97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3883

 

Introduced 11/21/2011, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3930/7.8 new

    Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Requires that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority create a form for agencies to list the number of cameras that are owned by the agency, under the direct control of the agency, or owned by private entities and under contract for access by the agency and to post that form on its official Internet website. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority must post on its website a list of agencies that own or directly control a camera or have access to privately owned cameras, the number of cameras that each agency owns or directly controls, and the number of cameras owned by private entities under contract for access by an agency. Requires that an agency submit to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority a copy of any policies adopted by the agency that address camera use by the agency. Provides that the camera use policies must be posted on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority's website. Defines "camera" and "agency".


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is
5amended by adding Section 7.8 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3930/7.8 new)
7    Sec. 7.8. Surveillance cameras.
8    (a) By July 1, 2013, the Authority must (i) create a form
9for agencies to list the number of cameras that are owned by
10the agency, under the direct control of the agency, or owned by
11private entities and under contract for access by the agency
12and (ii) post that form on the Authority's official Internet
13website.
14    (b) By December 31, 2013 and each December 1 thereafter,
15each agency that owns or directly controls a camera or has
16access to privately owned cameras shall provide to the
17Authority the following: (i) the completed form described in
18subsection (a) and (ii) a copy of any policies adopted by the
19agency that address camera use including: (A) policies that
20protect the privacy or civil liberties and rights of the
21general public, (B) minimal retention policies, (C) editing
22policies, (D) policies that address the sharing of data with
23other public and private entities, and (E) policies that

 

 

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1restrict public access to data based upon a potential security
2compromise.
3    (c) By July 1, 2014 and each July 1 thereafter, the
4following information must be posted on the Authority's
5official Internet website for the prior calendar year: (i) all
6documents provided by an agency under subsection (b) and (ii) a
7list of agencies that own or directly control a camera or have
8access to privately owned cameras, the number of cameras that
9each agency owns or directly controls, and the number of
10cameras owned by private entities and under contract for access
11by an agency.
12    (d) This Section does not require an agency to disclose the
13location of any camera.
14    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "access" means
15real-time access to images from a camera.
16    For the purposes of this Section, "agency" means the
17following: (i) State agencies including all officers, boards,
18commissions, agencies, departments, committees, and
19authorities created by the Constitution, whether in the
20executive or legislative branch; (ii) municipalities and any
21other unit of local government; (iii) public institutions of
22higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher Education
23Cooperation Act; (iv) school districts and public schools of
24this State including special charter districts, laboratory
25schools operated by the governing board of a public university,
26and alternative schools operated by a regional superintendent

 

 

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1of schools; (v) boards of election commissioners; (vi) bodies
2politic and corporate of the State; (vii) administrative units
3or corporate outgrowths of State government created by or
4pursuant to statute; and (viii) all administrative units and
5corporate outgrowths of the entities described in this
6definition and as may be created by executive order of the
7Governor. For purposes of this Section, "agency" does not
8include the Department of Corrections or the Department of
9Juvenile Justice.
10    For the purposes of this Section, "camera" means any video
11surveillance camera that is located outdoors and permanently
12mounted or affixed to a building or other structure or within a
13public transit system. The term does not include a camera used
14principally to enforce traffic laws or to provide vehicle
15detection for traffic control devices or systems. The term does
16not include any device located at a correctional facility,
17county or municipal jail, courthouse, police station, power
18plant, water treatment facility, or airport.