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Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Act.

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(20 ILCS 2715/1)

Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/5)

Sec. 5. Legislative purpose. The purpose of this Act is to identify and address bias-based policing through the monitoring, review, and improvement of the collection of racial profiling information collected under the Illinois Traffic Stop Statistical Study. Through this data collection and review, a more accurate understanding of this problem can be obtained, thus allowing the concerns of the motoring public to be better addressed, resources such as specialized training to be provided, the honest efforts of Illinois' law enforcement professionals to be demonstrated, and the civil rights of all Illinois citizens to be protected.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

(a) "Oversight Board" means the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board established under this Act.

(b) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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

(20 ILCS 2715/15)

Sec. 15. Oversight Board.

(a) There is created within the Department a Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, consisting of 15 members, which shall independently exercise its powers, duties, and responsibilities. The Board shall have the authority to allow additional participation from various groups that the Board deems necessary for additional input.

(b) The membership of the Oversight Board shall consist of:

(1) 4 legislators appointed by the General Assembly leadership equally apportioned between the 2 houses and political parties;
(2) the Attorney General or his or her designee;
(3) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation or his or her designee;
(4) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or her designee;
(5) 3 members of county or city law enforcement agencies, representing jurisdictions of varied size and geography, appointed by the Governor;
(6) 4 members of community organizations representing minority interests, appointed by the Governor; and
(7) one member of the Illinois academic community with specific expertise in both statistical analysis and law enforcement, appointed by the Governor.

(c) All members shall serve 2 years and until their successors are appointed. Members may be reappointed for an unlimited number of terms. The Oversight Board shall meet at least quarterly.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/20)

Sec. 20. Chairpersons. From the membership of the Board, the Governor shall designate the chair and vice chair, who shall serve at the discretion of the Governor. Chairpersons shall serve in that capacity for a term not to exceed 2 years.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/25)

Sec. 25. Funding. Funding to implement this Act shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/30)

Sec. 30. Compensation. Members of the Oversight Board shall serve without compensation. Members may be reimbursed by the Department for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their duties.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/35)

Sec. 35. Staffing. The Secretary of the Department shall employ or assign, in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Personnel Code, the administrative, professional, clerical, and other personnel required and may organize his or her staff as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes, powers, duties, and responsibilities contained in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

(20 ILCS 2715/40)

Sec. 40. Powers and Duties of the Oversight Board. The Oversight Board shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(a) To operate purely as an advisory body. Any changes to rules and policy promoted by the Oversight Board are only recommendations, which may be reported to the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the General Assembly or to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

(b) To coordinate the development, adoption, and implementation of plans and strategies to eliminate racial profiling in Illinois and to coordinate the development, adoption, and implementation of plans and strategies to create public awareness programs in minority communities, designed to educate individuals regarding racial profiling and their civil rights.

(c) To promulgate model policies for police agencies that are designed to protect individuals' civil rights related to police traffic enforcement and to recommend to law enforcement agencies model rules as may be necessary to effectuate training regarding data collection and mechanisms to engage those agencies who willfully fail to comply with the requirements of the Traffic and Pedestrian Stop Statistical Study Act.

(d) To study and to issue reports and recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the General Assembly regarding the following subjects by the following dates:

(1) no later than July 1, 2008, regarding strategies to improve the benchmark data available to identify the race, ethnicity, and geographical residence of the Illinois driving population, beginning on August 1, 2008, with the collection of race and ethnicity data on new and renewal applicants for driver's licenses. This data shall be available for statistical benchmark comparison purposes only;
(2) no later than January 1, 2009, regarding data collection requirements with respect to additional race and ethnicity categories to be added to the traffic stop statistical study in order to improve data collection among unreported and under-reported minority populations. The Board shall study, and recommend if required, at a minimum, data collection strategies, categories, and benchmarks for persons of Middle-Eastern origin. The Board shall also study stops lasting over 30 minutes and define categorical reasons for the extended stops;
(3) no later than July 1, 2009, regarding technological solutions to aid in the identification, elimination, and prevention of racial profiling and to recommend funding sources for statewide implementation of the technological solutions;
(4) no later than January 1, 2010, regarding whether Illinois should continue the mandatory data collection required under this Act, as well as the best practices of data collection as related to the identification, elimination, and prevention of bias-based policing; and
(5) on or before April 1 of each year, regarding the Oversight Board's activities during the previous fiscal year.

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

(20 ILCS 2715/90)

Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 2715/99)

Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007, except that the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Act takes effect January 1, 2008.

(Source: P.A. 94-997, eff. 1-1-08.)

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