95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3386

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2605/2605-480
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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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
6 2605-480 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2605/2605-480)
8     Sec. 2605-480. Statewide kidnapping and missing persons
9 alert and prevention program; Child Safety Coordinator.
10     (a) The Department of State Police shall develop a
11 coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system to
12 assist in the recovery of missing or abducted children or
13 missing elderly persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease,
14 dementia, or similar conditions when a child is missing or
15 kidnapped. The system must immediately provide critical
16 information to the public and shall include, but is not limited
17 to: (i) , the use, in coordination with the Illinois Department
18 of Transportation, of electronic message signs on roads and
19 highways in the vicinity of a child abduction, or near the
20 location where the missing elderly person was last seen; and
21 (ii) the use, in coordination with the Department of the
22 Lottery, of print media at all lottery sales agents' locations
23 in the vicinity of a child abduction, or near the location

 

 

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1 where the missing elderly person was last seen to immediately
2 provide critical information to the public.
3     (b) The Department of State Police shall establish an AMBER
4 Plan Task Force to monitor and review the implementation and
5 operation of the system developed under subsection (a),
6 including procedures, budgetary requirements, and response
7 protocols. The Task Force shall also develop additional network
8 resources for use in the system.
9     (c) The Department of State Police, in coordination with
10 the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, shall develop and
11 implement a community outreach program to promote awareness
12 among the State's parents and children of child abduction
13 prevention and response.
14     (d) The Department of State Police, in coordination with
15 the State Board of Education, shall develop child abduction
16 prevention instruction for inclusion in elementary and
17 secondary school curricula throughout the State. The
18 Department and State Board of Education shall encourage the
19 inclusion of the child abduction prevention instruction in
20 private elementary and secondary school curricula throughout
21 the State.
22     (e) The Department shall appoint a Child Safety Coordinator
23 to assist in the establishment of State standards for child
24 safety from kidnap and abduction and to advocate for the
25 achievement of those standards. The Child Safety Coordinator
26 shall have the qualifications and experience that the

 

 

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1 Department shall require by rule. The Child Safety Coordinator
2 shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for his
3 or her expenses from the Department's operations budget. No
4 funds shall be appropriated solely for the expenses of the
5 Child Safety Coordinator. The Department shall provide
6 technical assistance for the Child Safety Coordinator from its
7 existing resources.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-259, eff. 1-1-02; 92-468, eff. 8-22-01;
9 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
10     Section 10. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by adding
11 Section 10.8 as follows:
 
12     (20 ILCS 1605/10.8 new)
13     Sec. 10.8. Missing persons; alert. The Department shall
14 cooperate with the Department of State Police in distributing
15 information under the statewide emergency alert system under
16 Section 2605-480 of the Department of State Police Law of the
17 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department shall
18 develop a method of notifying all lottery sales agents of an
19 alert in a manner designed to quickly disseminate alert
20 information to customers of the lottery sales agents using
21 print or other media.
 
22     Section 15. The Department of Transportation Law of the
23 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing

 

 

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1 Section 2705-505.5 as follows:
 
2     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.5)
3     Sec. 2705-505.5. Child abduction and missing elderly
4 person message signs. The Department of Transportation shall
5 coordinate with the Department of State Police in the use of
6 electronic message signs on roads and highways in the vicinity
7 of a child abduction, or near the location where a missing
8 elderly person was last seen, as provided in Section 2605-480
9 of the Department of State Police Law, to immediately provide
10 critical information to the public.
11 (Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)