HB4567 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4567

Introduced , by Rep. William Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 707/10

Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grants for video cameras.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(50 ILCS 707/10)

Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation, rules.

(a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the the State treasury. From appropriations to the Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois for the purpose of installing video cameras in law enforcement vehicles and training law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras.

Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.

(b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are eligible.

(c) The Board shall develop model rules to be adopted by law enforcement agencies that receive grants under this Section. The rules shall include the following requirements:

(1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement vehicles.

(2) Videotaping must provide audio of the officer when the officer is outside of the vehicle.

(3) Camera access must be restricted to the supervisors of the officer in the vehicle.

(4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout the officer's shift.

(5) A copy of the videotape must be made available upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency, the local State's Attorney, and any persons depicted in the video. Procedures for distribution of the videotape must include safeguards to protect the identities of individuals who are not a party to the requested stop.

(6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under this grant shall provide for storage of the tapes for a period of not less than 2 years.

(d) Any law enforcement agency receiving moneys under this Section must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly, which will be due on May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include (i) the number of cameras received by the law enforcement agency, (ii) the number of cameras actually installed in law enforcement vehicles, (iii) a brief description of the review process used by supervisors within the law enforcement agency, (iv) a list of any criminal, traffic, ordinance, and civil cases where video recordings were used, including party names, case numbers, offenses charged, and disposition of the matter, (this item applies, but is not limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand jury proceedings, and plea bargains), and (v) any other information relevant to the administration of the program.

(e) No applications for grant money under this Section shall be accepted before January 1, 2007 or after January 1, 2011.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, 2012 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer any funds in excess of $1,000,000 held in the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund to the State Police Operations Assistance Fund.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1, 2013 only, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund to the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund.

(Source: P.A. 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)