Bill Text: IL HB3059 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Creates the Division of Public Corruption within the Department of State Police. Provides that the Division of Public Corruption is created to conduct public corruption investigations. Requires that the Division of Public Corruption work directly with the local prosecutor's office or Office of the Attorney General on investigations. Provides that the head of the Division of Public Corruption shall be appointed by a 7-member panel. Provides that the Governor shall appoint the members of the panel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3059 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3059-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3059 Introduced , by Rep. David Harris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-25 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-1
20 ILCS 2605/2605-52 new
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Creates the Division of Public Corruption within the Department of State Police. Provides that the Division of Public Corruption is created to conduct public corruption investigations. Requires that the Division of Public Corruption work directly with the local prosecutor's office or Office of the Attorney General on investigations. Provides that the head of the Division of Public Corruption shall be appointed by a 7-member panel. Provides that the Governor shall appoint the members of the panel.
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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 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
2605-25 and by adding Section 2605-52 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-25) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-1)
Sec. 2605-25. Department divisions. The Department is
divided into the Illinois State Police Academy and 5 4
divisions: the Division of Operations, the Division of Forensic
Services, the Division of Administration, and the Division of
Internal Investigation, and the Division of Public Corruption.
(Source: P.A. 90-130, eff. 1-1-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-760,
eff. 1-1-01.)
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-52 new)
Sec. 2605-52. Division of Public Corruption. The Division
of Public Corruption is created to conduct public corruption
investigations regarding criminal matters. The Division of
Public Corruption must work directly with the appropriate local
prosecutor's office on investigations. If the investigation
concerns corruption in State government, then the Division of
Public Corruption must work directly with the Office of the

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Attorney General, unless the Office of the Attorney General
refers the matter to a local prosecutor's office.
The head of the Division of Public Corruption shall be
appointed by a 7-member panel. The members of the panel shall
be appointed by the Governor as follows: one chief of police,
one sheriff, one State's attorney, and 4 members of the public.
Of the initial members, 4 shall serve for a 5-year term and 3
shall serve for a 7-year term, as determined by lot.
Thereafter, all members shall serve for a 7-year term. Members
of the panel shall serve without compensation, but they may be
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their official duties. The panel may also
recommend to the Governor the removal of the head of the
Division of Public Corruption.
The officers and staff of the Division of Public Corruption
are employees of the Department. The head of the Division of
Public Corruption shall hire the officers and staff of the
Division of Public Corruption. The Department, by rule or
regulation, shall determine the size of the Division of Public
Corruption, except that the Division of Public Corruption must
consist of at least 10 law enforcement officers and the
necessary staff to support those officers.