Bill Amendment: IL SB3067 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: TASK FORCE-CRIMINAL DISCOVERY
Status: 2016-04-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB3067 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3067-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: TASK FORCE-CRIMINAL DISCOVERY
Status: 2016-04-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB3067 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3067-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3067
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3067 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law | ||||||
5 | Enforcement Information Task Force Act.
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6 | Section 5. Task Force; purpose. There shall be created a | ||||||
7 | Law Enforcement Information Task Force to study and make | ||||||
8 | recommendations regarding criminal discovery and law | ||||||
9 | enforcement information sharing.
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10 | Section 10. Members. | ||||||
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(a) The Task Force shall consist of the following members | ||||||
12 | who will not be compensated: | ||||||
13 | (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Courts, or his or her designee; | ||||||
15 | (2) the Attorney General, or his or her designee; |
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1 | (3) the Director of State Police, or his or her | ||||||
2 | designee; | ||||||
3 | (4) a State's Attorney from a county with more than | ||||||
4 | 3,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; | ||||||
5 | (5) a public defender from a county with more than | ||||||
6 | 3,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; | ||||||
7 | (6) a representative of the Office of the State's | ||||||
8 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor; | ||||||
9 | (7) a representative of the Office of the State | ||||||
10 | Appellate Defender; | ||||||
11 | (8) a representative of the Illinois State's Attorneys | ||||||
12 | Association, appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
13 | (9) a representative of the Illinois Public Defender | ||||||
14 | Association, appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
15 | (10) a representative from the Illinois Judges | ||||||
16 | Association, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
17 | Representatives; | ||||||
18 | (11) a representative from the Illinois State Bar | ||||||
19 | Association, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House | ||||||
20 | of Representatives; | ||||||
21 | (12) a representative of the Chicago Bar Association, | ||||||
22 | appointed by the Senate President; | ||||||
23 | (13) a representative from the Illinois Sheriffs' | ||||||
24 | Association, appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
25 | (14) a representative from the Illinois Association of | ||||||
26 | Chiefs of Police, appointed by the Governor; |
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1 | (15) the chief of police from a municipality with more | ||||||
2 | than 1,000,000 residents, or his or her designee; and | ||||||
3 | (16) the sheriff from a county with more than 3,000,000 | ||||||
4 | residents, or his or her designee; and | ||||||
5 | (17) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice | ||||||
6 | Information Authority, or his or her designee. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Law Enforcement Information Task Force shall be | ||||||
8 | established within the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
9 | Authority and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
10 | Authority shall serve as the technology and policy advisor to | ||||||
11 | assist the Task Force. The Illinois Criminal Justice | ||||||
12 | Information Authority shall work with State and local criminal | ||||||
13 | justice agencies to promote information sharing systems | ||||||
14 | through its access to technical expertise and its grant-making | ||||||
15 | powers for technology information projects. The Illinois | ||||||
16 | Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide staff to | ||||||
17 | serve as a liaison between the Law Enforcement Information Task | ||||||
18 | Force and its stakeholders to provide guidance in criminal | ||||||
19 | justice information sharing, best practices and strategies, | ||||||
20 | and to effectuate the mission of the Task Force. | ||||||
21 | (c) The members of the Task Force shall elect a chair of | ||||||
22 | the Task Force. The chair of the Task Force shall convene the | ||||||
23 | first meeting of the Task Force on or before August 31, 2016. | ||||||
24 | The Task Force shall meet at least twice a month thereafter | ||||||
25 | until it completes its duties under this Act, or until December | ||||||
26 | 31, 2016, whichever is earlier.
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1 | Section 15. Duties of the Task Force.
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2 | (a) The Task Force may consult with experts to provide | ||||||
3 | assistance as necessary. | ||||||
4 | (b) The Task Force shall: | ||||||
5 | (1) analyze the criminal discovery process in this | ||||||
6 | State to determine the actual costs, including, but not | ||||||
7 | limited to, labor, materials, time, and other tangible | ||||||
8 | costs of the current criminal discovery process to | ||||||
9 | determine how technology can improve the process for all | ||||||
10 | participants; | ||||||
11 | (2) analyze the process for information sharing, | ||||||
12 | including, but not limited to, an analysis of record | ||||||
13 | management systems, computer aided dispatch systems, and | ||||||
14 | other technology used to process information between law | ||||||
15 | enforcement agencies in this State to determine the actual | ||||||
16 | costs of the current process; | ||||||
17 | (3) analyze the current information sharing process | ||||||
18 | between law enforcement agencies to determine how | ||||||
19 | technology can improve the process for all participants; | ||||||
20 | (4) determine which prosecutors' offices obtain all | ||||||
21 | law enforcement discoverable evidence in an electronic | ||||||
22 | format, which prosecutors' offices will soon be able to | ||||||
23 | obtain all law enforcement discoverable evidence in an | ||||||
24 | electronic format, and which prosecutors' offices will not | ||||||
25 | have that ability at any point in the future without |
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1 | assistance; | ||||||
2 | (5) determine the barriers for those prosecutors' | ||||||
3 | offices that will not be able to obtain law enforcement | ||||||
4 | discoverable evidence in an electronic format without | ||||||
5 | assistance; | ||||||
6 | (6) determine which law enforcement agencies obtain | ||||||
7 | and utilize data entirely, or partially, in an electronic | ||||||
8 | format, which law enforcement agencies will soon be able to | ||||||
9 | obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format, | ||||||
10 | and which law enforcement agencies will not be able to | ||||||
11 | obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format at | ||||||
12 | any point in the future without assistance; | ||||||
13 | (7) study how a single statewide criminal information | ||||||
14 | sharing system or other technology may improve electronic | ||||||
15 | discovery or electronic redaction; | ||||||
16 | (8) study how a statewide standardized law enforcement | ||||||
17 | reporting form that can be easily redacted may improve the | ||||||
18 | criminal discovery process; | ||||||
19 | (9) study the short-term needs for law enforcement | ||||||
20 | agencies and State's Attorneys to facilitate greater use of | ||||||
21 | electronic discovery and information sharing; | ||||||
22 | (10) study whether a single standardized statewide | ||||||
23 | case record management system or other law enforcement | ||||||
24 | technology would provide better and additional access to | ||||||
25 | information for law enforcement; | ||||||
26 | (11) determine whether a single standardized statewide |
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1 | case record management system or other electronic | ||||||
2 | discovery technology would provide for a better and more | ||||||
3 | efficient criminal discovery process and offer any cost | ||||||
4 | savings; | ||||||
5 | (12) determine whether a single standardized statewide | ||||||
6 | case record management system or other information sharing | ||||||
7 | technology would provide for a better and more efficient | ||||||
8 | law enforcement information sharing process and offer any | ||||||
9 | cost savings; | ||||||
10 | (13) suggest an alternative funding process to the | ||||||
11 | State's current method to pay for criminal discovery costs; | ||||||
12 | (14) suggest an alternative funding process to the | ||||||
13 | State's current method to pay for law enforcement | ||||||
14 | information sharing costs; | ||||||
15 | (15) determine which executive branch agency, judicial | ||||||
16 | branch agency, or quasi-governmental organization is best | ||||||
17 | suited to serve as a conduit and coordinator for a | ||||||
18 | statewide criminal electronic discovery system; and | ||||||
19 | (16) determine which executive branch agency, judicial | ||||||
20 | branch agency, or quasi-governmental organization is best | ||||||
21 | suited to serve as a conduit and coordinator for a | ||||||
22 | statewide criminal information sharing system.
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23 | Section 20. Preliminary and final report. | ||||||
24 | (a) The Task Force shall provide a preliminary report to | ||||||
25 | the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 15, |
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1 | 2016, if the final report is not completed by then. | ||||||
2 | (b) The Task Force shall issue a final report to the | ||||||
3 | Governor and General Assembly on or before January 15, 2017. | ||||||
4 | The report shall include recommendations for legislation, use | ||||||
5 | of technology, and other non-legislative processes that would | ||||||
6 | improve the criminal discovery process and law enforcement | ||||||
7 | information sharing.
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8 | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on February 1, | ||||||
9 | 2017.
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.".
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