Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
Filed: 5/14/2021
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1726




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1726 on page 1, 
3immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:


4 "(15 ILCS 20/50-7 rep.)
5 Section 3. The State Budget Law of the Civil 
6Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by repealing 
7Section 50-7."; and

8on page 5, immediately below line 13, by inserting the 
9following:

10 "Section 18. The Capital Spending Accountability Law is 
11amended by changing Section 805 as follows:

12 (20 ILCS 3020/805)

13 Sec. 805. Reports on capital spending. On or before the 
14forty-fifth day after the end first day of each quarterly 
 
 
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1period in each fiscal year, the Governor's Office of 
2Management and Budget shall provide to the Comptroller, the 
3Treasurer, the President and the Minority Leader of the 
4Senate, and the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of 
5Representatives a report on the status of all capital projects 
6in the State. The report may be provided in both written and 
7electronic format. The report must include all of the 
8following:
9  (1) A brief description or stated purpose of each 
10 capital project where applicable (as referred to in this 
11 Section, "project").
12  (2) The amount and source of funds (whether from bond 
13 funds or other revenues) appropriated for each project, 
14 organized into categories including roads, mass transit, 
15 schools, environment, civic centers and other categories 
16 as applicable (as referred to in this Section, "category 
17 or categories"), with subtotals for each category.
18  (3) The date the appropriation bill relating to each 
19 project was signed by the Governor, organized into 
20 categories.
21  (4) The date the written release of the Governor for 
22 each project was submitted to the Comptroller or is 
23 projected to be submitted and, if a release for any 
24 project has not been submitted within 6 months after its 
25 appropriation became law, an explanation why the project 
26 has not yet been released, all organized into categories.
 
 
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1  (5) The amount of expenditures to date by the State 
2 relating to each project and estimated amount of total 
3 State expenditures and proposed schedule of future State 
4 expenditures relating to each project, all organized into 
5 categories.
6  (6) A timeline for completion of each project, 
7 including the dates, if applicable, of execution by the 
8 State of any grant agreement, any required engineering or 
9 design work or environmental approvals, and the estimated 
10 or actual dates of the start and completion of 
11 construction, all organized into categories. Any 
12 substantial variances on any project from this reported 
13 timeline must be explained in the next quarterly report.
14  (7) A summary report of the status of all projects, 
15 including the amount of undisbursed funds intended to be 
16 held or used in the next quarter.

17(Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)"; and

18on page 15, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
19following:

20 "Section 37. The Higher Education Veterans Service Act is 
21amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

22 (110 ILCS 49/15)

23 Sec. 15. Survey; coordinator; best practices report; best 
 
 
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1efforts.

2 (a) All public colleges and universities shall, within 60 
3days after the effective date of this Act, conduct a survey of 
4the services and programs that are provided for veterans, 
5active duty military personnel, and their families, at each of 
6their respective campuses. This survey shall enumerate and 
7fully describe the service or program that is available, the 
8number of veterans or active duty personnel using the service 
9or program, an estimated range for potential use within a 
105-year and 10-year period, information on the location of the 
11service or program, and how its administrators may be 
12contacted. The survey shall indicate the manner or manners in 
13which a student veteran may avail himself or herself of the 
14program's services. This survey must be made available to all 
15veterans matriculating at the college or university in the 
16form of an orientation-related guidebook.
17 Each public college and university shall make the survey 
18available on the homepage of all campus Internet links as soon 
19as practical after the completion of the survey. As soon as 
20possible after the completion of the survey, each public 
21college and university shall provide a copy of its survey to 
22the following:
23  (1) the Board of Higher Education;
24  (2) the Department of Veterans' Affairs;
25  (3) the President and Minority Leader of the Senate 
26 and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of 
 
 
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1 Representatives; and
2  (4) the Governor.
3 (b) Each public college and university shall, at its 
4discretion, (i) appoint, within 6 months after the effective 
5date of this Act, an existing employee or (ii) hire a new 
6employee to serve as a Coordinator of Veterans and Military 
7Personnel Student Services on each campus of the college or 
8university that has an onsite, daily, full-time student 
9headcount above 1,000 students.
10 The Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student 
11Services shall be an ombudsperson serving the specific needs 
12of student veterans and military personnel and their families 
13and shall serve as an advocate before the administration of 
14the college or university for the needs of student veterans. 
15The college or university shall enable the Coordinator of 
16Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services to 
17communicate directly with the senior executive administration 
18of the college or university periodically. The college or 
19university shall retain unfettered discretion to determine the 
20organizational management structure of its institution.
21 In addition to any responsibilities the college or 
22university may assign, the Coordinator of Veterans and 
23Military Personnel Student Services shall make its best 
24efforts to create a centralized source for student veterans 
25and military personnel to learn how to receive all benefit 
26programs and services for which they are eligible.
 
 
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1 Each college and university campus that is required to 
2have a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student 
3Services shall regularly and conspicuously advertise the 
4office location and , phone number of , and Internet access to 
5the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student 
6Services, along with a brief summary of the manner in which he 
7or she can assist student veterans. The advertisement shall 
8include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
9  (1) advertisements on each campus' Internet home page; 
10 and
11  (2) any promotional mailings for student application. 
12 The Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student 
13Services shall facilitate other campus offices with the 
14promotion of programs and services that are available.
15 (c) Upon receipt of all of the surveys under subsection 
16(a) of this Section, the Board of Higher Education and the 
17Department of Veterans' Affairs shall conduct a joint review 
18of the surveys. The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall and 
19post, on any Internet home page it they may operate, a link to 
20each survey as posted on the Internet website for the college 
21or university. The Board of Higher Education shall post, on 
22any Internet home page it may operate, a link to each survey as 
23posted on the Internet website for the college or university 
24or an annual report or document containing survey information 
25for each college or university. Upon receipt of all of the 
26surveys, the Office of the Governor, through its military 
 
 
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1affairs advisors, shall similarly conduct a review of the 
2surveys and post the surveys on its Internet website. 
3Following its review of the surveys, the Office of the 
4Governor shall submit an evaluation report to each college and 
5university offering suggestions and insight on the conduct of 
6student veteran-related policies and programs.
7 (d) The Board of Higher Education and the Department of 
8Veterans' Affairs may issue a best practices report to 
9highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial 
10to veterans and active duty military personnel. The report 
11shall contain a fiscal needs assessment in conjunction with 
12any program recommendations.
13 (e) Each college and university campus that is required to 
14have a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student 
15Services under subsection (b) of this Section shall make its 
16best efforts to create academic and social programs and 
17services for veterans and active duty military personnel that 
18will provide reasonable opportunities for academic performance 
19and success.
20 Each public college and university shall make its best 
21efforts to determine how its online educational curricula can 
22be expanded or altered to serve the needs of student veterans 
23and currently-deployed military, including a determination of 
24whether and to what extent the public colleges and 
25universities can share existing technologies to improve the 
26online curricula of peer institutions, provided such efforts 
 
 
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1are both practically and economically feasible.


2(Source: P.A. 96-133, eff. 8-7-09; revised 7-16-19.)"; and

3on page 38, line 6, by replacing "Section 5-9-1.22" with 
4"Sections 5-4-3a and 5-9-1.22"; and

5on page 38, immediately below line 6, by inserting the 
6following:

7 "(730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a)
8 Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability.
9 (a) On or before August 1 of each year, the Department of 
10State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of 
11the General Assembly the following information:
12  (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting 
13 testing or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, 
14 including but not limited to those tests conducted under 
15 Section 5-4-3, as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year, 
16 with the backlog being defined as all cases awaiting 
17 forensic testing whether in the physical custody of the 
18 State Police or in the physical custody of local law 
19 enforcement, provided that the State Police have written 
20 notice of any evidence in the physical custody of local 
21 law enforcement prior to June 1 of that year; and
22  (2) what measures have been and are being taken to 
23 reduce that backlog and the estimated costs or 
 
 
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1 expenditures in doing so. 
2 (b) The information reported under this Section shall be 
3made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on 
4the official web site of the Department of State Police.

5 (c) Beginning January 1, 2016, the Department of State 
6Police shall quarterly report on the status of the processing 
7of forensic biology and DNA evidence submitted to the 
8Department of State Police Laboratory for analysis. The report 
9shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly, 
10and shall be posted on the Department of State Police website. 
11The report shall include the following for each State Police 
12Laboratory location and any laboratory to which the Department 
13of State Police has outsourced evidence for testing:
14  (1) For forensic biology submissions, report both 
15 total assignment case and sexual assault or abuse 
16 assignment case (as defined by the Sexual Assault Evidence 
17 Submission Act) figures for:
18   (A) The number of assignments cases received in 
19 the preceding quarter.
20   (B) The number of assignments cases completed in 
21 the preceding quarter.
22   (C) The number of assignments cases waiting 
23 analysis.
24   (D) The number of assignments cases sent for 
25 outsourcing.
26   (E) The number of assignments cases waiting 
 
 
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1 analysis that were received within the past 30 days.
2   (F) The number of assignments cases waiting 
3 analysis that were received 31 to 90 days prior.
4   (G) The number of assignments cases waiting 
5 analysis that were received 91 to 180 days prior.
6   (H) The number of assignments cases waiting 
7 analysis that were received 181 to 365 days prior.
8   (I) The number of assignments cases waiting 
9 analysis that were received more than 365 days prior.
10   (J) (Blank). The number of cases forwarded for DNA 
11 analyses.
12  (2) (Blank). For DNA submissions, report both total 
13 case and sexual assault or abuse case (as defined by the 
14 Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act) figures for:
15   (A) The number of cases received in the preceding 
16 quarter.
17   (B) The number of cases completed in the preceding 
18 quarter.
19   (C) The number of cases waiting analysis.
20   (D) The number of cases sent for outsourcing.
21   (E) The number of cases waiting analysis that were 
22 received within the past 30 days.
23   (F) The number of cases waiting analysis that were 
24 received 31 to 90 days prior.
25   (G) The number of cases waiting analysis that were 
26 received 91 to 180 days prior.
 
 
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1   (H) The number of cases waiting analysis that were 
2 received 181 to 365 days prior.
3   (I) The number of cases waiting analysis that were 
4 received more than 365 days prior.
5  (3) For all other categories of testing (e.g., drug 
6 chemistry, firearms/toolmark, footwear/tire track, latent 
7 prints, toxicology, and trace chemistry analysis):
8   (A) The number of assignments cases received in 
9 the preceding quarter.
10   (B) The number of assignments cases completed in 
11 the preceding quarter.
12   (C) The number of assignments cases waiting 
13 analysis.
14  (4) For the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), report 
15 both total assignment case and sexual assault or abuse 
16 assignment case (as defined by the Sexual Assault Evidence 
17 Submission Act) figures for subparagraphs (D), (E), and 
18 (F) of this paragraph (4):
19   (A) The number of new offender samples received in 
20 the preceding quarter.
21   (B) The number of offender samples uploaded to 
22 CODIS in the preceding quarter.
23   (C) The number of offender samples awaiting 
24 analysis.
25   (D) The number of unknown DNA case profiles 
26 uploaded to CODIS in the preceding quarter.
 
 
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1   (E) The number of CODIS hits in the preceding 
2 quarter.
3   (F) The number of forensic evidence submissions 
4 submitted to confirm a previously reported CODIS hit.
5  (5) For each category of testing, report the number of 
6 trained forensic scientists and the number of forensic 
7 scientists in training.
8 As used in this subsection (c), "completed" means 
9completion of both the analysis of the evidence and the 
10provision of the results to the submitting law enforcement 
11agency. 
12 (d) The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this 
13sentence, are inoperative on and after January 1, 2019 or 2 
14years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
1599th General Assembly, whichever is later. In consultation 
16with and subject to the approval of the Chief Procurement 
17Officer, the Department of State Police may obtain contracts 
18for services, commodities, and equipment to assist in the 
19timely completion of forensic biology, DNA, drug chemistry, 
20firearms/toolmark, footwear/tire track, latent prints, 
21toxicology, microscopy, trace chemistry, and Combined DNA 
22Index System (CODIS) analysis. Contracts to support the 
23delivery of timely forensic science services are not subject 
24to the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code, except for 
25Sections 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and 20-160 and Article 50 of 
26that Code, provided that the Chief Procurement Officer may, in 
 
 
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1writing with justification, waive any certification required 
2under Article 50 of the Illinois Procurement Code. For any 
3contracts for services which are currently provided by members 
4of a collective bargaining agreement, the applicable terms of 
5the collective bargaining agreement concerning subcontracting 
6shall be followed.
7(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)".