Bill Text: IL SB1915 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Office of the Director of State Police (rather than the Division of Administration) shall: (1) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department of State Police by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act; (2) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Personnel Code; and (3) exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department by the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act. Changes the Division of Administration to the Division of Justice Services. Provides that the Division of Justice Services (rather than the Division of Forensic Services) shall exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0378 [SB1915 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1915-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1915 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. John G. Mulroe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-35 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3
20 ILCS 2605/2605-40 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4
20 ILCS 2605/2605-45 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-5
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Operations shall enforce all laws regulating the production, sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting, having in possession, dispensing, delivering, distributing, or use of methamphetamine. Provides that the Division of Administration (rather than the Division of Forensic Services) shall exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Department of State Police by the Criminal Identification Act.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Sections
2605-35, 2605-40, and 2605-45 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-35) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3)
Sec. 2605-35. Division of Operations (formerly Criminal
Investigation).
(a) The Division of Operations shall exercise the following
functions and those in Section 2605-30:
(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Department by the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
1975.
(2) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
and incidents of crime and enforce the criminal laws of
this State related thereto.
(3) Enforce all laws regulating the production, sale,
prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting,
having in possession, dispensing, delivering,
distributing, or use of controlled substances,
methamphetamine, and cannabis.
(4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages, and

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incorporated towns and with the police officers of any
county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making
arrests and recovering property.
(5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in this
State or any other state with treason or a felony or other
crime who has fled from justice and is found in this State.
(6) Investigate recipients and providers under the
Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the
administration of the Code who are suspected of any
violation of the Code pertaining to fraud in the
administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and
pertaining to any violation of criminal law; and exercise
the functions required under Section 2605-220 in the
conduct of those investigations.
(7) Conduct other investigations as provided by law.
(8) Exercise the powers and perform the duties that
have been vested in the Department by the Sex Offender
Registration Act and the Sex Offender Community
Notification Law; and promulgate reasonable rules and
regulations necessitated thereby.
(9) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
achieve the purposes of the Department.
(b) There is hereby established in the Division of
Operations the Office of Coordination of Gang Prevention,
hereafter referred to as the Office.

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The Office shall consult with units of local government and
school districts to assist them in gang control activities and
to administer a system of grants to units of local government
and school districts that, upon application, have demonstrated
a workable plan to reduce gang activity in their area. The
grants shall not include reimbursement for personnel, nor shall
they exceed 75% of the total request by any applicant. The
grants may be calculated on a proportional basis, determined by
funds available to the Department for this purpose. The
Department has the authority to promulgate appropriate rules
and regulations to administer this program.
The Office shall establish mobile units of trained
personnel to respond to gang activities.
The Office shall also consult with and use the services of
religious leaders and other celebrities to assist in gang
control activities.
The Office may sponsor seminars, conferences, or any other
educational activity to assist communities in their gang crime
control activities.
(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division
of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
(1) (Blank). Exercise the rights, powers, and duties
vested by law in the Department by the Criminal

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Identification Act.
(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.
(3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement
agencies through training, management, and consultant
services.
(4) (Blank).
(5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
achieve the purposes of the Department.
(6) Establish and operate a forensic science
laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological
laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens
submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in
their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or
poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in
deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological
laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago,
and elsewhere in the State as needed.
(6.5) Establish administrative rules in order to set
forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of
toxicology results and other relevant documents related to
a toxicological analysis. These administrative rules are
to be adopted to produce uniform and sufficient information
to allow a proper, well-informed determination of the
admissibility of toxicology evidence and to ensure that

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this evidence is presented competently. These
administrative rules are designed to provide a minimum
standard for compliance of toxicology evidence and is not
intended to limit the production and discovery of material
information. These administrative rules shall be submitted
by the Department of State Police into the rulemaking
process under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act on
or before June 30, 2017.
(7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these
purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing
accurate and expedited forensic science and other
investigative and laboratory services to local law
enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of
the investigation and trial of capital cases.
(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-45) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-5)
Sec. 2605-45. Division of Administration. The Division of
Administration shall exercise the following functions:
(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the Department by the Governor's Office of Management and
Budget Act.
(1.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
(2) Pursue research and the publication of studies
pertaining to local law enforcement activities.

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(3) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the Department by the Personnel Code.
(4) Operate an electronic data processing and computer
center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to
criminal activity.
(5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the former Division of State Troopers by Section 17 of the
State Police Act.
(6) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the Department by "An Act relating to internal auditing in
State government", approved August 11, 1967 (repealed; now
the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act, 30 ILCS 10/).
(6.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the Department by the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(7) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the
purposes of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)