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Public Act 096-0776
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| HB3795 Enrolled |
LRB096 09944 RLC 20108 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by |
changing Section 15 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 166/15)
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Sec. 15. Authorization. |
(a) The Chief Judge of each judicial circuit must may
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establish a
drug
court program including the format under which |
it operates under
this Act.
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(b) Whenever the county boards of 2 or more counties within |
the same judicial circuit shall determine that a single drug |
court program would best serve those counties, the county board |
of each such county shall adopt a resolution to the effect that |
there shall be a single drug court program serving those |
counties, and shall provide a copy of the resolution to the |
Chief Judge of the judicial circuit. Upon receipt of those |
resolutions, the Chief Judge shall establish or, in the case of |
an existing drug court program, re-organize a single drug court |
program to serve those counties. |
(c) Upon petition of the county board by the State's |
Attorney, the court may, for good cause shown of financial |
hardship or lack of necessary resources, enter an order |