Public Act 100-0088
 
SB1238 EnrolledLRB100 09501 SLF 19664 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court
Treatment 
Act is amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 167/15)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-807)

    Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial 
circuit may establish a
Veterans and Servicemembers Court 
program including a format under which it operates under
this 
Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the 
discretion of the Chief Judge, be a
separate court or a program 
of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug 
court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief

Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be 
operated in one or more counties county in the
Circuit, and 
allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties 
within the Circuit to
participate.


(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-807)
    Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial 
circuit shall establish a
Veterans and Servicemembers Court 
program including a format under which it operates under
this 
Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the 
discretion of the Chief Judge, be a
separate court or a program 
of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug 
court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief

Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be 
operated in one or more counties county in the
Circuit, and 
allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties 
within the Circuit to
participate.


(Source: P.A. 99-807, eff. 1-1-18.)
  
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
Public Act.