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91_HB1503
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1 AN ACT amending the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
2 Section 11-212.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 adding Section 11-212 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-212 new)
8 Sec. 11-212. Traffic stop study.
9 (a) By July 1, 2000, the Department of State Police and
10 all local law enforcement agencies within this State must
11 compile and report to the Secretary of State, on forms
12 prescribed by the Secretary, all of the following information
13 regarding traffic stops made from July 1, 1999 through
14 December 31, 1999 by officers of their respective department
15 or agency:
16 (1) The number of drivers that have been stopped
17 for an alleged traffic violation.
18 (2) The number of drivers that have been cited for
19 an alleged traffic violation.
20 (3) The number of drivers that have been arrested
21 for an alleged traffic violation.
22 (4) For each traffic stop, the alleged traffic
23 violation that led to the stop, citation, or arrest of
24 the driver and whether or not the driver was convicted or
25 fined.
26 (5) For each traffic stop, the ethnicity, the
27 approximate age, the gender, and the city or county of
28 residence of the law enforcement officer or officers
29 making the traffic stop.
30 (6) For each traffic stop, the apparent race or
31 ethnicity, the approximate age, the gender, and the city
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1 or county of residence of the driver and all passengers
2 stopped for an alleged traffic violation.
3 (b) Upon receiving the reports specified in subsection
4 (a) from the Department of State Police and all local law
5 enforcement agencies, the Secretary of State shall, by
6 December 31, 2000, compile the data and send a report on the
7 data to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of House
8 of Representatives.
9 (c) For purposes of this Section, "traffic stop" means
10 when a law enforcement officer stops a vehicle for any
11 suspected violation of this Code or a similar violation of a
12 local ordinance.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.