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110 ILCS 12/ Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008.

    (110 ILCS 12/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008.
(Source: P.A. 95‑881, eff. 1‑1‑09.)

(110 ILCS 12/5)     Sec. 5. Background investigation. Each public institution of higher education shall, through written policy and procedures, identify security‑sensitive positions and make provision for the completion of criminal background investigations prior to employing individuals in those positions. (Source: P.A. 88‑629, eff. 9‑9‑94.)

(110 ILCS 12/10)     Sec. 10. Community task force. Each public institution of higher education shall establish by December 1, 1996, a community task force for the purpose of coordinating with community leaders and service providers to prevent sexual assaults and to ensure a coordinated response both in terms of law enforcement and victim services. (Source: P.A. 88‑629, eff. 9‑9‑94.)

(110 ILCS 12/15)     Sec. 15. 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 paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a), however, may be withheld if it is determined that disclosure would:         (1) interfere with pending or actually and

reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings conducted by any law enforcement or correctional agency;

(2) endanger the life or physical safety of law

enforcement or correctional personnel or any other person; or

(3) 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; 92‑335, eff. 8‑10‑01.)

    (110 ILCS 12/20)
    Sec. 20. Campus security enhancement.
    (a) In this Section, "higher education institution" means a public university, a public community college, or an independent, not‑for‑profit or for‑profit higher education institution located in this State.
    (b) Each higher education institution is required to do the following:
        (1) develop a National Incident Management

System‑compliant, all‑hazards, emergency response plan in partnership with the institution's county or major municipal emergency management official, report the plan to this official, and have training and exercises for the plan annually at a minimum; and

(2) develop an inter‑disciplinary and

multi‑jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan, including coordination of and communication among all available campus and local mental health and first response resources as well as communication with governmental agencies and school districts contiguous to the higher education institution's boundaries, in partnership with the institution's county or major municipal emergency management official, report the plan to this official, and have training and exercises for the plan annually at a minimum. The campus violence prevention plan shall include the development and implementation of a campus violence prevention committee and campus threat assessment team.

(c) County and major municipal emergency managers and

Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators shall assist in the planning and training process for the plans specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this Section with all resources available to them.

(d) County and major municipal emergency managers and

Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators shall provide higher education institutions with appropriate standards and guidelines for the plans specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this Section and for the training and exercises for these plans.

(Source: P.A. 95‑881, eff. 1‑1‑09; 96‑356, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(110 ILCS 12/99)     Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 88‑629, eff. 9‑9‑94.)