HB4303 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 35455 RLC 65524 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4303

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Paul Jacobs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. Provides for membership on the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training, incarceration of elderly, ill, or disabled inmates, and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. Provides that each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2025. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows:

(Ch. III Art. 20 heading new)

ARTICLE 20. TAMMS MINIMUM SECURITY UNIT TASK FORCE

(730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new)

Sec. 3-20-1. Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force.

(a) The Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force is created to study the repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit.

(b) The Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, including the possibility of providing mental health services, health services, public safety, law enforcement training purposes, fire services, medical training, incarceration of elderly, ill, or disabled inmates, and any other option for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate. The membership of the Task Force shall include:

(1) one member to serve as chair, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;

(2) one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3) one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) one member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;

(5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;

(6) the Director of Corrections or his or her designee;

(7) one member of a labor organization representing a plurality of Department of Corrections employees nominated by that labor organization and appointed by the Director of Corrections;

(8) one member representing Shawnee Community College, appointed by the President of Shawnee Community College;

(9) one member representing Southern Illinois University, appointed by the President of Southern Illinois University;

(10) the mayor of Tamms, Illinois; and

(11) one member representing Alexander County, appointed by the Chairman of the Alexander County Board.

(c) Each member of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. The Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at the call of the Chairperson. The Department of Corrections shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.

(d) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024 with its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2025.

(e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.