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91_HB2748eng

 
HB2748 Engrossed                               LRB9100042RCks

 1        AN ACT to amend the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses
 2    Act by adding Section 8.5.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act
 6    is amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 120/8.5 new)
 8        Sec. 8.5.  Crime victim notification.
 9        (a)  The Attorney General shall establish a crime  victim
10    notification  system  that provides the information contained
11    in the notices required under Section 4.5  to  crime  victims
12    and  witnesses,  upon  their  request, by automated telephone
13    calls.  The Attorney General  may  contract  with  public  or
14    private  agencies  to implement the notification system.  The
15    Attorney General shall implement an automatic  data  exchange
16    system  to  access and download information from the computer
17    databases of the  Department  of  Corrections,  the  Prisoner
18    Review  Board,  law enforcement agencies, the circuit clerks,
19    and the State's Attorneys that is necessary  to  provide  the
20    notices  required in Section 4.5.  The Attorney General shall
21    establish and maintain a centralized computer database of the
22    information needed to provide the notices required in Section
23    4.5.  The information in the database shall  be  uploaded  to
24    the  automated telephone system for transmission to the crime
25    victim and witness.  The Attorney General shall  establish  a
26    24-hour  hotline  accessible  to the public that contains the
27    status of criminal cases pending in  the  circuit  courts  of
28    this State.
29        (b)  The  Attorney General shall adopt rules to implement
30    this Section.

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