Full Text of HB4567 98th General Assembly
HB4567 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4567 Introduced , by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grants for video cameras.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 10 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 707/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation, | 8 | | rules. | 9 | | (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a | 10 | | special fund in the the State treasury. From appropriations to | 11 | | the Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of | 12 | | local government in Illinois for the purpose of installing | 13 | | video cameras in law enforcement vehicles and training law | 14 | | enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. | 15 | | Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, | 16 | | including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants, | 17 | | and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited | 18 | | into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must | 19 | | be deposited into the Fund. | 20 | | (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of | 21 | | grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are | 22 | | eligible. | 23 | | (c) The Board shall develop model rules to be adopted by |
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| 1 | | law enforcement agencies that receive grants under this | 2 | | Section. The rules shall include the following requirements: | 3 | | (1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement | 4 | | vehicles. | 5 | | (2) Videotaping must provide audio of the officer when | 6 | | the officer is outside of the vehicle. | 7 | | (3) Camera access must be restricted to the supervisors | 8 | | of the officer in the vehicle. | 9 | | (4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout | 10 | | the officer's shift. | 11 | | (5) A copy of the videotape must be made available upon | 12 | | request to personnel of the law enforcement agency, the | 13 | | local State's Attorney, and any persons depicted in the | 14 | | video. Procedures for distribution of the videotape must | 15 | | include safeguards to protect the identities of | 16 | | individuals who are not a party to the requested stop. | 17 | | (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under | 18 | | this grant shall provide for storage of the tapes for a | 19 | | period of not less than 2 years. | 20 | | (d) Any law enforcement agency receiving moneys under this | 21 | | Section must provide an annual report to the Board, the | 22 | | Governor, and the General Assembly, which will be due on May 1 | 23 | | of the year following the receipt of the grant and each May 1 | 24 | | thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall | 25 | | include (i) the number of cameras received by the law | 26 | | enforcement agency, (ii) the number of cameras actually |
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| 1 | | installed in law enforcement vehicles, (iii) a brief | 2 | | description of the review process used by supervisors within | 3 | | the law enforcement agency, (iv) a list of any criminal, | 4 | | traffic, ordinance, and civil cases where video recordings were | 5 | | used, including party names, case numbers, offenses charged, | 6 | | and disposition of the matter, (this item applies, but is not | 7 | | limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand jury | 8 | | proceedings, and plea bargains), and (v) any other information | 9 | | relevant to the administration of the program. | 10 | | (e) No applications for grant money under this Section | 11 | | shall be accepted before January 1, 2007 or after January 1, | 12 | | 2011.
| 13 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition | 14 | | to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, | 15 | | 2012 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State | 16 | | Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer | 17 | | any funds in excess of $1,000,000 held in the Law Enforcement | 18 | | Camera Grant Fund to the State Police Operations Assistance | 19 | | Fund. | 20 | | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition | 21 | | to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, | 22 | | 2013 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State | 23 | | Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer | 24 | | the sum of $2,000,000 from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant | 25 | | Fund to the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)
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