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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Facilities Closure Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-5 and by adding Sections 5-12 and 5-15 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (30 ILCS 608/5-5)
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8 | Sec. 5-5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Commission" means the
Commission on Government | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Forecasting and Accountability. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "State facility" means any facility (i) that is owned and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | operated by the State or leased and operated by the State and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (ii) that is the primary stationary work location for 25 or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | more State employees. "State facility" does not include any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | facility under the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | including the Auditor General, or the judicial branch.
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17 | "Correctional Facilities Panel" means the study panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | created and authorized in Section 5-15 of this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (30 ILCS 608/5-12 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Sec. 5-12. Correctional facilities closure moratorium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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1 | 96th General Assembly, no correctional facility managed or | ||||||
2 | operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections may be | ||||||
3 | closed, eliminated, or otherwise required to reduce its 2008 | ||||||
4 | average daily population or average daily workforce by more | ||||||
5 | than 20% prior to the completion of the required review by the | ||||||
6 | Correctional Facilities Panel and submission of the panel's | ||||||
7 | final report as required in Section 5-15 of this Act. | ||||||
8 | (30 ILCS 608/5-15 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 5-15. Correctional Facilities Panel. | ||||||
10 | (a) The Correctional Facilities Panel is hereby created and | ||||||
11 | shall be comprised of the Director of the Department of | ||||||
12 | Corrections, or his or her designee; 4 members of the General | ||||||
13 | Assembly: one appointed by the President of the Senate, one | ||||||
14 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one appointed | ||||||
15 | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one | ||||||
16 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
17 | Representatives; 2 representatives of the employees who work | ||||||
18 | within the State's prisons, to be appointed by the Commission | ||||||
19 | on Government Forecasting and Accountability; and 2 persons or | ||||||
20 | representatives of organizations with expertise in prisons, | ||||||
21 | correctional facilities, or prison populations, to be | ||||||
22 | appointed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and | ||||||
23 | Accountability. | ||||||
24 | All members of the Panel are to be appointed within 90 days | ||||||
25 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
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1 | General Assembly. | ||||||
2 | (b) The Correctional Facilities Panel shall review the | ||||||
3 | physical condition, the size and composition of the inmate | ||||||
4 | population, and any specific and immediate needs of each | ||||||
5 | correctional facility managed or operated by the State. | ||||||
6 | (c) The Panel is authorized to hold public hearings, take | ||||||
7 | testimony, and request detailed and specific information | ||||||
8 | relating to the inmate population, staff, or both of any | ||||||
9 | individual correctional facility managed or operated by the | ||||||
10 | State, as well as the State's prison system at large. | ||||||
11 | Any data or information requested from any agency of the | ||||||
12 | State, including but not limited to the Department of | ||||||
13 | Corrections, is to be provided within 30 days of any written | ||||||
14 | request for information being submitted by the Panel. If the | ||||||
15 | requested information or data is not available within 30 days, | ||||||
16 | the head of the agency to which the request was originally | ||||||
17 | submitted shall provide the Panel, in writing, a detailed | ||||||
18 | explanation as to why the data or information requested cannot | ||||||
19 | be timely provided, whether the information exists, and when it | ||||||
20 | can be expected to be received by the Panel. | ||||||
21 | (d) The review conducted by the Panel must include, but not | ||||||
22 | be limited to, a detailed composition of (i) current prison | ||||||
23 | populations and their respective requirements for effective | ||||||
24 | reform, (ii) the geographical location of inmate families and | ||||||
25 | their respective needs, (iii) employee locations, staffing | ||||||
26 | levels, and the demands being placed on prison staffs within |
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1 | the State, (iv) the physical condition of each of the State's | ||||||
2 | correctional facilities and their respective needs, (v) the | ||||||
3 | potential necessity for a geriatric correctional facility in | ||||||
4 | Illinois, and (vi) the economic impacts created, at both the | ||||||
5 | State and local levels, by each of the State's correctional | ||||||
6 | facilities, with special attention given to any correctional | ||||||
7 | facility recommended to be immediately or abruptly | ||||||
8 | decommissioned and their respective populations moved | ||||||
9 | throughout the remainder of the State's prison system. | ||||||
10 | (e) The Commission on Government Forecasting and | ||||||
11 | Accountability shall provide staff and administrative | ||||||
12 | assistance to the Correctional Facilities Panel. All agencies | ||||||
13 | of the State must cooperate to the fullest extent possible to | ||||||
14 | assist the Correctional Facilities Panel in the completion of | ||||||
15 | its work. | ||||||
16 | (f) The Panel shall perform a detailed examination of the | ||||||
17 | State's correctional facilities and the respective populations | ||||||
18 | and workforces of the facilities, including information | ||||||
19 | concerning the families of the inmates and staff of the | ||||||
20 | facility. The Panel shall issue its findings and | ||||||
21 | recommendations in a final report to the General Assembly | ||||||
22 | outlining a long-term objective plan for the State's | ||||||
23 | correctional facilities, the populations they hold, and the | ||||||
24 | workforce needed to best protect the citizens of Illinois. The | ||||||
25 | final report must be submitted to the General Assembly no later | ||||||
26 | than September 1, 2010. |
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1 | (g) Sixty days after submission of its final report to the | ||||||
2 | General Assembly, the Correctional Facilities Panel shall be | ||||||
3 | dissolved.
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law. |