Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 3/13/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4266 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4266 on page 1, by 
3inserting immediately below line 3 the following:

 
4    "Section 3. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act 
5is amended  by changing Section 8.5 as follows:
 


6    (725 ILCS 120/8.5)



7    Sec. 8.5. Statewide victim and witness notification 
8system. 

9    (a) The Attorney General may establish a crime victim and 
10witness
notification system to assist public officials in 
11carrying out their
duties to notify and inform crime victims 
12and witnesses under Section 4.5 of
this Act or under 
13subsections (a), (a-2), and (a-3) of Section 120 of the Sex 
14Offender Community Notification Law as the Attorney General 
15specifies by rule.  The system shall download
necessary

16information from participating officials into its computers, 
 
 
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1where it shall be
maintained, updated, and automatically 
2transmitted to victims and witnesses by
telephone, computer, or 
3written notice.

4    (b) The Illinois Department of Corrections, the Department 
5of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human
Services, and the 
6Prisoner Review Board shall cooperate with the Attorney
General 
7in the implementation of this Section and shall provide 
8information as
necessary to the effective operation of the 
9system.

10    (c) State's attorneys, circuit court clerks, and local law 
11enforcement
and correctional authorities
may enter into 
12agreements with the Attorney General for participation in the

13system.  The Attorney General may provide those who elect to 
14participate with
the equipment, software, or training 
15necessary to bring their offices into the
system.

16    (d) The provision of information to crime victims and 
17witnesses through the
Attorney General's notification system

18satisfies a given State or local official's corresponding 
19obligation to provide the information.

20    (e) The Attorney General may provide for telephonic, 
21electronic, or other
public access to the database established 
22under this Section.

23    (f) The Attorney General shall adopt rules as necessary to 
24implement this
Section.  The rules shall include, but not be 
25limited to, provisions for the
scope and operation of any 
26system the Attorney General may establish
and procedures, 
 
 
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1requirements,
and standards for entering into agreements to 
2participate in the system and to
receive equipment, software, 
3or training.

4    (g) There is established in the Office of the Attorney 
5General a Crime
Victim and Witness Notification Advisory

6Committee consisting of those victims advocates, sheriffs,
 
7State's Attorneys, circuit court clerks, Illinois Department 
8of
Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and 
9Prisoner Review
Board
employees that the Attorney General

10chooses to appoint.  The Attorney General shall designate one 
11member to chair
the Committee.


12        (1) The Committee shall consult with and advise the 
13    Attorney General as to
the exercise of the Attorney 
14    General's authority under this Section, including,
but not 
15    limited
to:


16            (i) the design, scope, and operation of the 
17        notification system;


18            (ii) the content of any rules adopted to implement 
19        this Section;


20            (iii) the procurement of hardware, software, and

21        support for the system, including choice of supplier or 
22        operator; and


23            (iv) the acceptance of agreements with and the 
24        award of equipment,
software, or training to officials 
25        that seek to participate in the system.


26        (2) The Committee shall review the status and operation 
 
 
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1    of the system and
report any findings and recommendations 
2    for changes to the Attorney General and
the General 
3    Assembly by November 1 of each year.


4        (3) The members of the Committee shall receive no 
5    compensation for their
services as members of the 
6    Committee, but may be reimbursed for their actual
expenses 
7    incurred in serving on the Committee.

8    (h)  The Attorney General shall not release the names, 
9addresses,
phone numbers, personal identification numbers, or 
10email addresses of
any person registered to receive 
11notifications to any other person except
State or local 
12officials using the notification system to satisfy the 
13official's
obligation to provide the information. The Attorney 
14General may
grant limited access to the Automated Victim 
15Notification system (AVN) to law enforcement, prosecution,
and 
16other agencies that provide service to victims of violent crime 
17to assist
victims in enrolling and utilizing the AVN system. 
18(Source: P.A. 96-1092, eff. 1-1-11.)".