Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 4/11/2011
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2271 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2271 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force Act.

6 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to determine 
7a practical method for the standardized collection and analysis 
8of data on the racial and ethnic identity of arrestees by State 
9and local law enforcement agencies. The method shall be usable 
10not only for the collection and analysis of data on the racial 
11and ethnic identity of arrestees under current law, but also in 
12predicting the likely racial and ethnic identity of arrestees 
13under proposed changes to the Criminal Code of 1961, the Code 
14of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and the Unified Code of 
15Corrections.

 
 
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1 Section 10. Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force.  
2There is created the Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task 
3Force, composed of the following members:
4  (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate

5 President, one of whom the President shall designate to

6 serve as co-chair, and 2 members of the Senate appointed
by 
7 the Minority Leader of the Senate.
8  (2) Two members of the House of Representatives

9 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

10 one of whom the Speaker shall designate to serve as

11 co-chair, and 2 members of the House of Representatives

12 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of

13 Representatives.
14  (3) The following persons or their designees:
15   (A) the Attorney General,
16   (B) the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook

17 County,
18   (C) the Director of State Police,
19   (D) the Superintendent of the Chicago Police

20 Department,
21   (E) the Sheriff of Cook County,
22   (F) the State Appellate Defender,
23   (G) the Cook County Public Defender,
24   (H) the Director of the Office of the State's

25 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor,
26   (I) the Cook County State's Attorney,
 
 
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1   (J) the Executive Director of the Illinois 
2 Criminal
Justice Information Authority,
3   (K) the Director of Corrections,
4   (L) the Director of Juvenile Justice, and
5   (M) the Executive Director of the Illinois

6 African-American Family Commission.
7  (4) The co-chairs may name up to 8 persons,

8 representing minority communities within Illinois, groups

9 involved in the improvement of the administration of

10 justice, behavioral health, criminal justice, law

11 enforcement, and the rehabilitation of former inmates,

12 community groups, and other interested parties.


13 Section 15. Compensation; support.  The members of the Task 
14Force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed 
15for reasonable expenses incurred as a result of their duties as 
16members of the Task Force from funds appropriated by the 
17General Assembly for that purpose. The Center for Excellence in 
18Criminal Justice at the Great Lakes Addiction Technology 
19Transfer Center at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the 
20University of Illinois at Chicago shall provide staff and 
21administrative support services to the Task Force. 

22 Section 20. Meetings; report.  The Task Force shall hold 
23one or more public hearings, at which public testimony shall be 
24heard. The Task Force shall report its findings and 
 
 
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1recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 
22012. The recommendations shall include, but are not limited 
3to:
4  (1) identifying a practical method for the 
5 standardized collection and analysis of data on the racial 
6 and ethnic identity of arrestees by State and local law 
7 enforcement agencies; and
8  (2) providing proposed legislation, drafted with the 
9 assistance of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and using 
10 the identified practical method for the standardized 
11 collection and analysis of data on the racial and ethnic 
12 identity of arrestees by State and local law enforcement 
13 agencies, to create a Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement 
14 providing an analysis of the likely racial and ethnic 
15 identity of arrestees under proposed changes to the 
16 Criminal Code of 1961, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 
17 1963, and the Unified Code of Corrections.



18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.".