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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing
5Section 4c as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/4c)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
7    Sec. 4c. General exemptions. The following positions in
8State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
9unless the jurisdictions shall be extended as provided in this
10Act:
11        (1) All officers elected by the people.
12        (2) All positions under the Lieutenant Governor,
13    Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
14    State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
15    Attorney General, and State Board of Elections.
16        (3) Judges, and officers and employees of the courts,
17    and notaries public.
18        (4) All officers and employees of the Illinois General
19    Assembly, all employees of legislative commissions, all
20    officers and employees of the Illinois Legislative
21    Reference Bureau, the Legislative Research Unit, and the
22    Legislative Printing Unit.
23        (5) All positions in the Illinois National Guard and

 

 

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1    Illinois State Guard, paid from federal funds or positions
2    in the State Military Service filled by enlistment and paid
3    from State funds.
4        (6) All employees of the Governor at the executive
5    mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
6        (7) Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
7    the Assistant Adjutant General, the Director of the
8    Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members of boards
9    and commissions, and all other positions appointed by the
10    Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
11        (8) The presidents, other principal administrative
12    officers, and teaching, research and extension faculties
13    of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
14    Governors State University, Illinois State University,
15    Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
16    University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois
17    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
18    Illinois Board of Higher Education, University of
19    Illinois, State Universities Civil Service System,
20    University Retirement System of Illinois, and the
21    administrative officers and scientific and technical staff
22    of the Illinois State Museum.
23        (9) All other employees except the presidents, other
24    principal administrative officers, and teaching, research
25    and extension faculties of the universities under the
26    jurisdiction of the Board of Regents and the colleges and

 

 

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1    universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of
2    Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Illinois
3    Community College Board, Southern Illinois University,
4    Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of Governors of
5    State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents,
6    University of Illinois, State Universities Civil Service
7    System, University Retirement System of Illinois, so long
8    as these are subject to the provisions of the State
9    Universities Civil Service Act.
10        (10) The State Police so long as they are subject to
11    the merit provisions of the State Police Act.
12        (11) (Blank).
13        (12) The technical and engineering staffs of the
14    Department of Transportation, the Department of Nuclear
15    Safety, the Pollution Control Board, and the Illinois
16    Commerce Commission, and the technical and engineering
17    staff providing architectural and engineering services in
18    the Department of Central Management Services.
19        (13) All employees of the Illinois State Toll Highway
20    Authority.
21        (14) The Secretary of the Illinois Workers'
22    Compensation Commission.
23        (15) All persons who are appointed or employed by the
24    Director of Insurance under authority of Section 202 of the
25    Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director of Insurance
26    in discharging his responsibilities relating to the

 

 

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1    rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation, and dissolution
2    of companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
3    Illinois Insurance Code.
4        (16) All employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
5    Airport Authority.
6        (17) All investment officers employed by the Illinois
7    State Board of Investment.
8        (18) Employees of the Illinois Young Adult
9    Conservation Corps program, administered by the Illinois
10    Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
11    Title VIII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
12    of 1973, 29 USC 993.
13        (19) Seasonal employees of the Department of
14    Agriculture for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
15    and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving more
16    than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
17        (20) All "temporary" employees hired under the
18    Department of Natural Resources' Illinois Conservation
19    Service, a youth employment program that hires young people
20    to work in State parks for a period of one year or less.
21        (21) All hearing officers of the Human Rights
22    Commission.
23        (22) All employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
24    Science Academy.
25        (23) All employees of the Kankakee River Valley Area
26    Airport Authority.

 

 

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1        (24) The commissioners and employees of the Executive
2    Ethics Commission.
3        (25) The Executive Inspectors General, including
4    special Executive Inspectors General, and employees of
5    each Office of an Executive Inspector General.
6        (26) The commissioners and employees of the
7    Legislative Ethics Commission.
8        (27) The Legislative Inspector General, including
9    special Legislative Inspectors General, and employees of
10    the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
11        (28) The Auditor General's Inspector General and
12    employees of the Office of the Auditor General's Inspector
13    General.
14        (29) All employees of the Illinois Power Agency.
15        (30) Employees having demonstrable, defined advanced
16    skills in accounting, financial reporting, or technical
17    expertise who are employed within executive branch
18    agencies and whose duties are directly related to the
19    submission to the Office of the Comptroller of financial
20    information for the publication of the Comprehensive
21    Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
22        (31) All employees of the Illinois Sentencing Policy
23    Advisory Council.
24(Source: P.A. 97-618, eff. 10-26-11; 97-1055, eff. 8-23-12.)
 
25    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 5-8-8 as follows:
 
2    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-8)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2015)
4    Sec. 5-8-8. Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
5    (a) Creation. There is created under the jurisdiction of
6the Governor the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council,
7hereinafter referred to as the Council.
8    (b) Purposes and goals. The purpose of the Council is to
9review sentencing policies and practices and examine how these
10policies and practices impact the criminal justice system as a
11whole in the State of Illinois. In carrying out its duties, the
12Council shall be mindful of and aim to achieve the purposes of
13sentencing in Illinois, which are set out in Section 1-1-2 of
14this Code:
15        (1) prescribe sanctions proportionate to the
16    seriousness of the offenses and permit the recognition of
17    differences in rehabilitation possibilities among
18    individual offenders;
19        (2) forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
20        (3) prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of
21    persons adjudicated offenders or delinquents; and
22        (4) restore offenders to useful citizenship.
23    (c) Council composition.
24        (1) The Council shall consist of the following members:
25            (A) the President of the Senate, or his or her

 

 

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1        designee;
2            (B) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or
3        her designee;
4            (C) the Speaker of the House, or his or her
5        designee;
6            (D) the Minority Leader of the House, or his or her
7        designee;
8            (E) the Governor, or his or her designee;
9            (F) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;
10            (G) two retired judges, who may have been circuit,
11        appellate, or supreme court judges; retired judges
12        appointed prior to the effective date of this
13        amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be ,
14        selected by the members of the Council designated in
15        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L), and retired judges
16        appointed on or after the effective date of this
17        amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be
18        appointed by the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme
19        Court;
20            (G-5) two sitting judges, who may be circuit,
21        appellate, or supreme court judges, appointed by the
22        Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; one member
23        appointed under this paragraph (G-5) shall be selected
24        from the Circuit Court of Cook County or the First
25        Judicial District, and one member appointed under this
26        paragraph (G-5) shall be selected from a judicial

 

 

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1        circuit or district other than the Circuit Court of
2        Cook County or the First Judicial District;
3            (H) the Cook County State's Attorney, or his or her
4        designee;
5            (I) the Cook County Public Defender, or his or her
6        designee;
7            (J) a State's Attorney not from Cook County,
8        appointed by the State's Attorney's Appellate
9        Prosecutor;
10            (K) the State Appellate Defender, or his or her
11        designee;
12            (L) the Director of the Administrative Office of
13    the Illinois Courts, or his or her designee;
14            (M) a victim of a violent felony or a
15        representative of a crime victims' organization,
16        selected by the members of the Council designated in
17        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
18            (N) a representative of a community-based
19        organization, selected by the members of the Council
20        designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
21            (O) a criminal justice academic researcher, to be
22        selected by the members of the Council designated in
23        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
24            (P) a representative of law enforcement from a unit
25        of local government to be selected by the members of
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1        (L);
2            (Q) a sheriff selected by the members of the
3        Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
4        and
5            (R) ex-officio members shall include:
6                (i) the Director of Corrections, or his or her
7            designee;
8                (ii) the Chair of the Prisoner Review Board, or
9            his or her designee;
10                (iii) the Director of the Illinois State
11            Police, or his or her designee; and
12                (iv) the Director of the Illinois Criminal
13            Justice Information Authority, or his or her
14            designee. ; and
15                (v) the assistant Director of the
16            Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, or
17            his or her designee.
18        (1.5) The Chair and Vice Chair shall be elected from
19    among its members by a majority of the members of the
20    Council.
21        (2) Members of the Council who serve because of their
22    public office or position, or those who are designated as
23    members by such officials, shall serve only as long as they
24    hold such office or position.
25        (3) Council members shall serve without compensation
26    but shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses

 

 

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1    incurred in their work for the Council.
2        (4) The Council may exercise any power, perform any
3    function, take any action, or do anything in furtherance of
4    its purposes and goals upon the appointment of a quorum of
5    its members. The term of office of each member of the
6    Council ends on the date of repeal of this amendatory Act
7    of the 96th General Assembly.
8    (d) Duties. The Council shall perform, as resources permit,
9duties including:
10        (1) Collect and analyze information including
11    sentencing data, crime trends, and existing correctional
12    resources to support legislative and executive action
13    affecting the use of correctional resources on the State
14    and local levels.
15        (2) Prepare criminal justice population projections
16    annually, including correctional and community-based
17    supervision populations.
18        (3) Analyze data relevant to proposed sentencing
19    legislation and its effect on current policies or
20    practices, and provide information to support
21    evidence-based sentencing.
22        (4) Ensure that adequate resources and facilities are
23    available for carrying out sentences imposed on offenders
24    and that rational priorities are established for the use of
25    those resources. To do so, the Council shall prepare
26    criminal justice resource statements, identifying the

 

 

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1    fiscal and practical effects of proposed criminal
2    sentencing legislation, including, but not limited to, the
3    correctional population, court processes, and county or
4    local government resources.
5        (5) Perform such other studies or tasks pertaining to
6    sentencing policies as may be requested by the Governor or
7    the Illinois General Assembly.
8        (6) Perform such other functions as may be required by
9    law or as are necessary to carry out the purposes and goals
10    of the Council prescribed in subsection (b).
11    (e) Authority.
12        (1) The Council shall have the power to perform the
13    functions necessary to carry out its duties, purposes and
14    goals under this Act. In so doing, the Council shall
15    utilize information and analysis developed by the Illinois
16    Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Administrative
17    Office of the Illinois Courts, and the Illinois Department
18    of Corrections.
19        (2) Upon request from the Council, each executive
20    agency and department of State and local government shall
21    provide information and records to the Council in the
22    execution of its duties.
23    (f) Report. The Council shall report in writing annually to
24the General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the
25Governor.
26    (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-711, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
297-775, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.