101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4717
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Terri Bryant
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.4

     Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Includes as members of the   Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force: (1) one member representing the Illinois Community College Board, appointed by the Chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; (2)  one member from an organization that advocates on behalf of inmates; and (3) one member from another organization that advocates on behalf of inmates.  Deletes provision that the members of the Task Force shall select a Chairperson.  Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
5changing and renumbering Section 3-2-2.3 (as added by Public 
6Act 101-449) as follows:
 
 

7    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.4)

 
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
9    Sec. 3-2-2.4 3-2-2.3. Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task 
10Force.
11    (a) The Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force is created 
12to study using the Tamms Minimum Security Unit as a vocational 
13training facility for the Department of Corrections. The 
14membership of the Task Force shall include:
15        (1) one member to serve as chair, appointed by the 
16    Lieutenant Governor; 
17        (2) one member of the House of Representatives

18    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
19        (3) one member of the House of Representatives

20    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of

21    Representatives;
22        (4) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate

23    President;
 
 
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1        (5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate

2    Minority Leader;
3        (6) the Director of Corrections or his or her designee;
4        (7) one member of a labor organization representing a 
5    plurality of Department of Corrections employees;
6        (8) one member representing Shawnee Community College,

7    appointed by the President of Shawnee Community College;
8        (9) one member representing Southern Illinois

9    University, appointed by the President of Southern

10    Illinois University;
11        (10) the mayor of Tamms, Illinois; and
12        (11) one member representing Alexander County,

13    appointed by the Chairman of the Alexander County Board;
14        (12) one member representing the Illinois Community 
15    College Board, appointed by the Chairman of Illinois 
16    Community College Board;
17        (13) one member from an organization that advocates on 
18    behalf of inmates; and
19        (14) one member from another organization that 
20    advocates on behalf of inmates. 
21    (b) Each member of the Task Force shall serve without 
22compensation. The members of the Task Force shall select a 
23Chairperson. The Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at 
24the call of the Chairperson. The Department of Corrections 
25shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.
26    (c) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor 
 
 
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1and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2020 with 
2its recommendations. The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 
32021.
4    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.

5(Source: P.A. 101-449, eff. 1-1-20; revised 10-23-19.)
  
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.