Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/14/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1829 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1829 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
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changing Section 3-3-3 as follows:
 



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    (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3)



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    Sec. 3-3-3. Eligibility for Parole or Release. 

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    (a) Except for those offenders who accept the
the fixed 
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release
date established by the Prisoner Review Board under 
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Section
3-3-2.1, every person serving a term of imprisonment 
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under
the law in effect prior to the effective date of this

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amendatory Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when
he has 
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served:


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        (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence less

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    time credit for good behavior, or 20 years less time credit

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    for good behavior, whichever is less; or


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        (2) 20 years of a life sentence less time credit for 
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    good behavior; or


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        (3) 20 years or one-third of a determinate sentence,

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    whichever is less, less time credit for good behavior.

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    (b) No person sentenced under this amendatory Act of 1977 
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or who accepts
a release date under Section 3-3-2.1 shall be 
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eligible for parole.

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    (c) Except for those sentenced to a term of natural
life 
 


 






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imprisonment, every person sentenced to imprisonment
under 
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this amendatory Act of 1977 or given a release date
under 
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Section 3-3-2.1 of this Act shall serve the full term
of a 
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determinate sentence less time credit for good behavior
and 
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shall then be released under the mandatory supervised
release 
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provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code.

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    (d) No person serving a term of natural life imprisonment 
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may be paroled
or released except through executive clemency.

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    (e) Every person committed to the Juvenile Division under 
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Section
5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 5-750 of the 
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Juvenile
Court Act
of 1987 or Section 5-8-6 of this Code and 
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confined in the State correctional
institutions or facilities 
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if such juvenile has not been
tried as an adult shall be 
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eligible for parole without
regard to the length of time the 
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person has been confined
or whether the person has served any 
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minimum term imposed.
However, if a juvenile has been tried as 
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an adult he shall
only be eligible for parole or mandatory 
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supervised release
as an adult under this Section.

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(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)".