Public Act 1061 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4113 Enrolled LRB098 15668 RLC 50699 b

Public Act 098-1061

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Alternative Sentencing Job Training Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, and 15 as follows:

(730 ILCS 170/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1541-1)

Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Neighborhood Restoration and Alternative Sentencing Job Training Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-648.)

(730 ILCS 170/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1541-5)

Sec. 5. Finding. The Legislature finds that throughout the State there are areas in which overcrowding in county jails exist as well as similar problems in the State correctional facilities, at the same time, many communities have a problem with deteriorating housing that with adequate repair and restoration could be used as housing for the homeless, mentally ill, and low income families as transitional accommodations.

(Source: P.A. 87-648.)

(730 ILCS 170/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1541-10)

Sec. 10. Authority. The Department of Corrections or county sheriffs may enter into joint contracts with county, units of local government and non-profit housing development corporations to develop job training programs to rehabilitate houses. These rehabilitated houses may be used as transitional housing for homeless, mentally ill, and low income citizens in areas where there exists severe housing shortages or deterioration of housing in a community.

(Source: P.A. 87-648.)

(730 ILCS 170/15) (from Ch. 38, par. 1541-15)

Sec. 15. Administrative rules; violent crime offenders ineligible. The Director of the Department of Corrections and the Director of Labor shall develop by rule the criteria for selection of the participants of the program in conjunction with and approval by the sentencing court. A county sheriff may authorize persons serving county impact incarceration supervised release periods and persons participating in county jail based outpatient or custodial treatment programs to participate in a job training program to rehabilitate houses. Violent crime offenders are not eligible to participate in the program.

(Source: P.A. 87-648.)