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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.