Bill Text: IL HB2382 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the amendatory Act shall constitute an irrevocable continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for the implementation the Department of State Police's Division of Forensic Services and the irrevocable and continuing authority for the Department and the State Treasurer to make the necessary transfers for that purpose. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2382 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2382-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 Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2605-40 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
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| 8 | Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | of
Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
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| 10 | (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 11 | law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
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| 12 | (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
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| 13 | law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.
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| 14 | (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | agencies
through training, management, and consultant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | services.
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| 17 | (4) (Blank).
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| 18 | (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Director in
order to fulfill the responsibilities and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | achieve the purposes of the
Department.
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| 21 | (6) Establish and operate a forensic science | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | laboratory system,
including a forensic toxicological | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | laboratory service, for the purpose of
testing specimens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers
in | ||||||
| 2 | their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or | ||||||
| 3 | poisonous or other
toxic substances have been involved in | ||||||
| 4 | deaths, accidents, or illness.
Forensic toxicological | ||||||
| 5 | laboratories shall be established in Springfield,
Chicago, | ||||||
| 6 | and elsewhere in the State as needed.
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| 7 | (6.5) Establish administrative rules in order to set | ||||||
| 8 | forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of | ||||||
| 9 | toxicology results and other relevant documents related to | ||||||
| 10 | a toxicological analysis. These administrative rules are | ||||||
| 11 | to be adopted to produce uniform and sufficient information | ||||||
| 12 | to allow a proper, well-informed determination of the | ||||||
| 13 | admissibility of toxicology evidence and to ensure that | ||||||
| 14 | this evidence is presented competently. These | ||||||
| 15 | administrative rules are designed to provide a minimum | ||||||
| 16 | standard for compliance of toxicology evidence and is not | ||||||
| 17 | intended to limit the production and discovery of material | ||||||
| 18 | information. These administrative rules shall be submitted | ||||||
| 19 | by the Department of State Police into the rulemaking | ||||||
| 20 | process under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act on | ||||||
| 21 | or before June 30, 2017. | ||||||
| 22 | (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these | ||||||
| 23 | purposes, establish
and coordinate a system for providing | ||||||
| 24 | accurate and expedited
forensic science and other | ||||||
| 25 | investigative and laboratory services to local law
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| 26 | enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of | ||||||
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| 1 | the investigation
and trial of capital cases.
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| 2 | (8) This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly | ||||||
| 3 | shall constitute an irrevocable continuing appropriation | ||||||
| 4 | of all amounts necessary for the implementation of the | ||||||
| 5 | provisions of this Section and the irrevocable and | ||||||
| 6 | continuing authority for the Department and the State | ||||||
| 7 | Treasurer to make the necessary transfers for that purpose. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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