Rep. Daniel J. Burke
Filed: 5/9/2008
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2747
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2747 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | the title with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "AN ACT concerning corrections, which may be referred to as | ||||||
| 5 | the Access to Religious Ministry Act of 2008."; and | ||||||
| 6 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 7 | following:
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| 8 | "Section 5. The County Jail Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 9 | Section 26 as follows: | ||||||
| 10 | (730 ILCS 125/26 new) | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 26. Detainees in immigration custody; religious | ||||||
| 12 | worker access to jails. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) Any county jail in the State of Illinois for which an | ||||||
| 14 | intergovernmental agreement has been entered into with United | ||||||
| 15 | States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detention | ||||||
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| 1 | of immigration-related detainees shall be required to provide | ||||||
| 2 | to religious workers reasonable access to such jail. Such | ||||||
| 3 | access shall be consistent with the safety, security, and the | ||||||
| 4 | orderly operation of the facility. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) For purposes of this Section, "reasonable access" means | ||||||
| 6 | the ability of the religious worker to enter the jail facility | ||||||
| 7 | to be available to meet with immigration detainees who wish to | ||||||
| 8 | consult with the religious worker regarding their spiritual | ||||||
| 9 | needs. Such access shall be at times set by the sheriff or his | ||||||
| 10 | or her designee. The facility shall provide advance notice to | ||||||
| 11 | the immigration detainees of the times during which religious | ||||||
| 12 | workers shall be available for consultation under this Section, | ||||||
| 13 | and shall not limit the access of detainees to such religious | ||||||
| 14 | workers without good cause. Consultations with religious | ||||||
| 15 | workers under this Section shall not be counted against the | ||||||
| 16 | visitation time or number of visits to which a detainee is | ||||||
| 17 | otherwise entitled under the facility's visitation policies. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) The sheriff or his or her designee shall have the right | ||||||
| 19 | to screen and approve individuals seeking access to immigration | ||||||
| 20 | detainees at the facility under this Act to ensure that such | ||||||
| 21 | individuals are in fact bona fide clergy, members of religious | ||||||
| 22 | orders, or lay volunteers representing established and | ||||||
| 23 | reputable religious institutions.".
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