99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4219

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the No Representation Without Population Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall collect and maintain an electronic record of the legal residence, outside of the facility, and other demographic data, for any person entering its custody after January 1, 2015. Provides that the record shall contain, at a minimum, the last known complete street address prior to incarceration, the person's race, whether the person is of Hispanic or Latino origin, and whether the person is age 18 or older. Contains provisions concerning reports, federal facilities, the determination of Legislative and Representative Districts, and State and federal aid. Contains a severability clause. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the No
5Representation Without Population Act.
 
6    Section 3. Definition. As used in this Act, "Department"
7means the Illinois Department of Corrections.
 
8    Section 5. Electronic records. The Department shall
9collect and maintain an electronic record of the legal
10residence, outside of any correctional facility, and other
11demographic data for each person entering its custody after
12January 1, 2015. At a minimum, this record shall contain the
13person's last known complete street address prior to
14incarceration, the person's race, whether the person is of
15Hispanic or Latino origin, and whether the person is 18 years
16of age or older. To the degree possible, the Department shall
17also allow the legal residence to be updated as appropriate.
 
18    Section 10. Reports to the Secretary of State.
19    (a) In each year where the federal decennial census is
20taken but in which the United States Bureau of the Census
21allocates incarcerated persons as residents of correctional

 

 

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1facilities, the Department shall by May 1 of that same year
2deliver to the Secretary of State the following information:
3        (1) A unique identifier, not including the name or
4    Department-assigned inmate number, for each incarcerated
5    person subject to the jurisdiction of the Department on the
6    date for which the decennial census reports population. The
7    unique identifier shall enable the Secretary of State to
8    address inquiries about specific address records to the
9    Department, without making it possible for anyone outside
10    of the Department to identify the inmate to whom the
11    address record pertains.
12        (2) The street address of the correctional facility
13    where the person was incarcerated at the time of the
14    report.
15        (3) The last known address of the person prior to
16    incarceration or other legal residence, if known.
17        (4) The person's race, whether the person is of
18    Hispanic or Latino origin, and whether the person is age 18
19    or older, if known.
20        (5) Any additional information as the Secretary of
21    State may request pursuant to law.
22    (b) The Department shall provide the information specified
23in subsection (a) of this Section in the form that the
24Secretary of State shall specify.
25    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
26information required to be provided to the Secretary of State

 

 

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1pursuant to this Section shall not include the name of any
2incarcerated person and shall not allow for the identification
3of any person therefrom, except to the Department. The
4information shall be treated as confidential, and shall not be
5disclosed by the Secretary of State except as redistricting
6data aggregated by census block for purposes specified in
7Section 20 of this Act.
 
8    Section 15. Federal facilities. The Secretary of State
9shall request each agency that operates a federal facility in
10this State that incarcerates persons convicted of a criminal
11offense to provide the Secretary of State with a report
12including the information listed in subsection (a) of Section
1310 of this Act.
 
14    Section 20. Secretary of State; redistricting data. The
15Secretary of State shall prepare redistricting population data
16to reflect incarcerated persons at their residential address,
17pursuant to Section 25 of this Act. The data prepared by the
18Secretary of State shall be the basis of the Legislative and
19Representative Districts required to be created pursuant to
20Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
21Incarcerated populations residing at unknown geographic
22locations within the State, as determined under paragraph (2)
23of subsection (c) of Section 25 of this Act shall not be used
24to determine the ideal population of any set of districts,

 

 

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1wards, or precincts.
 
2    Section 25. Determinations and data publication by the
3Secretary of State.
4    (a) For each person included in a report received under
5Sections 10 and 15 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
6determine the geographic units for which population counts are
7reported in the federal decennial census that contain the
8facility of incarceration and the legal residence as listed
9according to the report.
10    (b) For each person included in a report received under
11Sections 10 and 15 of this Act, if the legal residence is known
12and in this State, the Secretary of State shall:
13        (1) ensure that the person is not represented in any
14    population counts reported by the Secretary of State for
15    the geographic units that include the facility where the
16    person was incarcerated, unless that geographic unit also
17    includes the person's legal residence; and
18        (2) ensure that any population counts reported by the
19    Secretary of State reflect the person's residential
20    address as reported under Sections 10 and 15 of this Act.
21    (c) For each person included in a report received under
22Sections 10 and 15 of this Act for whom a legal residence is
23unknown or not in this State, and for all persons reported in
24the census as residing in a federal correctional facility for
25whom a report was not provided, the Secretary of State shall:

 

 

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1        (1) ensure that the person is not represented in any
2    population counts reported by the Secretary of State for
3    the geographic units that include the facility where the
4    person was incarcerated; and
5        (2) allocate the person to a State unit not tied to a
6    specific determined geographic location, as other State
7    residents with unknown State addresses are allocated.
8    (d) The data prepared by the Secretary of State pursuant to
9this Section shall be completed and published no later than 30
10days after the date that federal decennial census data required
11to be published by Public Law 94-171 is published for the State
12of Illinois.
 
13    Section 30. Data; Legislative and Representative
14Districts. The data prepared by the Secretary of State in
15Section 25 of this Act shall be used only as the basis for
16determining Legislative and Representative Districts.
17Residences at unknown geographic locations within the State
18under subsection (c) of Section 25 of this Act shall not be
19used to determine the ideal population of any set of districts,
20wards, or precincts. The data prepared by the Secretary of
21State in Section 25 of this Act shall not be used in the
22distribution of any State or federal aid.
 
23    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
24severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.