Bill Text: IL SB1701 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Makes a technical change in the Authority's powers and duties Section.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Referred to Assignments [SB1701 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1701-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3930/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
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7 | Sec. 7. Powers and Duties. The Authority shall have the the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | following
powers, duties and responsibilities:
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9 | (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | systems for the
improvement and coordination of all aspects | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of law enforcement, prosecution
and corrections;
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12 | (b) To define, develop, evaluate and correlate State | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | and local programs
and projects associated with the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | improvement of law enforcement and the
administration of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | criminal justice;
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16 | (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | for federal, state
and local research studies, plans, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | projects, proposals and other information
relating to all | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | encourage
educational programs for citizen support of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | State and local efforts to make
such improvements;
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22 | (d) To undertake research studies to aid in | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | accomplishing its purposes;
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1 | (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal | ||||||
2 | justice information
systems in order to protect the | ||||||
3 | constitutional rights and privacy of
individuals about | ||||||
4 | whom criminal history record information has been | ||||||
5 | collected;
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6 | (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for | ||||||
7 | the protection of
the rights of individuals concerning | ||||||
8 | criminal history record information;
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9 | (g) To issue regulations, guidelines and procedures | ||||||
10 | which ensure the privacy
and security of criminal history | ||||||
11 | record information
consistent with State and federal laws;
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12 | (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in | ||||||
13 | the State of
Illinois to conduct hearings and make final | ||||||
14 | determinations concerning
individual challenges to the | ||||||
15 | completeness and accuracy of criminal
history record | ||||||
16 | information;
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17 | (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice body | ||||||
18 | in the State of
Illinois to conduct annual and periodic | ||||||
19 | audits of the procedures, policies,
and practices of the | ||||||
20 | State central repositories for criminal history
record | ||||||
21 | information to verify compliance with federal and state | ||||||
22 | laws and
regulations governing such information;
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23 | (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis | ||||||
24 | Center;
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25 | (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for, | ||||||
26 | allocate, disburse
and spend grants of funds that are made |
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1 | available by and received on or
after January 1, 1983 from | ||||||
2 | private sources or from the United States pursuant
to the | ||||||
3 | federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and similar | ||||||
4 | federal
legislation, and to enter into agreements with the | ||||||
5 | United States government
to further the purposes of this | ||||||
6 | Act, or as may be required as a condition
of obtaining | ||||||
7 | federal funds;
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8 | (l) To receive, expend and account for such funds of | ||||||
9 | the State of Illinois
as may be made available to further | ||||||
10 | the purposes of this Act;
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11 | (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with units | ||||||
12 | of general local
government or combinations of such units, | ||||||
13 | State agencies, and criminal justice
system agencies of | ||||||
14 | other states for the purpose of carrying out the duties
of | ||||||
15 | the Authority imposed by this Act or by the federal Crime | ||||||
16 | Control Act
of 1973, as amended;
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17 | (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of | ||||||
18 | general local
government outside of Illinois, other | ||||||
19 | states' agencies, and private
organizations outside of | ||||||
20 | Illinois to provide computer software or design
that has | ||||||
21 | been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system, or | ||||||
22 | to
participate in the cooperative development or design of | ||||||
23 | new software or
systems to be used by the Illinois criminal | ||||||
24 | justice system. Revenues
received as a result of such | ||||||
25 | arrangements shall be deposited in the
Criminal Justice | ||||||
26 | Information Systems Trust Fund.
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1 | (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal | ||||||
2 | justice information
systems and to promulgate such rules, | ||||||
3 | regulations and procedures as are
necessary to the | ||||||
4 | operation of the Authority and to the uniform consideration
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5 | of appeals and audits;
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6 | (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the | ||||||
7 | Governor and the General
Assembly on policies relating to | ||||||
8 | criminal justice information systems;
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9 | (q) To direct all other agencies under the jurisdiction | ||||||
10 | of the Governor
to provide whatever assistance and | ||||||
11 | information the Authority may lawfully
require to carry out | ||||||
12 | its functions;
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13 | (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable | ||||||
14 | and necessary to
fulfill the responsibilities of the | ||||||
15 | Authority under this Act and to comply
with the | ||||||
16 | requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;
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17 | (s) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which | ||||||
18 | have been vested
in the Authority by the "Illinois Uniform | ||||||
19 | Conviction Information Act",
enacted by the 85th General | ||||||
20 | Assembly, as hereafter amended;
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21 | (t) To exercise the rights, powers and duties which | ||||||
22 | have been vested
in the Authority by the Illinois Motor | ||||||
23 | Vehicle Theft Prevention Act; and
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24 | (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested | ||||||
25 | in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency | ||||||
26 | Network Act. |
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1 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||||||
2 | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||||||
3 | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
4 | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | ||||||
5 | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as | ||||||
6 | required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in | ||||||
7 | relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, | ||||||
8 | as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State | ||||||
9 | Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly | ||||||
10 | as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State | ||||||
11 | Library Act.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-896, eff. 7-1-06.)
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