analysis, and dissemination of information regarding a 
4 missing member of the Armed Forces and the whereabouts of 
5 the missing member of the Armed Forces.
6  (2) Procedures for the investigating law enforcement 
7 agency to use to verify whether a missing member of the 
8 Armed Forces is missing and the circumstances under which 
9 the agency must enter descriptive information of the 
10 missing member of the Armed Forces into the Illinois State 
11 Police and the National Crime Information Center system.
12  (3) The process for reporting the information to 
13 designated media outlets for this State.
14 (c) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules for the 
15use of the Illinois State Police to assist investigating law 
16enforcement agencies during their investigations as a resource 
17for the receipt, analysis, and dissemination of information to 
18those agencies that have a need and right to know about a 
19missing member of the Armed Forces.
20 (d) The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules for 
21the display on its variable message signs of appropriate 
22information that may assist in the safe return of a missing 
23member of the Armed Forces, consistent with applicable State 
24and federal requirements.

25 Section 15. Activation of the Green Alert Program.
 
 
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1 (a) If an investigating law enforcement agency receives 
2notice that an individual is a missing member of the Armed 
3Forces, the agency shall solicit information from the family 
4or legal guardian of the missing member of the Armed Forces to 
5provide information regarding the physical or mental condition 
6of the missing member of the Armed Forces.
7 If the investigating law enforcement agency verifies that 
8the individual is a missing member of the Armed Forces, the 
9investigating law enforcement agency shall enter the 
10descriptive information of the missing member of the armed 
11forces into the Illinois State Police and the National Crime 
12Information Center system. 
13 The investigating law enforcement agency shall notify the 
14Illinois State Police of the missing member of the armed 
15forces. The Illinois State Police shall make all the necessary 
16notifications and assist the investigating law enforcement 
17agency.
18 (b) If an investigating law enforcement agency verifies 
19that an individual is a missing member of the Armed Forces, the 
20investigating law enforcement agency shall send an alert to 
21designated media outlets for this State.
22 The alert must include all appropriate information that 
23may assist in the safe return of the missing member of the 
24Armed Forces, along with a statement instructing anyone with 
25information relating to the missing member of the Armed Forces 
26to contact the investigating law enforcement agency or another 
 
 
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1law enforcement agency. 
2 If an investigating law enforcement agency verifies that 
3an individual is a missing member of the Armed Forces, the 
4investigating law enforcement agency shall contact the 
5Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation 
6shall display on its variable message signs appropriate 
7information that may assist in the safe return of the missing 
8member of the Armed Forces.

9 Section 20. Cancellation of a Green Alert.
10 (a) The investigating law enforcement agency shall notify 
11the designated media outlets when a Green Alert has been 
12cancelled.
13 (b) A law enforcement agency that locates a missing member 
14of the Armed Forces who is the subject of a Green Alert shall 
15notify the Illinois State Police and the National Crime 
16Information Center as soon as possible that the missing member 
17of the Armed Forces has been located.