Public Act 0303 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3716 Enrolled LRB096 11365 RLJ 21824 b

Public Act 096-0303

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2605-580 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-580)

Sec. 2605-580. Pilot program; Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Units.

(a) The Department of State Police shall establish a pilot program from moneys available under which Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Units shall be created in the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group and the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the City of Danville Police Department, and the Village of Round Lake Heights Police Department. Under the pilot program for the operation of Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Units, 50% shall be allocated to the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group and 50% 40% shall be allocated to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, 30% shall be allocated to the City of Danville Police Department, and 30% shall be allocated to the Village of Round Lake Heights Police Department.

(b) Under the pilot program, the Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Units shall investigate criminal activities of organized gangs that involve the use of the Internet. For the duration of the pilot program and in accordance with protocols for inter-jurisdictional cooperation established by the Department of State Police, peace officers in each Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Unit shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, have extra-jurisdictional authority to conduct investigations and make arrests anywhere in the State of Illinois regarding criminal activities of organized gangs that involve the use of the Internet.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any criminal statute of this State authorizes the distribution of all or a portion of the proceeds realized from property seized or forfeited under that statute to participating law enforcement agencies or the delivery of property forfeited and seized under that statute to participating law enforcement agencies, a law enforcement agency in which a Cyber Gang an Internet Gang Crime Unit has been created is eligible to receive such a distribution or delivery if that law enforcement agency participated through its Internet Gang Crime Unit, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the seizure or forfeiture occurs.

(d) The Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group and the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the City of Danville Police Department, and the Village of Round Lake Heights Police Department shall report to the Department of State Police on a quarterly basis on the activities of their Cyber Gang Internet Gang Crime Units in accordance with reporting guidelines established by the Department of State Police. The Department of State Police shall file a consolidated report on a quarterly basis with the General Assembly and the Governor. The Department's consolidated report may also contain any evaluations or recommendations that the Department deems appropriate.

(e) The pilot program shall terminate on July 1, 2012 2010.

(f) As used in this Section, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.

(Source: P.A. 95-423, eff. 8-24-07.)

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