Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2323 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 08/14/2024

                            Public Act 103-0798
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
(1) As data tracking is necessary to develop effective
solutions to lower crime and to prioritize limited
resources, an integrated and accurate data system will
allow law enforcement agencies to better serve victims, to
analyze responses, and to strive to eliminate racial
disparities in the local and State responses to crime.
(2) Aside from allowing local prosecutors and police
to calibrate their response to crime trends, updated data
will allow State leaders and policymakers to effectively
hone their legislative responses and to distribute
resources to successful strategies.
(3) An integrated software system would better assist
law enforcement agencies in keeping Illinois communities
safe from crime.
Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
is amended by changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.11 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 3930/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)

 

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Sec. 7. Powers and duties. The Authority shall have the
following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
(a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
systems for the improvement and coordination of all
aspects of law enforcement, prosecution, and corrections;
(b) To define, develop, evaluate, and correlate State
and local programs and projects associated with the
improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
criminal justice;
(c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
for federal, state, and local research studies, plans,
projects, proposals, and other information relating to all
aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
encourage educational programs for citizen support of
State and local efforts to make such improvements;
(d) To undertake research studies to aid in
accomplishing its purposes;
(e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
justice information systems in order to protect the
constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
whom criminal history record information has been
collected;
(f) To provide an effective administrative forum for
the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
criminal history record information;
(g) To issue regulations, guidelines, and procedures


which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
record information consistent with State and federal laws;
(h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
determinations concerning individual challenges to the
completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
information;
(i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice
body in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and
periodic audits of the procedures, policies, and practices
of the State central repositories for criminal history
record information to verify compliance with federal and
state laws and regulations governing such information;
(j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
Center;
(k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds that are
made available by and received on or after January 1, 1983
from private sources or from the United States pursuant to
the federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and
similar federal legislation, and to enter into agreements
with the United States government to further the purposes
of this Act, or as may be required as a condition of
obtaining federal funds;
(l) To receive, expend, and account for such funds of
the State of Illinois as may be made available to further


the purposes of this Act;
(m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with
units of general local government or combinations of such
units, State agencies, and criminal justice system
agencies of other states for the purpose of carrying out
the duties of the Authority imposed by this Act or by the
federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended;
(n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units
of general local government outside of Illinois, other
states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system,
or to participate in the cooperative development or design
of new software or systems to be used by the Illinois
criminal justice system;
(o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the
operation of the Authority and to the uniform
consideration of appeals and audits;
(p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
criminal justice information systems;
(q) To direct all other agencies under the
jurisdiction of the Governor to provide whatever
assistance and information the Authority may lawfully


require to carry out its functions;
(r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
Authority under this Act and to comply with the
requirements of applicable State or federal law or
regulation;
(s) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which
have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Uniform
Conviction Information Act;
(t) (Blank);
(u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
Network Act;
(v) To provide technical assistance in the form of
training to local governmental entities within Illinois
requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring
grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs
or other criminal justice programs from the United States
Department of Justice;
(w) To conduct strategic planning and provide
technical assistance to implement comprehensive trauma
recovery services for violent crime victims in underserved
communities with high levels of violent crime, with the
goal of providing a safe, community-based, culturally
competent environment in which to access services
necessary to facilitate recovery from the effects of


chronic and repeat exposure to trauma. Services may
include, but are not limited to, behavioral health
treatment, financial recovery, family support and
relocation assistance, and support in navigating the legal
system; and
(x) To coordinate statewide violence prevention
efforts and assist in the implementation of trauma
recovery centers and analyze trauma recovery services. The
Authority shall develop, publish, and facilitate the
implementation of a 4-year statewide violence prevention
plan, which shall incorporate public health, public
safety, victim services, and trauma recovery centers and
services.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18;
100-575, eff. 1-8-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1148, eff.
12-10-18.)