SB 933 — TRANSPORTATION-TECH

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John J.

Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 5/3-609 from Ch.

95 1/2, par.

3-609 Section concerning Disabled Veterans' Plates.technical change in a LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b A BILL FOR SB0933 LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b AN ACT concerning transportation.

The IllinoisRacial VehicleProfiling CodePrevention and Data Oversight Act is amended by changing SectionSections 3-60915 and 40 as follows:

(625(20 ILCS 5/3-609)2715/15) (fromSec. Ch.

9515. 1/2, par.

3-609)Oversight Sec.Board.

3-609.(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.

DisabledThe Veterans'Board Plates.shall have the authority to allow additional participation from various groups that the Board deems necessary for additional input.

Any(b) disabledThe veteranmembership whose degree of disability has been declared to be 100% by the theOversight UnitedBoard Statesshall Departmentconsist ofof: Veterans Affairs and who has been or declared eligible for funds for the purchase of a motor vehicle of the first division or for a motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds by the United States Federal Government because of his disability, may make application for the registration of one such vehicle, to the Secretary of State without the payment of any registration fee.

The(1) Secretary4 may,legislators inappointed hisby orthe herGeneral discretion,Assembly allowleadership equally apportioned between the plates2 tohouses beand issuedpolitical asparties, vanitywith orappointees personalizedof platesthe majority party in accordancethe withSenate Sectionand 3-405.1the majority party in the House of thisRepresentatives Code.to serve as co-chairs on the Board;

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Any(3) disabled veteran of World War I, of World War II, of the NationalSecretary Emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955 or of the periodIllinois beginningDepartment February 1, 1955 and ending on SB0933 - 2 - LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b the day before the first day thereafter in which individuals (other than individuals liable for induction by reason of priorTransportation deferment) are no longer liable for induction for training and service into the armed forces under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, or ofhis any armed conflict involving the armed forces of the United States, who has a service-connected disability of such a nature that it would, if it had been incurred in World War II, have entitled him to be awarded an automobile by the United States Federal Government, or whoher isdesignee; receiving compensation from the Veterans Administration for total service-connected disability, may make application to the Secretary of State for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first division without accompanying such application with the payment of any fee.

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The(5) Illinois3 Veteransmembers Commissionof maycounty assistor incity providinglaw theenforcement documentationagencies, representing jurisdictions of disability.varied size and geography, with 2 members being appointed by the co-chairs and one member being appointed by the Governor;

Commencing(6) with4 themembers 2009of registrationcommunity year,organizations anyrepresenting personminority eligibleinterests, towith receive2 licensemembers platesbeing underappointed thisby Section who has been approved for benefits under the Seniorco-chairs Citizens and Disabled2 Personsmembers Propertybeing Taxappointed Reliefby and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, or who has claimed and received a grant under SB0933 - 3 - LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b that Act, shall pay a fee of $24 instead of the feeGovernor; otherwise provided in this Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, for motor vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set of plates under this Section.

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.

95-157,94-997, eff.

1-1-08;1-1-08.) (20 ILCS 2715/40) Sec.

95-167,40. eff.

1-1-08;Powers and Duties of the Oversight Board.

95-353,The eff.Oversight Board shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

1-1-08;(a) To operate purely as an advisory body.

95-876,Any eff.changes to rules and policy promoted by the Oversight Board are only recommendations, which may be reported to the Governor, the SB0933 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b Secretary of State, and the General Assembly or to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

8-21-08.)(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 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 September 1, 2009 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 SB0933 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 07042 AJT 17128 b statistical benchmark comparison purposes only;

(2) no later than September 1, 2009 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 September 1, 2009 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 September 1, 2009 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;