CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY-INTERVIEW

Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Provides that consent is not required for a forensic interview to be electronically recorded and that failure to record does not render a forensic interview inadmissible. Provides that a forensic interview, an electronic recording, or a transcription of an interview or electronic recording is confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying and may only be viewed by a court, attorneys, investigators, or experts for the purpose of judicial and administrative hearings and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to a court's protective order. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit electronically recorded forensic interviewing in accordance with provisions concerning surveillance and investigations in the Criminal Code of 2012 and Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds a definition and modifies a definition. Amends the Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Defines a "forensic interview transcription" as a verbatim transcript of a forensic interview for the purpose of translating the interview into another language. Makes a conforming change. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 140/7.5 55 ILCS 80/2.5 55 ILCS 80/4.5 new Adds reference to: 45 ILCS 105/2 from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Bi-State Development Agency Act. Provides that a county authorized to appoint commissioners that does not contract for light rail service with the Bi-State Development Agency and pay for that service in part with county-generated revenue shall be limited to one commissioner. Provides for appointment of commissioners from counties with a light rail service until a county without light rail service only has one commissioner left. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: 45 ILCS 105/10 new 45 ILCS 105/2 from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2 Further amends the Bi-State Development Agency Act. Provides that Bi-State Development Agency shall pass through 100% of specified Urbanized Area Formula Funding program assistance and funding to the Madison Mass Transit District. Provides that the Agency shall retain specified Urbanized Area Formula Funding program funds constituting the total commitment and payment in full for: (1) all claims, debts or obligations, rights, liabilities made or asserted by the Agency, arising out of any previous service agreements, issues, or relationship between the District and the Agency occurring on or before June 30, 2019; and (2) any capital or operating subsidy for the MetroLink Light Rail System.