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2005 Illinois 20 ILCS 2605/      Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of State Police Law) Article 2605 - Department Of State Police


      (20 ILCS 2605/Art. 2605 heading)
ARTICLE 2605. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑1)
    Sec. 2605‑1. Article short title. This Article 2605 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of State Police Law.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑5)
    Sec. 2605‑5. Definitions. In this Law:
    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
    "Director" means the Director of State Police.
    "Missing endangered senior" means an individual 65 years of age or older who is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and is, or is believed to be:
        (1) a temporary or permanent resident of Illinois;
        (2) at a location that cannot be determined by an
    
individual familiar with the missing individual; and
        (3) incapable of returning to the individual's
    
residence without assistance.
(Source: P.A. 94‑145, eff. 1‑1‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑10) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑10. Powers and duties, generally. The Department shall have the powers and duties set forth in the following Sections.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑15) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑15. Rules and regulations. To promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of its powers and duties, wherever granted and imposed, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑25) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑1)
    Sec. 2605‑25. Department divisions. The Department is divided into the Illinois State Police Academy and 4 divisions: the Division of Operations, the Division of Forensic Services, the Division of Administration, and the Division of Internal Investigation.
(Source: P.A. 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑30) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑2)
    Sec. 2605‑30. Division of Operations (formerly State Troopers). The Division of Operations shall exercise the following functions and those in Section 2605‑35:
        (1) Cooperate with federal and State authorities
    
requesting utilization of the Department's radio network system under the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
    
State Police under the State Police Act.
        (3) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
by law in the Department by the State Police Radio Act.
        (4) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
    
Department vested by law in the Department and the Illinois State Police by the Illinois Vehicle Code.
        (5) Exercise other duties that have been or may be
    
vested by law in the Illinois State Police.
        (6) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by
    
the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and to achieve the purposes of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑35)(was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑3)
    Sec. 2605‑35. Division of Operations (formerly Criminal Investigation).
    (a) The Division of Operations shall exercise the following functions and those in Section 2605‑30:
        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
by law in the Department by the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
        (2) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
    
and incidents of crime and enforce the criminal laws of this State related thereto.
        (3) Enforce all laws regulating the production,
    
sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting, having in possession, dispensing, delivering, distributing, or use of controlled substances and cannabis.
        (4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages,
    
and incorporated towns and with the police officers of any county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making arrests and recovering property.
        (5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
    
this State or any other state with treason or a felony or other crime who has fled from justice and is found in this State.
        (6) Investigate recipients and providers under the
    
Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the administration of the Code who are suspected of any violation of the Code pertaining to fraud in the administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and pertaining to any violation of criminal law; and exercise the functions required under Section 2605‑220 in the conduct of those investigations.
        (7) Conduct other investigations as provided by law.
        (8) Exercise the powers and perform the duties that
    
have been vested in the Department by the Sex Offender Registration Act and the Sex Offender Community Notification Law; and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessitated thereby.
        (9) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by
    
the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.
    (b) There is hereby established in the Division of Operations the Office of Coordination of Gang Prevention, hereafter referred to as the Office.
    The Office shall consult with units of local government and school districts to assist them in gang control activities and to administer a system of grants to units of local government and school districts that, upon application, have demonstrated a workable plan to reduce gang activity in their area. The grants shall not include reimbursement for personnel, nor shall they exceed 75% of the total request by any applicant. The grants may be calculated on a proportional basis, determined by funds available to the Department for this purpose. The Department has the authority to promulgate appropriate rules and regulations to administer this program.
    The Office shall establish mobile units of trained personnel to respond to gang activities.
    The Office shall also consult with and use the services of religious leaders and other celebrities to assist in gang control activities.
    The Office may sponsor seminars, conferences, or any other educational activity to assist communities in their gang crime control activities.
(Source: P.A. 94‑945, eff. 6‑27‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑40) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑4)
    Sec. 2605‑40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
by law in the Department by the Criminal Identification Act.
        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
by law in the Department by Section 2605‑300 of this Law.
        (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement
    
agencies through training, management, and consultant services.
        (4) (Blank).
        (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by
    
the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.
        (6) Establish and operate a forensic science
    
laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago, and elsewhere in the State as needed.
        (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for
    
these purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing accurate and expedited forensic science and other investigative and laboratory services to local law enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of the investigation and trial of capital cases.
(Source: P.A. 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑589, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑45)(was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑5)
    Sec. 2605‑45. Division of Administration. The Division of Administration shall exercise the following functions:
        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
in the Department by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act.
        (2) Pursue research and the publication of studies
    
pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
        (3) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
in the Department by the Personnel Code.
        (4) Operate an electronic data processing and
    
computer center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to criminal activity.
        (5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
in the former Division of State Troopers by Section 17 of the State Police Act.
        (6) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
in the Department by "An Act relating to internal auditing in State government", approved August 11, 1967 (repealed; now the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act, 30 ILCS 10/).
        (6.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
    
in the Department by the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
        (7) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by
    
the Director to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑50) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑6)
    Sec. 2605‑50. Division of Internal Investigation. The Division of Internal Investigation shall initiate internal departmental investigations and, at the direction of the Governor, investigate complaints and initiate investigations of official misconduct by State officers and State employees under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑55)
    Sec. 2605‑55. Badges. The Director must authorize to each State trooper, police officer, and investigator and to any other employee of the Department exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by the Department and (ii) contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 91‑883, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑75) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑75. Bilingual police officers. The Department may ascertain the number of bilingual police officers and other personnel needed to provide services in a language other than English and may establish, under applicable personnel rules and Department guidelines or through a collective bargaining agreement, a bilingual pay supplement program.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239; 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑85)
    Sec. 2605‑85. Training; cultural diversity. The Department shall provide training and continuing education to State Police officers concerning cultural diversity, including sensitivity toward racial and ethnic differences. This training and continuing education shall include, but not be limited to, an emphasis on the fact that the primary purpose of enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code is safety and equal and uniform enforcement under the law.
(Source: P.A. 93‑209, eff. 7‑18‑03.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑100) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑100. State Police Act. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the State Police Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑105) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑105. State Police Radio Act. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the State Police Radio Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑110) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑110. Criminal Identification Act. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Criminal Identification Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑115) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑115. Illinois Vehicle Code. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑120) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑120. Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑130) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑130. Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984. To exercise the powers and perform the duties that have been vested in the Department by the Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, and to establish reasonable rules and regulations necessitated thereby.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑135) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55c)
    Sec. 2605‑135. Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act. The Department shall exercise the powers and duties assigned to it under the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑140) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑140. Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act. To exercise the rights, powers, and duties that have been vested in the Department and the Director by the Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑190) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑190. Other laws in relation to law enforcement. To enforce and administer other laws in relation to law enforcement to the extent that they vest any rights, powers, or duties in the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑200) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑200. Investigations of crime; enforcement of laws.
    (a) To do the following:
        (1) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
    
and incidents of crime and the ways and means to redress the victims of crimes; study the impact, if any, of legislation relative to the effusion of crime and growing crime rates; and enforce the criminal laws of this State related thereto.
        (2) Enforce all laws regulating the production,
    
sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting, having in possession, dispensing, delivering, distributing, or use of controlled substances and cannabis.
        (3) Employ skilled experts, scientists, technicians,
    
investigators, or otherwise specially qualified persons to aid in preventing or detecting crime, apprehending criminals, or preparing and presenting evidence of violations of the criminal laws of the State.
        (4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages,
    
and incorporated towns and with the police officers of any county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making arrests and recovering property.
        (5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
    
this State or any other state of the United States with treason or a felony or other crime who has fled from justice and is found in this State.
        (6) Conduct other investigations as provided by law.
    (b) Persons exercising the powers set forth in subsection (a) within the Department are conservators of the peace and as such have all the powers possessed by policemen in cities and sheriffs, except that they may exercise those powers anywhere in the State in cooperation with and after contact with the local law enforcement officials. Those persons may use false or fictitious names in the performance of their duties under this Section, upon approval of the Director, and shall not be subject to prosecution under the criminal laws for that use.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑205) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑205. Arson investigations. To conduct arson investigations.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑210) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑210. Child abuse or neglect investigations. Upon the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, to investigate reports of child abuse or neglect.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑211)
    Sec. 2605‑211. Protocol; methamphetamine; illegal manufacture.
    (a) The Department of State Police shall develop a protocol to be followed in performing gross remediation of clandestine laboratory sites not to exceed the standards established by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
    (b) "Gross remediation" means the removal of any and all identifiable clandestine laboratory ingredients and apparatus.
    (c) The Department of State Police must post the protocol on its official Web site.
(Source: P.A. 94‑555, eff. 8‑12‑05.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑212)
    Sec. 2605‑212. Children; methamphetamine; protocol. The Department shall cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services and the State Board of Education in developing the protocol required under Section 6.5 of the Children and Family Services Act. The Department must post the protocol on the official Web site maintained by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 94‑554, eff. 1‑1‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑215) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑215. Horse race track investigation services. To provide investigative services, with all of the powers possessed by policemen in cities and sheriffs, in and around all race tracks subject to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑220) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑7)
    Sec. 2605‑220. Public aid fraud investigations. The Department, through the Division of Operations, shall investigate recipients and providers under the Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the administration of the Code who are suspected of any violations of the Code pertaining to fraud in the administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and pertaining to any violation of criminal law. The Department shall, in addition to functions otherwise authorized by State and federal law, exercise the following functions:
        (1) Initiate investigations of suspected cases of
    
public aid fraud.
        (2) Investigate cases of public aid fraud.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑250) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑250. Obtaining evidence. To expend the sums the Director deems necessary from contractual services appropriations for the Division of Operations for the purchase of evidence and for the employment of persons to obtain evidence. The sums shall be advanced to agents authorized by the Director to expend funds, on vouchers signed by the Director.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑275) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑275. Registration of fictitious vital records. To obtain registration of a fictitious vital record pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Vital Records Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑300) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑300. Records; crime laboratories; personnel. To do the following:
        (1) Be a central repository and custodian of
    
criminal statistics for the State.
        (2) Be a central repository for criminal history
    
record information.
        (3) Procure and file for record information that is
    
necessary and helpful to plan programs of crime prevention, law enforcement, and criminal justice.
        (4) Procure and file for record copies of
    
fingerprints that may be required by law.
        (5) Establish general and field crime laboratories.
        (6) Register and file for record information that
    
may be required by law for the issuance of firearm owner's identification cards.
        (7) Employ polygraph operators, laboratory
    
technicians, and other specially qualified persons to aid in the identification of criminal activity.
        (8) Undertake other identification, information,
    
laboratory, statistical, or registration activities that may be required by law.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑302) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑302. Arrest reports.
    (a) When an individual is arrested, the following information must be made available to the news media for inspection and copying:
        (1) Information that identifies the individual,
    
including the name, age, address, and photograph, when and if available.
        (2) Information detailing any charges relating to
    
the arrest.
        (3) The time and location of the arrest.
        (4) The name of the investigating or arresting law
    
enforcement agency.
        (5) If the individual is incarcerated, the amount of
    
any bail or bond.
        (6) If the individual is incarcerated, the time and
    
date that the individual was received, discharged, or transferred from the arresting agency's custody.
    (b) The information required by this Section must be made available to the news media for inspection and copying as soon as practicable, but in no event shall the time period exceed 72 hours from the arrest. The information described in items (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a), however, may be withheld if it is determined that disclosure would (i) interfere with pending or actually and reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings conducted by any law enforcement or correctional agency; (ii) endanger the life or physical safety of law enforcement or correctional personnel or any other person; or (iii) compromise the security of any correctional facility.
    (c) For the purposes of this Section, the term "news media" means personnel of a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news service whether in print or electronic format, a radio station, a television station, a television network, a community antenna television service, or a person or corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion picture news for public showing.
    (d) Each law enforcement or correctional agency may charge fees for arrest records, but in no instance may the fee exceed the actual cost of copying and reproduction. The fees may not include the cost of the labor used to reproduce the arrest record.
    (e) The provisions of this Section do not supersede the confidentiality provisions for arrest records of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(Source: P.A. 91‑309, eff. 7‑29‑99; 92‑16, eff. 6‑28‑01; incorporates 92‑335, eff. 8‑10‑01; 92‑651, eff. 7‑11‑02.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑305) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑305. Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD). The Department may establish and maintain, within the Department, a Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD) for the purpose of tracking organized criminal gangs and their memberships. Information in the database may include, but not be limited to, the name, last known address, birth date, physical descriptions (such as scars, marks, or tattoos), officer safety information, organized gang affiliation, and entering agency identifier. The Department may develop, in consultation with the Criminal Justice Information Authority, and in a form and manner prescribed by the Department, an automated data exchange system to compile, to maintain, and to make this information electronically available to prosecutors and to other law enforcement agencies. The information may be used by authorized agencies to combat the operations of organized criminal gangs statewide.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑315) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑315. Criminal history record information for Department of Children and Family Services. Upon the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of State Police shall provide properly designated employees of the Department of Children and Family Services with criminal history record information as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act and information maintained in the statewide central juvenile records system as defined in Section 2605‑355 if the Department of Children and Family Services determines the information is necessary to perform its duties under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care Act of 1969, and the Children and Family Services Act. The request shall be in the form and manner specified by the Department of State Police.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑320)
    Sec. 2605‑320. Criminal history information for Department of Human Services. Upon request of the Department of Human Services, to conduct an assessment and evaluation of sexually violent persons as mandated by the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, the Department shall furnish criminal history information maintained on the requested person. The request shall be in the form and manner specified by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑325) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑325. Conviction information for school board or regional superintendent. On request of a school board or regional superintendent of schools, to conduct a fingerprint‑based criminal history records check pursuant to Section 10‑21.9 or 34‑18.5 of the School Code. The Department shall furnish the conviction information to the president of the school board of the school district that has requested the information or, if the information was requested by the regional superintendent, to that regional superintendent.
(Source: P.A. 93‑909, eff. 8‑12‑04.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑327)
    Sec. 2605‑327. Conviction and sex offender information for medical school. Upon the inquiry of a medical school under the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act, to ascertain whether a matriculant of the medical school has been convicted of any violent felony or has been adjudicated a sex offender.
    The Department shall make sex offender information available to the inquiring medical school through the Statewide Sex Offender Database. Medical schools in this State must conduct an inquiry into the Statewide Sex Offender Database on all matriculants as part of the admissions process.
    Pursuant to the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act, the Department shall conduct a fingerprint‑based criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal history records database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records database upon the request of a public medical school. Pursuant to the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act, the Department shall conduct a fingerprint‑based, Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act check of the Illinois criminal history records database upon the request of a private medical school. The Department may charge the requesting public or private medical school a fee for conducting the fingerprint‑based criminal history records check. The fee shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry and shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94‑709, eff. 12‑5‑05; 94‑837, eff. 6‑6‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑330) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑330. Firefighter applicant criminal history records checks. Upon the request of the chief of a fire department or the board of trustees of a fire protection district, the Department shall conduct fingerprint‑based criminal history records checks of both State and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record databases concerning prospective firefighters and report to the requesting chief or the board of trustees of a fire protection district any conviction information about those persons. The Department may charge the requesting chief or board of trustees a fee for conducting the criminal history records check. The fee shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry. The Department may prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 92‑16, eff. 6‑28‑01; 93‑952, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑335) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑335. Conviction information for private child services organization. Upon the request of any private organization that devotes a major portion of its time to the provision of recreational, social, educational, or child safety services to children, to conduct, pursuant to positive identification, criminal background investigations of all of that organization's current employees, current volunteers, prospective employees, or prospective volunteers charged with the care and custody of children during the provision of the organization's services, and to report to the requesting organization any record of convictions maintained in the Department's files about those persons. The Department shall charge an application fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information pursuant to this Section. The Department is empowered to establish this fee and shall prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this Section.
    Information received by the organization from the Department concerning an individual shall be provided to the individual. Any such information obtained by the organization shall be confidential and may not be transmitted outside the organization and may not be transmitted to anyone within the organization except as needed for the purpose of evaluating the individual. Only information and standards that bear a reasonable and rational relation to the performance of child care shall be used by the organization.
    Any employee of the Department or any member, employee, or volunteer of the organization receiving confidential information under this Section who gives or causes to be given any confidential information concerning any criminal convictions of an individual shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless release of the information is authorized by this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑340) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑340. Conviction information for private carrier company under Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Upon the request of a private carrier company that provides transportation under Section 28b of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, to ascertain whether an applicant for a driver position has been convicted of any criminal or drug offense enumerated in that Section. The Department shall furnish the conviction information to the private carrier company that requested the information.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑350) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑350. Juveniles; police contact record keeping system. To develop a separate statewide statistical police contact record keeping system for the study of juvenile delinquency. The records of this police contact system shall be limited to statistical information. No individually identifiable information shall be maintained in the police contact statistical record system.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑355) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑355. Delinquent minors; statewide central juvenile records system. To develop a separate statewide central juvenile records system for persons arrested prior to the age of 17 under Section 5‑401 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or adjudicated delinquent minors and to make information available to local law enforcement officers so that law enforcement officers will be able to obtain rapid access to the background of the minor from other jurisdictions to the end that the juvenile police officers can make appropriate decisions that will best serve the interest of the child and the community. The Department shall submit a quarterly report to the General Assembly and Governor. The report shall contain the number of juvenile records that the Department has received in that quarter and a list, by category, of offenses that minors were arrested for or convicted of by age, race, and gender.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑360) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑360. Rules for confidentiality of juvenile records. To develop rules that guarantee the confidentiality of the individually identifiable juvenile records described in Section 2605‑355 except to juvenile authorities who request information concerning the minor and who certify in writing that the information will not be disclosed to any other party except as provided under law or order of court. For purposes of this Section, "juvenile authorities" means:
        (1) A judge of the circuit court and members of the
    
staff of the court designated by the judge.
        (2) Parties to the proceedings under the Juvenile
    
Court Act of 1987 and their attorneys.
        (3) Probation officers and court appointed advocates
    
for the juvenile authorized by the judge hearing the case.
        (4) Any individual or public or private agency
    
having custody of the child pursuant to court order.
        (5) Any individual or public or private agency
    
providing education, medical, or mental health services to the child when the requested information is needed to determine the appropriate service or treatment for the minor.
        (6) Any potential placement provider when the
    
release is authorized by the court for the limited purpose of determining the appropriateness of the potential placement.
        (7) Law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
        (8) Adult and juvenile prisoner review boards.
        (9) Authorized military personnel.
        (10) Individuals authorized by court.
        (11) The Illinois General Assembly or any committee
    
or commission of the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑365) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑365. Access to juvenile records by minors and others. To develop administrative rules and administrative hearing procedures that allow a minor, his or her attorney, and his or her parents or guardian access to individually identifiable juvenile records for the purpose of determining or challenging the accuracy of the records. Final administrative decisions shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑375)(was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS).
    (a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing electronic access by authorized entities to criminal justice data repositories and effecting an immediate law enforcement response to reports of missing persons, including lost, missing or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. The Department shall implement an automatic data exchange system to compile, to maintain, and to make available to other law enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can assist appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and provide access by authorized entities to various data repositories available through LEADS for criminal justice and related purposes. To assist the Department in this effort, funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
    (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the Department shall do the following:
        (1) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry
    
of pertinent information regarding the report of a missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the following:
            (A) Relevant information obtained from the
        
notification concerning the missing person, including all of the following:
                (i) a physical description of the missing
            
person;
                (ii) the date, time, and place that the
            
missing person was last seen; and
                (iii) the missing person's address.
            (B) Information gathered by a preliminary
        
investigation, if one was made.
            (C) A statement by the law enforcement officer in
        
charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based on the evidence and information received.
        The Department of State Police shall prepare the
    
report required by this paragraph (1) as soon as practical, but not later than 5 hours after the Department receives notification of a missing person.
        (2) Develop and implement a policy whereby a
    
statewide or regional alert would be used in situations relating to the disappearances of individuals, based on criteria and in a format established by the Department. Such a format shall include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing person and the suspected circumstance of the disappearance.
        (3) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports
    
of missing persons shall be entered as soon as the minimum level of data specified by the Department is available to the reporting agency and that no waiting period for the entry of the data exists.
        (4) Compile and retain information regarding lost,
    
abducted, missing, or runaway minors in a separate data file, in a manner that allows that information to be used by law enforcement and other agencies deemed appropriate by the Director, for investigative purposes. The information shall include the disposition of all reported lost, abducted, missing, or runaway minor cases.
        (5) Compile and maintain an historic data repository
    
relating to lost, abducted, missing, or runaway minors and other missing persons, including, but not limited to, missing endangered seniors, in order to develop and improve techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when responding to reports of missing persons.
        (6) Create a quality control program regarding
    
confirmation of missing person data, timeliness of entries of missing person reports into LEADS, and performance audits of all entering agencies.
        (7) Upon completion of the report required by
    
paragraph (1), the Department of State Police shall immediately forward the contents of the report to all of the following:
            (A) all law enforcement agencies that have
        
jurisdiction in the location where the missing person lives and all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in the location where the missing person was last seen;
            (B) all law enforcement agencies to which the
        
person who made the notification concerning the missing person requests the report be sent, if the Department determines that the request is reasonable in light of the information received;
            (C) all law enforcement agencies that request a
        
copy of the report; and
            (D) the National Crime Information Center's
        
Missing Person File, if appropriate.
        (8) The Department of State Police shall begin an
    
investigation concerning the missing person not later than 24 hours after receiving notification of a missing person.
    (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel of local governmental agencies in the statewide coordinated missing endangered senior alert system established under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 94‑145, eff. 1‑1‑06.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑377) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑377. Department of Public Aid; LEADS access.
    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Aid is an authorized entity under this Law for the purpose of exchanging information, in the form and manner required by the Department of State Police, to facilitate the location of individuals for establishing paternity, and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations, pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
    (b) The Illinois Department of Public Aid is an authorized entity under this Section for the purpose of obtaining access to various data repositories available through LEADS, to facilitate the location of individuals for establishing paternity, and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations, pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act. The Department shall enter into an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Aid consistent with these purposes.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑378)
    Sec. 2605‑378. I‑CLEAR. The Department of State Police shall provide for the entry into the Illinois Citizens and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting System (I‑CLEAR) of the names and addresses of arsonists as defined in the Arsonist Registration Act who are required to register under that Act. The information shall be immediately accessible to law enforcement agencies and peace officers of this State or any other state or of the federal government. Similar information may be requested from any other state or of the federal government for the purposes of that Act.
(Source: P.A. 93‑949, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑380) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a‑8)
    Sec. 2605‑380. Dental records. The Department shall do the following:
        (1) Coordinate State participation in a national
    
central repository for dental records of missing persons and unidentified dead bodies.
        (2) Receive and file dental records submitted by
    
county medical examiners and coroners from unidentified dead bodies and submitted by law enforcement agencies from persons reported missing for more than 30 days.
        (3) Provide information from the file on possible
    
identifications resulting from the comparison of dental records submitted with those records on file, to county medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement agencies.
        (4) Expunge the dental records of those missing
    
persons who are found, and expunge from the file the dental records of missing persons who are positively identified as a result of comparisons made with this file or the files maintained by other states, territories, insular possessions of the United States, or the United States.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00; 91‑760, eff. 1‑1‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑390) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑390. Hate crimes.
    (a) To collect and disseminate information relating to "hate crimes" as defined under Section 12‑7.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 contingent upon the availability of State or federal funds to revise and upgrade the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting System. All law enforcement agencies shall report monthly to the Department concerning those offenses in the form and in the manner prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the Department. The information shall be compiled by the Department and be disseminated upon request to any local law enforcement agency, unit of local government, or State agency. Dissemination of the information shall be subject to all confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.
    (b) The Department shall provide training for State Police officers in identifying, responding to, and reporting all hate crimes. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop and certify a course of such training to be made available to local law enforcement officers.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑400) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑400. Fees; State Police Services Fund; audit.
    (a) To charge, collect, and receive fees or moneys equivalent to the cost of providing Department personnel, equipment, and services to local governmental agencies when explicitly requested by a local governmental agency and pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement as provided by this Law, other State agencies, and federal agencies, including but not limited to fees or moneys equivalent to the cost of providing dispatching services, radio and radar repair, and training to local governmental agencies on terms and conditions that in the judgment of the Director are in the best interest of the State; and to establish, charge, collect, and receive fees or moneys based on the cost of providing responses to requests for criminal history record information pursuant to positive identification and any Illinois or federal law authorizing access to some aspect of that information and to prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing the information to the requestor on terms and conditions that in the judgment of the Director are in the best interest of the State, provided fees for requesting and furnishing criminal history record information may be waived for requests in the due administration of the criminal laws. The Department may also charge, collect, and receive fees or moneys equivalent to the cost of providing electronic data processing lines or related telecommunication services to local governments, but only when those services can be provided by the Department at a cost less than that experienced by those local governments through other means. All services provided by the Department shall be conducted pursuant to contracts in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, and all telecommunication services shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 405‑270 of the Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405‑270).
    (b) All fees received by the Department under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act shall be deposited in a special fund in the State treasury to be known as the State Police Services Fund. The money deposited in the State Police Services Fund shall be appropriated to the Department for expenses of the Department.
    (c) Upon the completion of any audit of the Department as prescribed by the Illinois State Auditing Act, which audit includes an audit of the State Police Services Fund, the Department shall make the audit open to inspection by any interested person.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑405) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑405. Applying for grants or contracts; moneys from other entities. To apply for grants or contracts and receive, expend, allocate, or disburse funds and moneys made available by public or private entities, including, but not limited to, contracts, bequests, grants, or receiving equipment from corporations, foundations, or public or private institutions of higher learning. All funds received by the Department from these sources shall be deposited into the appropriate fund in the State treasury to be appropriated to the Department for purposes as indicated by the grantor or contractor or, in the case of funds or moneys bequeathed or granted for no specific purpose, for any purpose deemed appropriate by the Director in administering the responsibilities of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑420) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑420. Assisting victims and witnesses of gang crime. To assist victims and witnesses in gang crime prosecutions through the administration of funds appropriated from the Gang Violence Victims and Witnesses Fund to the Department. Those funds shall be appropriated to the Department and shall only be used to assist victims and witnesses in gang crime prosecutions. The assistance may include any of the following:
        (1) Temporary living costs.
        (2) Moving expenses.
        (3) Closing costs on the sale of a private residence.
        (4) First month's rent.
        (5) Security deposits.
        (6) Apartment location assistance.
        (7) Other expenses that the Department considers
    
appropriate.
        (8) Compensation for any loss of or injury to real
    
or personal property resulting from a gang crime to a maximum of $5,000, subject to the following provisions:
            (A) In the case of loss of property, the amount
        
of compensation shall be measured by the replacement cost of similar or like property that has been incurred by and that is substantiated by the property owner.
            (B) In the case of injury to property, the
        
amount of compensation shall be measured by the cost of repair incurred and that can be substantiated by the property owner.
            (C) Compensation under this provision is a
        
secondary source of compensation and shall be reduced by any amount the property owner receives from any other source as compensation for the loss or injury, including, but not limited to, personal insurance coverage.
            (D) No compensation may be awarded if the
        
property owner was an offender or an accomplice of the offender or if the award would unjustly benefit the offender or offenders or an accomplice of the offender or offenders.
    No victim or witness may receive assistance under this Section if he or she is not a part of or fails to fully cooperate in the prosecution of gang crime members by law enforcement authorities.
    The Department shall promulgate any rules necessary for the implementation of this amendatory Act of 1985.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑430) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑430. Assistance to local law enforcement agencies. To provide, as required by law, assistance to local law enforcement agencies through (i) training, management, and consultant services for local law enforcement agencies and (ii) the pursuit of research and the publication of studies pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑435) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑435. Electronic criminal surveillance; assistance to local authorities. To do the following:
        (1) Promulgate rules pertaining to the
    
certification, revocation of certification, and training of law enforcement officers as electronic criminal surveillance officers.
        (2) Provide training and technical assistance to
    
State's Attorneys and local law enforcement agencies pertaining to the interception of private oral communications.
        (3) Promulgate rules necessary for the
    
administration of Article 108B of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, including but not limited to standards for recording and minimization of electronic criminal surveillance intercepts, documentation required to be maintained during an intercept, and procedures in relation to evidence developed by an intercept.
        (4) Charge a reasonable fee to each law enforcement
    
agency that sends officers to receive training as electronic criminal surveillance officers.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑475) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑475. Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. To exercise the powers and perform the duties specifically assigned to the Department under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act with respect to the development and improvement of emergency communications procedures and facilities in such a manner as to facilitate a quick response to any person calling the number "9‑1‑1" seeking police, fire, medical, or other emergency services through a wireless carrier as defined in Section 10 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. Nothing in the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act shall require the Illinois State Police to provide wireless enhanced 9‑1‑1 services.
(Source: P.A. 91‑660, eff. 12‑22‑99; 92‑16, eff. 6‑28‑01.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑480)
    Sec. 2605‑480. Statewide kidnapping alert and prevention program; Child Safety Coordinator.
    (a) The Department of State Police shall develop a coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system when a child is missing or kidnapped. The system shall include, but is not limited to, the use in coordination with the Illinois Department of Transportation, of electronic message signs on roads and highways in the vicinity of a child abduction to immediately provide critical information to the public.
    (b) The Department of State Police shall establish an AMBER Plan Task Force to monitor and review the implementation and operation of the system developed under subsection (a), including procedures, budgetary requirements, and response protocols. The Task Force shall also develop additional network resources for use in the system.
    (c) The Department of State Police, in coordination with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, shall develop and implement a community outreach program to promote awareness among the State's parents and children of child abduction prevention and response.
    (d) The Department of State Police, in coordination with the State Board of Education, shall develop child abduction prevention instruction for inclusion in elementary and secondary school curricula throughout the State. The Department and State Board of Education shall encourage the inclusion of the child abduction prevention instruction in private elementary and secondary school curricula throughout the State.
    (e) The Department shall appoint a Child Safety Coordinator to assist in the establishment of State standards for child safety from kidnap and abduction and to advocate for the achievement of those standards. The Child Safety Coordinator shall have the qualifications and experience that the Department shall require by rule. The Child Safety Coordinator shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for his or her expenses from the Department's operations budget. No funds shall be appropriated solely for the expenses of the Child Safety Coordinator. The Department shall provide technical assistance for the Child Safety Coordinator from its existing resources.
(Source: P.A. 92‑259, eff. 1‑1‑02; 92‑468, eff. 8‑22‑01; 93‑310, eff. 7‑23‑03.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑500) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑500. Communication activities. To do the following:
        (1) Acquire and operate one or more radio
    
broadcasting stations in the State to be used for police purposes.
        (2) Operate a statewide communications network to
    
gather and disseminate information for law enforcement agencies.
        (3) Operate an electronic data processing and
    
computer center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to criminal activity.
        (4) Undertake other communication activities that
    
may be required by law.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑505) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55b)
    Sec. 2605‑505. Local citizens radio groups. The Department is authorized to use local citizens radio groups in connection with its communication duties under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and to coordinate those local citizens radio groups with the functions of local law enforcement agencies as the Department deems advisable. With the approval of the Department, those local citizens radio groups shall be eligible for law enforcement grants.
(Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑525) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑525. Furlough of inmates to State agencies for research. With the written approval of the Governor, to enter into agreements with other departments created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the furlough of inmates of the penitentiary to those other departments for their use in research programs being conducted by them.
    For the purpose of participating in those research projects, the Department may extend the limits of any inmate's place of confinement when there is reasonable cause to believe that the inmate will honor his or her trust by authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions, to leave the confines of the place unaccompanied by a custodial agent of the Department. The Department shall make rules governing (i) the transfer of the inmate to the requesting other department having the approved research project and (ii) the return of the inmate to the unextended confines of the penitentiary. The transfer shall be made only with the consent of the inmate.
    The willful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within the time or manner prescribed to the place of confinement designated by the Department in granting the extension shall be deemed an escape from custody of the Department and punishable as provided in Section 3‑6‑4 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑550) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
    Sec. 2605‑550. Transfer of realty to State agency; acquisition of federal land. To transfer jurisdiction of any realty title to which is held by the State of Illinois under the control of the Department to any other department of the State government or to the State Employees Housing Commission or to acquire or accept federal land when the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is advantageous to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
(Source: P.A. 90‑18, eff. 7‑1‑97; 90‑130, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98; 90‑590, eff. 1‑1‑00; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98; 90‑793, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑555)
    Sec. 2605‑555. Pilot program; Project Exile.
    (a) The Department shall establish a Project Exile pilot program to combat gun violence.
    (b) Through the pilot program, the Department, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, State's Attorneys, and United States Attorneys, shall, to the extent possible, encourage the prosecution in federal court of all persons who illegally use, attempt to use, or threaten to use firearms against the person or property of another, of all persons who use or possess a firearm in connection with a violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, all persons who have been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or any other jurisdiction who possess any weapon prohibited under Section 24‑1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or any firearm or any firearm ammunition, and of all persons who use or possess a firearm in connection with a violation of an order of protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or in connection with the offense of domestic battery. The program shall also encourage public outreach by law enforcement agencies.
    (c) There is created the Project Exile Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys appropriated for the purposes of Project Exile and moneys from any other private or public source, including without limitation grants from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall be deposited into the Fund. Moneys in the Fund, subject to appropriation, may be used by the Department of State Police to develop and administer the Project Exile pilot program.
    (d) The Department shall report to the General Assembly by March 1, 2003 regarding the implementation and effects of the Project Exile pilot program and shall by that date make recommendations to the General Assembly for changes in the program that the Department deems appropriate.
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, with the President, the Minority Leader, and the Secretary of the Senate, and with the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 94‑556, eff. 9‑11‑05.)

    (20 ILCS 2605/2605‑575)
    Sec. 2605‑575. Children's fingerprints. With the written permission of the child's parent or guardian, the Department may retain the fingerprint record of a child fingerprinted by the Department at any location of collection, such as a State fair, county fair, or other place the Department collects such data. The record may be retained and used only if the child is later missing or abducted, if an Amber Alert is issued for that child, or if a missing person report is filed for that child with one or more local law enforcement agencies, and for no other purpose. After the child reaches the age of 18, the record must be destroyed unless the Department, within a reasonable period after the fingerprinted person's 18th birthday, obtains the permission of the fingerprinted person to retain the fingerprint record.
(Source: P.A. 94‑481, eff. 1‑1‑06.)

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