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Rep. Justin Slaughter
Filed: 3/24/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 698
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 698 on page 2, line |
| 3 | | 6, by inserting "pre-release" after "the"; and
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| 4 | | on page 2, by replacing lines 13 through 15 with the following: |
| 5 | | "(4) the inmate has never been convicted of an offense |
| 6 | | described in Subdivision 5 of Article 11 of the Criminal Code |
| 7 | | of 2012 (major sex offenses), Subdivision 10 of Article 11 of |
| 8 | | the Criminal Code of 2012 (vulnerable victim sex offenses), |
| 9 | | Section 11-20.1 of Subdivision 20 of Article 11 of the Criminal |
| 10 | | Code of 2012 (child pornography offenses), or similar offenses |
| 11 | | under the Criminal Code of 1961;"; and
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| 12 | | on page 2, by inserting immediately below line 17 the |
| 13 | | following:
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| 14 | | "(730 ILCS 5/3-12.5-11 new) |
| 15 | | Sec. 3-12.5-11. Curriculum; employment; retention of |
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| 1 | | rights; certificate of completion. |
| 2 | | (a) The Prisoner Entrepreneur Education Program shall |
| 3 | | consist of a rigorous curriculum, and participants shall be |
| 4 | | taught business skills, such as computer skills, budgeting, |
| 5 | | creating a business plan, public speaking, and realistic goal |
| 6 | | setting. |
| 7 | | (b) The curriculum shall not include the employment of |
| 8 | | participants as employees under the Department of Corrections |
| 9 | | or any for-profit or not-for-profit organization unless: |
| 10 | | (1) the participant receives a wage equal to or greater |
| 11 | | than the prevailing market rate for the services performed |
| 12 | | during the course of the employment; |
| 13 | | (2) the employment is reasonably related to the purpose |
| 14 | | and curriculum of the Prisoner Entrepreneur Education |
| 15 | | Program; and |
| 16 | | (3) the participant consents in writing to the terms, |
| 17 | | provisions, working conditions, and wages of the |
| 18 | | employment. |
| 19 | | (c) Participants shall retain rights, control, and |
| 20 | | possession of all products created by the participant during |
| 21 | | the course of the Prisoner Entrepreneur Education Program. Such |
| 22 | | rights shall include intellectual property rights and rights in |
| 23 | | trade secrets. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th |
| 24 | | General Assembly shall be construed to give the Department of |
| 25 | | Corrections any right to sell, use, distribute, market, |
| 26 | | possess, or otherwise control any product created by a |
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| 1 | | participant during the course of the Prisoner Entrepreneur |
| 2 | | Education Program, without the participant's written consent. |
| 3 | | (d) Participants who successfully complete the Prisoner |
| 4 | | Entrepreneur Education Program shall be awarded a Certificate |
| 5 | | of Completion."; and
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| 6 | | on page 3, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with the following: |
| 7 | | "Entrepreneur Education Program shall be subject to |
| 8 | | appropriation by the General Assembly.".
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