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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4446
Introduced 1/9/2006, by Rep. Milton Patterson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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730 ILCS 5/3-14-4 |
from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4 |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules that limit the number of half-way houses that may be established by the Department within a geographic area as determined by the Department.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4446 |
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LRB094 17024 RLC 52305 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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
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| changing Section 3-14-4 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/3-14-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4)
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| Sec. 3-14-4. Half-way Houses.
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| (a) The Department may establish and
maintain half-way |
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| houses for the residence of persons on parole or
mandatory |
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| release. The Department shall adopt rules that limit the number |
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| of half-way houses that may be established by the Department |
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| within a geographic area as determined by the Department. Such |
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| half-way houses shall be maintained apart from
security |
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| institutions, except that the Director of Corrections is |
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| authorized
to designate that any work or day release facility, |
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| or any portion thereof,
may be used as a half-way house for the |
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| residence of persons on parole or
mandatory supervised release.
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| (b) For those persons to be placed in a half-way house |
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| directly upon release
from an institution on parole or |
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| mandatory supervised release status,
not less than 15 days |
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| prior to the placement of such a person in such a
half-way |
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| house, the Department of Corrections shall give written notice
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| to the State's Attorney and the Sheriff of the county and the |
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| proper law
enforcement agency of the municipality in which the
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| half-way house is located of the identity of the person to be |
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| placed in
that program. Such identifying information shall |
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| include,
but not be limited to, the name of the individual, |
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| age, physical description,
photograph, the crime for which the |
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| person was originally sentenced to
the Department of |
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| Corrections, and like information. The notice
shall be given in |
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| all cases, except when placement of an emergency nature
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| necessary. In such emergency cases, oral notice
shall be given |