Bill Text: IL SB3265 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in Section on Division of Forensic Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3265 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3265-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3265 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-40 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in Section on Division of Forensic Services.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
2605-40 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division
of Forensic Services shall exercise the the following
functions:
(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.
(3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement
agencies through training, management, and consultant
services.
(4) (Blank).
(5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
achieve the purposes of the Department.
(6) Establish and operate a forensic science
laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological

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laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens
submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in
their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or
poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in
deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological
laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago,
and elsewhere in the State as needed.
(6.5) Establish administrative rules in order to set
forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of
toxicology results and other relevant documents related to
a toxicological analysis. These administrative rules are
to be adopted to produce uniform and sufficient information
to allow a proper, well-informed determination of the
admissibility of toxicology evidence and to ensure that
this evidence is presented competently. These
administrative rules are designed to provide a minimum
standard for compliance of toxicology evidence and is not
intended to limit the production and discovery of material
information. These administrative rules shall be submitted
by the Department of State Police into the rulemaking
process under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act on
or before June 30, 2017.
(7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these
purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing
accurate and expedited forensic science and other
investigative and laboratory services to local law

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enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of
the investigation and trial of capital cases.
(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)