95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3386


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















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20 ILCS 1605/10.8 new





20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5










    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Provides that the statewide emergency
alert system for missing and abducted children shall also be used to assist in the recovery of elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar conditions.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall coordinate with the Department of the Lottery to facilitate distribution of alert information to lottery customers. Amends the Department of Transportation Law and the Illinois Lottery Law to make corresponding changes.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil 
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Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing Section 
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2605-480 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-480)


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    Sec. 2605-480. Statewide kidnapping and missing persons 
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alert and prevention program;
Child Safety Coordinator.

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    (a) The Department of
State Police shall develop a 
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coordinated program for a statewide emergency
alert system to 
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assist in the recovery of missing or abducted children or 
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missing elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease, 
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dementia, or similar conditions
when a child is missing or 
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kidnapped.
The system must immediately provide critical 
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information to the public and shall include, but is not limited 
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to: (i)
, the use, in coordination with
the Illinois
Department 
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of Transportation, of electronic message signs on roads and 
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highways
in the
vicinity of a child abduction, or near the 
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location where the missing elderly person was last seen; and 
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(ii) the use, in coordination with the Department of the 
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Lottery, of print media at all lottery sales agents' locations 
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in the vicinity of a child abduction, or near the location 
 


 






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where the missing elderly person was last seen
to immediately 
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provide critical information to
the public.

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    (b) The Department of State Police shall establish an AMBER 
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Plan Task Force
to
monitor and review the implementation and 
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operation of the system developed
under
subsection (a), 
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including procedures, budgetary requirements, and response

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protocols.
The Task Force shall also develop additional network 
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resources for use in the
system.

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    (c) The Department of State Police, in coordination with 
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the Illinois
Emergency
Management Agency, shall develop and 
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implement a community outreach program to
promote awareness 
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among the State's parents and children of child abduction

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prevention
and response.

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    (d) The Department of State Police, in coordination with 
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the State Board of
Education, shall develop child abduction 
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prevention instruction for inclusion
in elementary and 
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secondary school curricula throughout the State. The

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Department and
State Board of Education shall encourage the 
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inclusion of the child abduction
prevention
instruction in 
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private elementary and secondary school curricula throughout 
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the
State.

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    (e) The Department shall appoint a Child Safety Coordinator 
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to assist in the
establishment of State standards for child 
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safety from kidnap and abduction and
to advocate for the 
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achievement of those standards. The Child Safety
Coordinator 
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shall have the
qualifications and experience that the 
 


 






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Department shall require by rule. The
Child Safety Coordinator 
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shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed
for his 
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or her expenses from the Department's operations budget. No 
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funds shall
be appropriated solely
for the expenses of the 
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Child Safety Coordinator. The Department shall provide

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technical assistance for the Child Safety Coordinator from its 
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existing
resources.

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(Source: P.A. 92-259, eff. 1-1-02; 92-468, eff. 8-22-01; 
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93-310, eff.
7-23-03.)



 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended  by adding 
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Section 10.8 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 1605/10.8 new)

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    Sec. 10.8. Missing persons; alert. The Department shall 
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cooperate with the Department of State Police in distributing 
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information under the statewide emergency
alert system under 
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Section 2605-480 of the Department of State Police Law of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department shall 
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develop a method of notifying all lottery sales agents of an 
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alert in a manner designed to quickly disseminate alert 
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information to customers of the lottery sales agents using 
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print or other media.

 
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    Section 15. The Department of Transportation Law of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by changing 
 


 






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Section 2705-505.5 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5)


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    Sec. 2705-505.5. Child abduction and missing elderly 
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person message signs. The Department of
Transportation
shall 
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coordinate with the Department of State Police in the use of 
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electronic
message
signs on roads and highways in the vicinity 
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of a child abduction, or near the location where a missing 
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elderly person was last seen, as provided in Section 2605-480 
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of the Department of State Police Law, to immediately
provide

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critical information to the public.

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(Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)