99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3067

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Law Enforcement Information Task Force Act. Provides that the Law Enforcement Information Technology Task Force shall analyze both the criminal discovery process and the process of information sharing between law enforcement agencies to strategize for the possible creation of a standardized statewide case records management system or other standardized information sharing technology system to provide for a more efficient criminal discovery process. The Task Force shall issue a final report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 10, 2017. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 11, 2017. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning the Law Enforcement Information Task
2Force Act.
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law
6Enforcement Information Technology Task Force Act.
 
7    Section 5. Purpose.
8    (a) There shall be created a Law Enforcement Information
9Technology Task Force to study and make recommendations
10regarding criminal discovery and law enforcement information
11sharing.
 
12    Section 10. Members.
13     (a) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
14        (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the
15    Illinois Courts or his or her designee;
16        (2) the Attorney General or his designee;
17        (3) the Director of State Police or his or her
18    designee;
19        (4) a State's Attorney from a county with more than 3
20    million residents, or his or her designee;
21        (5) a public defender from a county with more than 3
22    million residents, or his or her designee;

 

 

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1        (6) a representative of the Office of the Illinois
2    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
3        (7) a representative of the office of the Illinois
4    Appellate Defender,
5        (8) a representative of the Illinois States Attorneys
6    Association, appointed by the Governor;
7        (9) a representative of the Illinois Public Defenders
8    Association, appointed by the Governor;
9        (10) a representative from the Illinois Judges
10    Association, appointed by the Speaker of the House;
11        (11) a representative from the Illinois State Bar
12    Association, appointed by the House Minority Leader;
13        (12) a representative of the Chicago Bar Association,
14    appointed by the Senate President;
15        (13) a representative from the Illinois Sheriffs'
16    Association appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;
17        (14) a representative from the Illinois Association of
18    Chiefs of Police, appointed by the Governor;
19        (15) the Chief of Police from a municipality with more
20    than 1,000,000 residents or his or her designee; and
21        (16) the sheriff from a county with more than 3,000,000
22    residents or his or her designee.
23    (b) The Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
24Information Authority, or his or her designee, shall serve as a
25technology and policy advisor to assist the Task Force.
26    (c) The members of the Task Force shall elect a chair of

 

 

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1the discovery Task Force. The chair of the discovery Task Force
2shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force on or before
3June 30, 2016. The Task Force shall meet at least twice a month
4thereafter until it completes its duties under this Act, or
5until November 30, 2016, whichever is earlier.
 
6    Section 15. Duties of the Task Force.
7    (a) The Task Force may consult with experts to provide
8assistance as necessary.
9    (b) The Task Force shall:
10        (1) analyze the criminal discovery process in this
11    State to determine the actual costs, including, but not
12    limited to labor, materials, time, and other tangible costs
13    of the current criminal discovery process to determine how
14    technology can improve the process for all participants;
15        (2) analyze the process for information sharing,
16    including, but not limited to, an analysis of record
17    management systems, computer aided dispatch systems, and
18    other technology used to process information between law
19    enforcement agencies in this State to determine the actual
20    costs of the current process;
21        (3) analyze the current information sharing process
22    between law enforcement agencies to determine how
23    technology can improve the process for all participants;
24        (4) determine which prosecutors' offices obtain all
25    law enforcement discoverable evidence in an electronic

 

 

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1    format, which prosecutors' offices will soon be able to
2    obtain all law enforcement discoverable evidence in an
3    electronic format, and which prosecutors' offices will not
4    have that ability at any point in the future without
5    assistance;
6        (5) determine the barriers for those prosecutors'
7    offices that will not be able to obtain law enforcement
8    discoverable evidence in an electronic format without
9    assistance;
10        (6) determine which law enforcement agencies obtain
11    and utilize data entirely, or partially, in an electronic
12    format, which law enforcement agencies will soon be able to
13    obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format,
14    and which law enforcement agencies will not be able to
15    obtain and utilize data entirely in an electronic format at
16    any point in the future without assistance;
17        (7) study how a single statewide criminal information
18    sharing system or other technology may improve electronic
19    discovery or electronic redaction;
20        (8) study how a statewide standardized law enforcement
21    reporting form that can be easily redacted may improve the
22    criminal discovery process;
23        (9) study the short-term needs for law enforcement and
24    states attorneys to facilitate greater use of electronic
25    discovery and information sharing;
26        (10) study whether a single standardized statewide

 

 

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1    case records management system or other law enforcement
2    technology would provide better and additional access to
3    information for law enforcement;
4        (11) determine whether a single standardized statewide
5    case records management system or other electronic
6    discovery technology would provide for a better and more
7    efficient criminal discovery process and offer any cost
8    savings;
9        (12) determine whether a single standardized statewide
10    case record management system or other information sharing
11    technology would provide for a better and more efficient
12    law enforcement information sharing process and offer any
13    cost savings;
14        (13) suggest an alternative funding process to the
15    State's current method to pay for criminal discovery costs;
16        (14) suggest an alternative funding process to the
17    State's current method to pay for law enforcement
18    information sharing costs;
19        (15) determine which executive, judicial branch agency
20    or quasi-governmental organization is best suited to serve
21    as a conduit and coordinator for a statewide criminal
22    electronic discovery system; and
23        (16) determine which executive agency, judicial branch
24    agency or quasi-governmental organization is best suited
25    to serve as a conduit and coordinator for a statewide
26    criminal information sharing system.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Preliminary and final report.
2    (a) The Task Force shall provide a preliminary report to
3the Governor and General Assembly on or before November 15,
42016, if the final report is not completed by then.
5    (b) The task force shall issue a final report to the
6Governor and General Assembly on or before January 10, 2017.
7The report shall include recommendations for legislation, use
8of technology, and other non-legislative processes that would
9improve the criminal discovery process and law enforcement
10information sharing.
 
11    Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 11,
122017.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.