Bill Text: IL SB2271 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the State Police Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Divisions of the Department and appointment of officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0433 [SB2271 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2271-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0433 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Racial | ||||
and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force Act.
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Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to determine | ||||
a practical method for the standardized collection and analysis | ||||
of data on the racial and ethnic identity of arrestees by State | ||||
and local law enforcement agencies. The method shall be usable | ||||
not only for the collection and analysis of data on the racial | ||||
and ethnic identity of arrestees under current law, but also in | ||||
predicting the likely racial and ethnic identity of arrestees | ||||
under proposed changes to the Criminal Code of 1961, the Code | ||||
of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and the Unified Code of | ||||
Corrections.
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Section 10. Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force. | ||||
There is created the Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task | ||||
Force, composed of the following members: | ||||
(1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate
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President, one of whom the President shall designate to
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serve as co-chair, and 2 members of the Senate appointed
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the Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||
(2) Two members of the House of Representatives
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appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
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one of whom the Speaker shall designate to serve as
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co-chair, and 2 members of the House of Representatives
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appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
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Representatives. | ||
(3) The following persons or their designees: | ||
(A) the Attorney General, | ||
(B) the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook
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County, | ||
(C) the Director of State Police, | ||
(D) the Superintendent of the Chicago Police
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Department, | ||
(E) the Sheriff of Cook County, | ||
(F) the State Appellate Defender, | ||
(G) the Cook County Public Defender, | ||
(H) the Director of the Office of the State's
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Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, | ||
(I) the Cook County State's Attorney, | ||
(J) the Executive Director of the Illinois | ||
Criminal
Justice Information Authority, | ||
(K) the Director of Corrections, | ||
(L) the Director of Juvenile Justice, and | ||
(M) the Executive Director of the Illinois
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African-American Family Commission. | ||
(4) The co-chairs may name up to 8 persons,
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representing minority communities within Illinois, groups
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involved in the improvement of the administration of
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justice, behavioral health, criminal justice, law
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enforcement, and the rehabilitation of former inmates,
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community groups, and other interested parties.
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Section 15. Compensation; support. The members of the Task | ||
Force shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed | ||
for reasonable expenses incurred as a result of their duties as | ||
members of the Task Force from funds appropriated by the | ||
General Assembly for that purpose. The Center for Excellence in | ||
Criminal Justice at the Great Lakes Addiction Technology | ||
Transfer Center at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the | ||
University of Illinois at Chicago shall provide staff and | ||
administrative support services to the Task Force.
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Section 20. Meetings; report. The Task Force shall hold | ||
one or more public hearings, at which public testimony shall be | ||
heard. The Task Force shall report its findings and | ||
recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, | ||
2012. The recommendations shall include, but are not limited | ||
to: | ||
(1) identifying a practical method for the | ||
standardized collection and analysis of data on the racial | ||
and ethnic identity of arrestees by State and local law | ||
enforcement agencies; and | ||
(2) providing proposed legislation, drafted with the | ||
assistance of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and using | ||
the identified practical method for the standardized | ||
collection and analysis of data on the racial and ethnic | ||
identity of arrestees by State and local law enforcement | ||
agencies, to create a Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement | ||
providing an analysis of the likely racial and ethnic | ||
identity of arrestees under proposed changes to the | ||
Criminal Code of 1961, the Code of Criminal Procedure of | ||
1963, and the Unified Code of Corrections.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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