Rep. Jim Durkin
Filed: 3/2/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5241




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5241, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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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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2605-40  as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-40)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)



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    Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The
The 
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Division of
Forensic Services shall exercise the following 
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functions:


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        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by

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    law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.


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        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by

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    law in the Department by Section 2605-300 of this Law.


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        (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement 
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    agencies
through training, management, and consultant 
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    services.


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        (4) (Blank).


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        (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the 
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    Director in
order to fulfill the responsibilities and 
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    achieve the purposes of the
Department.


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        (6) Establish and operate a forensic science 
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    laboratory system,
including a forensic toxicological 
 


 






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    laboratory service, for the purpose of
testing specimens 
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    submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers
in 
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    their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or 
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    poisonous or other
toxic substances have been involved in 
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    deaths, accidents, or illness.
Forensic toxicological 
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    laboratories shall be established in Springfield,
Chicago, 
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    and elsewhere in the State as needed. 


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        (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these 
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    purposes, establish
and coordinate a system for providing 
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    accurate and expedited
forensic science and other 
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    investigative and laboratory services to local law

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    enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of 
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    the investigation
and trial of capital cases.

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(Source: P.A. 90-130, eff. 1-1-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-589, 
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eff. 1-1-00;
91-760, eff. 1-1-01.)".