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personal appearance that are determined by the election
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authority.
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(c) The schedules for conducting voting do not need to be |
uniform among the
temporary branch polling places.
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(d) The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner |
or lessor of
private property are not impaired or otherwise |
affected by the leasing of the
property for use as a temporary |
branch polling place for early voting, except
to the extent |
necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
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(e) In a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the |
election authority in the county shall establish a temporary |
branch polling place under this Section in the county jail. |
Only a resident of a county who is in custody at the county |
jail and who has not been convicted of the offense for which |
the resident is in custody is eligible to vote at a temporary |
branch polling place established under this subsection. The |
temporary branch polling place established under this |
subsection shall allow a voter to vote in the same elections |
that the voter would be entitled to vote in where the voter |
resides. To the maximum extent feasible, voting booths or |
screens shall be provided to ensure the privacy of the voter. |
All provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers |
shall apply to a temporary branch polling place under this |
subsection (e), subject to approval from the election authority |
and the county jail, except that nonpartisan pollwatchers shall |
be limited to one per division within the jail instead of one |
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per precinct. A county that establishes a temporary branch |
polling place inside a county jail in accordance with this |
subsection (e) shall adhere to all requirements of this |
subsection (e). All requirements of the federal Voting Rights |
Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of the federal Americans |
with Disabilities Act shall apply to this subsection (e). |
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Sections |
3-15003.3 and 3-15003.4 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.3 new) |
Sec. 3-15003.3. Voter registration; county jails. Upon |
discharge of a person who is eligible to vote from a county |
jail, the county jail shall provide the person with a voter |
registration application. Each election authority shall |
collaborate with the county jail within the jurisdiction of the |
election authority to facilitate voter registration for voters |
eligible to vote in that county who are confined or detained in |
the county jail. A county jail shall provide a voter |
registration application to any person in custody at the jail |
who requests an application and is eligible to vote.
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.4 new) |
Sec. 3-15003.4. Voting rights; county jails; probation |
offices. |
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(a) Each county jail and county probation office shall make |
available current resource materials, maintained by the |
Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed |
information regarding the voting rights of a person with a |
criminal conviction in print. |
(b) The current resource materials described under |
subsection (a) shall be provided: |
(1) upon discharge of a person from a county jail; and |
(2) upon intake of a person by a county probation |
department.
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Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
adding Section 3-2-2.3 and by changing Section 3-14-1 as |
follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.3 new) |
Sec. 3-2-2.3. Voting rights information. |
(a) The Department shall make available to a person in its |
custody current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois |
State Board of Elections, containing detailed information |
regarding the voting rights of a person with a criminal |
conviction in the following formats: |
(1) in print; |
(2) on the Department's website; and |
(3) in a visible location on the premises of each |
Department facility where notices are customarily posted. |
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(b) The current resource materials described under |
subsection (a) shall be provided upon release of a person on |
parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or |
pardon from the Department.
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(730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
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Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the institution.
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(a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, |
final
discharge or pardon the Department shall return all |
property held for
him, provide him with suitable clothing and |
procure necessary
transportation for him to his designated |
place of residence and
employment. It may provide such person |
with a grant of money for travel and
expenses which may be paid |
in installments. The amount of the money grant
shall be |
determined by the Department.
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(a-1) The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned |
person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is discharged |
from the Department, provide him or her with any documents |
necessary after discharge. |
(a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and |
maintain, in any institution
it administers, revolving funds to |
be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving
Funds". These |
revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
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allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. |
The moneys
paid into such revolving funds shall be from |
appropriations to the Department
for Committed, Paroled, and |
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Discharged Prisoners.
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(a-3) Upon release of a person who is eligible to vote on |
parole, mandatory release, final discharge, or pardon, the |
Department shall provide the person with a form that informs |
him or her that his or her voting rights have been restored and |
a voter registration application. The Department shall have |
available voter registration applications in the languages |
provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections. The form |
that informs the person that his or her rights have been |
restored shall include the following information: |
(1) All voting rights are restored upon release from |
the Department's custody. |
(2) A person who is eligible to vote must register in |
order to be able to vote. |
The Department of Corrections shall confirm that the person |
received the voter registration application and has been |
informed that his or her voting rights have been restored. |
(b) (Blank).
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(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the |
Department shall
establish procedures to provide written |
notification of any release of any
person who has been |
convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney
and sheriff of |
the county from which the offender was committed, and the
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State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the |
offender is to be
paroled or released. Except as otherwise |
provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish |
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procedures to provide written notification to
the proper law |
enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
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person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the |
offender or the
commission of the offense took place in the |
municipality, if the offender is to
be paroled or released into |
the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
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municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a |
person
convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the |
Department of Corrections or
on parole or mandatory supervised |
release informs the Department that he or she
has resided, |
resides, or will
reside at an address that is a housing |
facility owned, managed,
operated, or leased by a public |
housing agency, the Department must send
written notification |
of that information to the public housing agency that
owns, |
manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
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notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days |
before release of
the person from custody, or as soon |
thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be |
provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff, |
proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has |
provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email |
address.
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(c-1) (Blank). |
(c-2) The Department shall establish procedures to provide |
notice to the Department of State Police of the release or |
discharge of persons convicted of violations of the |
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Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act or a |
violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. The |
Department of State Police shall make this information |
available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies |
upon request. |
(c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release |
becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the |
Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public |
Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the |
Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following |
information to the appropriate licensing or regulating |
Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the |
person becomes a resident: |
(1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation |
reports. |
(2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section |
3-8-2. |
(3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to |
subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2. |
(4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and |
dispositions. |
(5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the |
Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and |
dispositions. |
(6) The name and contact information for the assigned |
parole agent and parole supervisor.
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This information shall be provided within 3 days of the |
person becoming a resident of the facility.
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(c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised |
release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated |
by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of |
Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the |
Department of Corrections shall provide written notification |
of such residence to the following: |
(1) The Prisoner Review Board. |
(2) The
chief of police and sheriff in the municipality |
and county in which the licensed facility is located. |
The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the |
person becoming a resident of the facility.
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(d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, |
mandatory
supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the |
Department shall provide
such person with information |
concerning programs and services of the
Illinois Department of |
Public Health to ascertain whether such person has
been exposed |
to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
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causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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(e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, |
mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, pardon, or who |
has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall verify the |
released person's full name, date of birth, and social security |
number. If verification is made by the Department by obtaining |
a certified copy of the released person's birth certificate and |
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the released person's social security card or other documents |
authorized by the Secretary, the Department shall provide the |
birth certificate and social security card or other documents |
authorized by the Secretary to the released person. If |
verification by the Department is done by means other than |
obtaining a certified copy of the released person's birth |
certificate and the released person's social security card or |
other documents authorized by the Secretary, the Department |
shall complete a verification form, prescribed by the Secretary |
of State, and shall provide that verification form to the |
released person.
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(f) Forty-five days prior to the scheduled discharge of a |
person committed to the custody of the Department of |
Corrections, the Department shall give the person who is |
otherwise uninsured an opportunity to apply for health care |
coverage including medical assistance under Article V of the |
Illinois Public Aid Code in accordance with subsection (b) of |
Section 1-8.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the |
Department of Corrections shall provide assistance with |
completion of the application for health care coverage |
including medical assistance. The Department may adopt rules to |
implement this Section. |
(Source: P.A. 98-267, eff. 1-1-14; 99-415, eff. 8-20-15; |
99-907, eff. 7-1-17.)
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