50 ILCS 707/ Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act.

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50 ILCS 707/1

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Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-987, eff. 6-30-06.)

50 ILCS 707/5

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    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
created by the Illinois Police Training Act.

"In-car video camera" means a video camera located in a law enforcement patrol vehicle.

"In-car video camera recording equipment" means a video camera recording system located in a law enforcement patrol vehicle consisting of a camera assembly, recording mechanism, and an in-car video recording medium.

"In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is visibly wearing articles of clothing, badge, tactical gear, gun belt, a patch, or other insignia indicating that he or she is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.

"Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person employed by a
unit of local government or an Illinois public university as a policeman, peace officer or in some
like position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the
public interest at the risk of that person's life.

"Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.

"Recording" means the process of capturing data or information stored on a recording medium as required under this Act.

"Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive, cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology, or any other electronic medium.

"Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

50 ILCS 707/10

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

(a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities for the purpose of (1) purchasing or leasing in-car video cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles, (2) purchasing or leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology for law enforcement officers, and (3) training for law enforcement officers in the operation of the cameras. Grants under this Section may be used to offset data storage and related licensing costs for officer-worn body cameras. For the purposes of this Section, "purchasing or leasing" includes providing funding to units of local government in advance that can be used to obtain this equipment rather than only for reimbursement of purchased equipment.

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.

    (b-5) The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
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(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22; 103-588, eff. 7-1-24.)

50 ILCS 707/15

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    Sec. 15. Rules; in-car video camera grants.

(a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of in-car video cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules shall include all of the following requirements:

(1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement

agency vehicles.

(2) Video recording 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 video record 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 video record 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 video records for a period of not less than 2 years.

(b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include the following:

(1) the number of cameras received by the law

enforcement agency;

(2) the number of cameras actually installed in law

enforcement agency vehicles;

(3) a brief description of the review process used by

supervisors within the law enforcement agency;

(4) a list of any criminal, traffic, ordinance, and

civil cases in which in-car video recordings were used, including party names, case numbers, offenses charged, and disposition of the matter.  Proceedings to which this paragraph (4) applies include, but are not limited to, court proceedings, coroner's inquests, grand jury proceedings, and plea bargains; and

(5) any other information relevant to the

administration of the program.

(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)

50 ILCS 707/20

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    Sec. 20. Rules; officer body-worn camera grants.

(a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of officer body-worn cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules shall comply with the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.

(b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of the grant. The report shall include:

(1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency,

including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn body cameras;

(2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized

by the law enforcement agency;

(3) any technical issues with the equipment and how

those issues were remedied;

(4) a brief description of the review process used by

supervisors within the law enforcement agency;

(5) for each recording used in prosecutions of

conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or municipal ordinance violations:

(A) the time, date, and location of the incident;

and

(B) the offenses charged and the date charges

were filed;

(6) for a recording used in a civil proceeding or

internal affairs investigation:

(A) the number of pending civil proceedings and

internal investigations;

(B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending

investigations:

(i) the nature of the complaint or

allegations;

(ii) the disposition, if known; and
(iii) the date, time and location of the

incident; and

(7) any other information relevant to the

administration of the program.

(c) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor.

(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)

50 ILCS 707/25

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Sec. 25. No fund sweep.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund may not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State fund, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, 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. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)

50 ILCS 707/40

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Sec. 40. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-987, eff. 6-30-06; text omitted.)

50 ILCS 707/60

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Sec. 60. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-987, eff. 6-30-06; text omitted.)

50 ILCS 707/99

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Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 94-987, eff. 6-30-06.)