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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1866
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1866 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to crime stoppers programs."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 Crime Stoppers Program Act.
9 Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "Crime Stoppers
10 program" means a program that meets each of the following
11 requirements:
12 (1) The purpose of the program is to obtain information
13 on persons wanted for crimes, felony crimes, and other
14 criminal activity.
15 (2) The program has a law enforcement coordinator who
16 forwards information obtained by the program to the
17 appropriate law enforcement agency.
18 (3) The program allows the person submitting information
19 to remain anonymous.
20 (4) The program operates in conjunction with a law
21 enforcement agency or Office of the State's Attorney.
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1 (5) The program has a civilian board of directors, is
2 incorporated in the State of Illinois, and is certified by
3 the Illinois State Crime Stoppers Association.
4 Section 10. Certification of programs. The Illinois
5 State Crime Stoppers Association shall certify Crime Stoppers
6 programs in this State. On or after the effective date of
7 this Act, a person or agency that is not a certified Crime
8 Stoppers program may not use the name "Crime Stoppers". The
9 Attorney General may enforce this Section through injunctive
10 or other appropriate relief.
11 Section 105. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
12 adding Section 8-802.3 as follows:
13 (735 ILCS 5/8-802.3 new)
14 Sec. 8-802.3. Identity of person who submits information
15 to a Crime Stoppers program; privileged. The identity of a
16 person who submits information of a criminal act to a Crime
17 Stoppers program is privileged information and may not be
18 disclosed in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
19 Telephone records of a Crime Stoppers program are privileged
20 information and are not subject to disclosure by subpoena or
21 other means. In this Section, "Crime Stoppers program" means
22 a program certified by the Illinois State Crime Stoppers
23 Association under the Crime Stoppers Program Act.".