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90_HB0828
20 ILCS 5/9.11a from Ch. 127, par. 9.11a
730 ILCS 5/3-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5
730 ILCS 5/3-2-6 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-6
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the
Unified Code of Corrections. Creates a Gang Control Unit
within the Department of Corrections to be administered by an
Assistant Director appointed by the Governor. Provides that
the Assistant Director of the Gang Control Unit shall receive
an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review Board.
Provides that the Gang Control Unit shall be responsible for
working with the Gang Control Advisory Committee that is also
created. Provides that they shall develop new programs and
coordinate existing programs for the control of gangs within
State correctional facilities. Provides that the legislative
leaders shall each appoint 2 members to the Gang Control
Advisory Committee. Provides that each member of the
Committee shall receive $200 for each meeting and shall be
reimbursed for expenses of attending meetings of the
Committee. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT in relation to gang control, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by changing Section 9.11a as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 5/9.11a) (from Ch. 127, par. 9.11a)
7 Sec. 9.11a. In the Department of Corrections. The
8 Director of Corrections shall receive an annual salary of
9 $85,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever
10 is greater.
11 The Assistant Director of Corrections - Juvenile Division
12 - shall receive $35,200 from the third Monday in January,
13 1979 to the third Monday in January, 1980; $37,300 from the
14 third Monday in January, 1980 to the third Monday in January,
15 1981, and $39,000 thereafter or as set by the Compensation
16 Review Board, whichever is greater.
17 The Assistant Director of Corrections - Adult Division -
18 shall receive $35,200 from the third Monday in January, 1979
19 to the third Monday in January, 1980; $37,300 from the third
20 Monday in January, 1980 to the third Monday in January, 1981,
21 and $39,000 thereafter or as set by the Compensation Review
22 Board, whichever is greater.
23 The Assistant Director of Corrections Gang Control Unit
24 shall receive an annual salary as set by the Compesnation
25 Review Board.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-1216.)
27 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
28 changing Sections 3-2-5 and 3-2-6 as follows:
29 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-5)
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1 Sec. 3-2-5. Organization of the Department. (a) There
2 shall be an Adult Division within the Department which shall
3 be administered by an Assistant Director appointed by the
4 Governor under The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The
5 Assistant Director shall be under the direction of the
6 Director. The Adult Division shall be responsible for all
7 persons committed or transferred to the Department under
8 Sections 3-10-7 or 5-8-6 of this Code.
9 (b) There shall be a Juvenile Division within the
10 Department which shall be administered by an Assistant
11 Director appointed by the Governor under the Civil
12 Administrative Code of Illinois. The Assistant Director shall
13 be under the direction of the Director. The Juvenile Division
14 shall be responsible for all persons committed to the
15 Juvenile Division of the Department under Section 5-8-6 of
16 this Code or Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or
17 Section 5-33 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18 (c) There shall be a Gang Control Unit within the
19 Department which shall be administered by an Assistant
20 Director appointed by the Governor under the Civil
21 Administrative Code of Illinois. The Assistant Director
22 shall be under the direction of the Director. The Gang
23 Control Unit shall be responsible for working with the Gang
24 Control Advisory Committee to develop new programs and to
25 coordinate existing programs for the control of gangs within
26 State correctional facilities. In addition, the Gang Control
27 Unit shall be responsible for working with the Adult Division
28 and the Juvenile Division to monitor the effectiveness of
29 gang control programs.
30 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
31 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-6)
32 Sec. 3-2-6. Advisory Boards. (a) There shall be an Adult
33 Advisory Board and a Juvenile Advisory Board each composed of
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1 11 persons, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or
2 over, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on
3 matters pertaining to adult and juvenile offenders
4 respectively. The members of the Boards shall be qualified
5 for their positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge
6 of adult and juvenile correctional work and shall not be
7 officials of the State in any other capacity. The members
8 first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall
9 serve for a term of 6 years and shall be appointed as soon as
10 possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 1984. The members of the Boards now serving shall complete
12 their terms as appointed, and thereafter members shall be
13 appointed by the Governor to terms of 6 years. Any vacancy
14 occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the
15 remainder of the term. The Director of Corrections and the
16 Assistant Directors, Adult and Juvenile Divisions
17 respectively, for the 2 Boards, shall be ex-officio members
18 of the Boards. Each Board shall elect a chairman from among
19 its appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary
20 of each Board. Members of each Board shall serve without
21 compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily
22 incurred in the performance of their duties. Each Board shall
23 meet quarterly and at other times at the call of the
24 chairman. At the request of the Director, the Boards may meet
25 together.
26 (b) The Boards shall advise the Director concerning
27 policy matters and programs of the Department with regard to
28 the custody, care, study, discipline, training and treatment
29 of persons in the State correctional institutions and for the
30 care and supervision of persons released on parole.
31 (c) There shall be a Subcommittee on Women Offenders to
32 the Adult Advisory Board. The Subcommittee shall be composed
33 of 3 members of the Adult Advisory Board appointed by the
34 Chairman who shall designate one member as the chairman of
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1 the Subcommittee. Members of the Subcommittee shall serve
2 without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses
3 necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The
4 Subcommittee shall meet no less often than quarterly and at
5 other times at the call of its chairman.
6 The Subcommittee shall advise the Adult Advisory Board
7 and the Director on all policy matters and programs of the
8 Department with regard to the custody, care, study,
9 discipline, training and treatment of women in the State
10 correctional institutions and for the care and supervision of
11 women released on parole.
12 (d) There shall be a Gang Control Advisory Committee to
13 the Assistant Director of the Gang Control Unit. The
14 Advisory Committee shall consist of 8 members, 2 each
15 appointed by the President of the Senate, Minority Leader of
16 the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
17 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. A chairman
18 shall be elected from the membership of the Committee.
19 Members of the Committee shall have had at least 5 years of
20 experience in the control of gangs while working in the
21 fields of penology, corrections work, law enforcement,
22 sociology, law education, or social work. The members of the
23 Advisory Committee shall review current Department programs
24 that seek to eliminate gangs in correctional facilities,
25 shall research gang control programs in other state and
26 federal facilities, and shall make recommendations to the
27 Assistant Director of the Gang Control Unit regarding new
28 programs aimed at reducing gang influence in State
29 correctional facilities. Each member of the Committee shall
30 receive $200 for each meeting of the Committee and shall be
31 reimbursed for expenses incurred to attend meetings of the
32 Advisory Committee. The Department shall include in its
33 annual report to the General Assembly a summary of the
34 Committee's findings and recommendations.
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1 (Source: P.A. 85-624.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.