HB4647 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 14958 MJR 29856 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4647

Introduced , by Rep. Monique D. Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3910/5	from Ch. 38, par. 1305
105 ILCS 5/34-21.8 new

Amends the Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act to provide that the Council shall additionally advise and assist with the CPS Violence Prevention Hotline. Amends the School Code. Provides that in consultation with the Anti-Crime Advisory Council and the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Board of Education must establish a hotline for the purpose of receiving anonymous phone calls for information that may prevent violence. Requires that calls that are placed to the hotline must be answered by the Chicago Police Department. Requires that each call placed to the hotline must be recorded and investigated by the Chicago Police Department. Provides that the hotline shall be known as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline" and its number and anonymous nature must be posted in all Chicago Public Schools.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3910/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1305)

Sec. 5. Duties. The Council shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) to advise and assist in the creation of local anti-crime programs, such as Crime Stoppers, CPS Violence Prevention Hotline, We-Tip and similar programs designed to solve crimes;

(b) to foster the detection of crime and encourage persons through the program and otherwise to come forward with information about criminal activity;

(c) to encourage the news media to promote local anti-crime programs and to inform the public of the functions of the Council;

(d) to assist local anti-crime programs in channeling information reported to those programs concerning criminal activity to the appropriate law enforcement agencies;

(e) to assist local anti-crime programs in promoting the private funding of local anti-crime programs; and

(f) to assist drug alert programs such as D.A.R.E. and other drug alert programs or drug task forces composed of or created by State or local law enforcement agencies.

(Source: P.A. 90-775, eff. 1-1-99.)

Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section 34-21.8 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/34-21.8 new)

Sec. 34-21.8. Chicago public schools violence prevention hotline.

(a) In consultation with the Anti-Crime Advisory Council and the Chicago Police Department, the Board must establish a hotline for the purpose of receiving anonymous phone calls for information that may prevent violence.

(b) Calls that are placed to the hotline must be answered by the Chicago Police Department.

(c) Each call placed to the hotline must be recorded and investigated by the Chicago Police Department.

(d) The hotline shall be known as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline" and its number and anonymous nature must be posted in all Chicago Public Schools.