HB2517 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2517

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 706/10-15
50 ILCS 706/10-25

Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that all law enforcement agencies must use officer-worn body cameras subject to the Act. Provides that each law enforcement agency must provide an annual report on the use of officer-worn body cameras to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act is amended by changing Sections 10-15 and 10-25 as follows:

(50 ILCS 706/10-15)

Sec. 10-15. Applicability. All Any law enforcement agencies must use agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras is subject to the provisions of this Act, whether or not the agency receives or has received monies from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.

(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)

(50 ILCS 706/10-25)

Sec. 10-25. Reporting.

(a) Each law enforcement agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras must provide an annual report on the use of officer-worn body cameras to the Board, on or before May 1 of the year. The report shall include:

(1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency, including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn body cameras;

(2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized by the law enforcement agency;

(3) any technical issues with the equipment and how those issues were remedied;

(4) a brief description of the review process used by supervisors within the law enforcement agency;

(5) for each recording used in prosecutions of conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or municipal ordinance violations:

(A) the time, date, location, and precinct of the incident;

(B) the offense charged and the date charges were filed; and

(6) any other information relevant to the administration of the program.

(b) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor.

(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)