94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2368

 

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-212

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the ongoing traffic stop statistical study shall continue without an ending date (rather than terminating on December 31, 2007).


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 11-212 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-212)
7     Sec. 11-212. Traffic stop statistical study.
8     (a) Whenever From January 1, 2004 until December 31, 2007,
9 whenever a State or local law enforcement officer issues a
10 uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an alleged
11 violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she shall record
12 at least the following:
13         (1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's
14     subjective determination of the race of the person stopped;
15     the person's race shall be selected from the following
16     list: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Native
17     American/Alaska Native, or Asian/Pacific Islander;
18         (2) the alleged traffic violation that led to the stop
19     of the motorist;
20         (3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped;
21         (4) the date and time of the stop;
22         (5) the location of the traffic stop;
23         (6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the stop
24     was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or
25     passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by
26     other means; and
27         (7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.
28     (b) Whenever From January 1, 2004 until December 31, 2007,
29 whenever a State or local law enforcement officer stops a
30 motorist for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code
31 and does not issue a uniform traffic citation or warning
32 citation for an alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code,

 

 

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1 he or she shall complete a uniform stop card, which includes
2 field contact cards, or any other existing form currently used
3 by law enforcement containing information required pursuant to
4 this Act, that records at least the following:
5         (1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's
6     subjective determination of the race of the person stopped;
7     the person's race shall be selected from the following
8     list: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, Native
9     American/Alaska Native, or Asian/Pacific Islander;
10         (2) the reason that led to the stop of the motorist;
11         (3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped;
12         (4) the date and time of the stop;
13         (5) the location of the traffic stop;
14         (6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the stop
15     was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or
16     passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by
17     other means; and
18         (7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer.
19     (c) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
20 provide a standardized law enforcement data compilation form on
21 its website.
22     (d) Every law enforcement agency shall, by March 1 of in
23 each year of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, compile the
24 data described in subsections (a) and (b) on the standardized
25 law enforcement data compilation form provided by the Illinois
26 Department of Transportation and transmit the data to the
27 Department.
28     (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
29 analyze the data provided by law enforcement agencies required
30 by this Section and submit a report of the findings to the
31 Governor, the General Assembly, and each law enforcement agency
32 no later than July 1 of in each year of the years 2005, 2006,
33 2007, and 2008. The Illinois Department of Transportation may
34 contract with an outside entity for the analysis of the data
35 provided. In analyzing the data collected under this Section,
36 the analyzing entity shall scrutinize the data for evidence of

 

 

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1 statistically significant aberrations. The following list,
2 which is illustrative, and not exclusive, contains examples of
3 areas in which statistically significant aberrations may be
4 found:
5         (1) The percentage of minority drivers or passengers
6     being stopped in a given area is substantially higher than
7     the proportion of the overall population in or traveling
8     through the area that the minority constitutes.
9         (2) A substantial number of false stops including stops
10     not resulting in the issuance of a traffic ticket or the
11     making of an arrest.
12         (3) A disparity between the proportion of citations
13     issued to minorities and proportion of minorities in the
14     population.
15         (4) A disparity among the officers of the same law
16     enforcement agency with regard to the number of minority
17     drivers or passengers being stopped in a given area.
18         (5) A disparity between the frequency of searches
19     performed on minority drivers and the frequency of searches
20     performed on non-minority drivers.
21     (f) Any law enforcement officer identification information
22 or driver identification information that is compiled by any
23 law enforcement agency or the Illinois Department of
24 Transportation pursuant to this Act for the purposes of
25 fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall be
26 confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying, as
27 provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act, and
28 the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except as
29 needed to comply with this Section. This Section shall not
30 exempt those materials that, prior to the effective date of
31 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, were
32 available under the Freedom of Information Act.
33     (g) Funding to implement this Section shall come from
34 federal highway safety funds available to Illinois, as directed
35 by the Governor.
36     (h) The Illinois Department of Transportation, in

 

 

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1 consultation with law enforcement agencies, officials, and
2 organizations, including Illinois chiefs of police, the
3 Department of State Police, the Illinois Sheriffs Association,
4 and the Chicago Police Department, and community groups and
5 other experts, shall undertake a study to determine the best
6 use of technology to collect, compile, and analyze the traffic
7 stop statistical study data required by this Section. The
8 Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the
9 Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2004.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)