Bill Text: IL SB0933 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Disabled Veterans' Plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0933 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0933-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Racial Profiling Prevention and Data
Oversight Act is amended by changing Sections 15 and 40 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 2715/15)
Sec. 15. Oversight Board.
(a) There is created within the Department a Racial
Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, consisting of 15
members, which shall independently exercise its powers,
duties, and responsibilities. The Board shall have the
authority to allow additional participation from various
groups that the Board deems necessary for additional input.
(b) The membership of the Oversight Board shall consist of:
(1) 4 legislators appointed by the General Assembly
leadership equally apportioned between the 2 houses and
political parties, with appointees of the majority party in
the Senate and the majority party in the House of
Representatives to serve as co-chairs on the Board;
(2) the Attorney General or his or her designee;
(3) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
Transportation or his or her designee;

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(4) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or
her designee;
(5) 3 members of county or city law enforcement
agencies, representing jurisdictions of varied size and
geography, with 2 members being appointed by the co-chairs
and one member being appointed by the Governor;
(6) 4 members of community organizations representing
minority interests, with 2 members being appointed by the
co-chairs and 2 members being appointed by the Governor;
and
(7) one member of the Illinois academic community with
specific expertise in both statistical analysis and law
enforcement, appointed by the Governor.
(c) All members shall serve 2 years and until their
successors are appointed. Members may be reappointed for an
unlimited number of terms. The Oversight Board shall meet at
least quarterly.
(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)
(20 ILCS 2715/40)
Sec. 40. Powers and Duties of the Oversight Board. The
Oversight Board shall have the following powers, duties, and
responsibilities:
(a) To operate purely as an advisory body. Any changes to
rules and policy promoted by the Oversight Board are only
recommendations, which may be reported to the Governor, the

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Secretary of State, and the General Assembly or to appropriate
law enforcement agencies.
(b) To coordinate the development, adoption, and
implementation of plans and strategies to eliminate racial
profiling in Illinois and to coordinate the development,
adoption, and implementation of plans and strategies to create
public awareness programs in minority communities, designed to
educate individuals regarding racial profiling and their civil
rights.
(c) To promulgate model policies for police agencies that
are designed to protect individuals' civil rights related to
police traffic enforcement and to recommend to law enforcement
agencies model rules as may be necessary to effectuate training
regarding data collection and mechanisms to engage those
agencies who willfully fail to comply with the requirements of
the Traffic Stop Statistical Study Act.
(d) To study and to issue reports and recommendations to
the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the General Assembly
regarding the following subjects by the following dates:
(1) no later than September 1, 2009 July 1, 2008,
regarding strategies to improve the benchmark data
available to identify the race, ethnicity, and
geographical residence of the Illinois driving population,
beginning on August 1, 2008, with the collection of race
and ethnicity data on new and renewal applicants for
driver's licenses. This data shall be available for

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statistical benchmark comparison purposes only;
(2) no later than September 1, 2009 January 1, 2009,
regarding data collection requirements with respect to
additional race and ethnicity categories to be added to the
traffic stop statistical study in order to improve data
collection among unreported and under-reported minority
populations. The Board shall study, and recommend if
required, at a minimum, data collection strategies,
categories, and benchmarks for persons of Middle-Eastern
origin. The Board shall also study stops lasting over 30
minutes and define categorical reasons for the extended
stops;
(3) no later than September 1, 2009 July 1, 2009,
regarding technological solutions to aid in the
identification, elimination, and prevention of racial
profiling and to recommend funding sources for statewide
implementation of the technological solutions;
(4) no later than September 1, 2009 January 1, 2010,
regarding whether Illinois should continue the mandatory
data collection required under this Act, as well as the
best practices of data collection as related to the
identification, elimination, and prevention of bias-based
policing; and
(5) on or before April 1 of each year, regarding the
Oversight Board's activities during the previous fiscal
year.

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(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)
(20 ILCS 2715/20 rep.)
Section 90. The Racial Profiling Prevention and Data
Oversight Act is amended by repealing Section 20.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon