99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3155

 

Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-750
730 ILCS 5/3-3-8  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Clarifies that a minor, found delinquent for first degree murder, upon release from a Department of Juvenile Justice facility shall be placed on aftercare release until 21 years of age, unless sooner discharged from aftercare release. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the aftercare release time of a person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be: (1) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class 4 felony or lesser offense, 3 months or until the juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner; (2) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class 3 felony, 6 months or until the juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner; (3) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class 2 felony, 12 months or until the juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner; (4) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class 1 felony, 18 months or until the juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner; and (5) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a Class X felony, 24 months or until the juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner, unless otherwise provided for by law. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-750 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-750)
7    Sec. 5-750. Commitment to the Department of Juvenile
8Justice.
9    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section,
10when any delinquent has been adjudged a ward of the court under
11this Act, the court may commit him or her to the Department of
12Juvenile Justice, if it finds that (a) his or her parents,
13guardian or legal custodian are unfit or are unable, for some
14reason other than financial circumstances alone, to care for,
15protect, train or discipline the minor, or are unwilling to do
16so, and the best interests of the minor and the public will not
17be served by placement under Section 5-740, or it is necessary
18to ensure the protection of the public from the consequences of
19criminal activity of the delinquent; and (b) commitment to the
20Department of Juvenile Justice is the least restrictive
21alternative based on evidence that efforts were made to locate
22less restrictive alternatives to secure confinement and the
23reasons why efforts were unsuccessful in locating a less

 

 

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1restrictive alternative to secure confinement. Before the
2court commits a minor to the Department of Juvenile Justice, it
3shall make a finding that secure confinement is necessary,
4following a review of the following individualized factors:
5        (A) Age of the minor.
6        (B) Criminal background of the minor.
7        (C) Review of results of any assessments of the minor,
8    including child centered assessments such as the CANS.
9        (D) Educational background of the minor, indicating
10    whether the minor has ever been assessed for a learning
11    disability, and if so what services were provided as well
12    as any disciplinary incidents at school.
13        (E) Physical, mental and emotional health of the minor,
14    indicating whether the minor has ever been diagnosed with a
15    health issue and if so what services were provided and
16    whether the minor was compliant with services.
17        (F) Community based services that have been provided to
18    the minor, and whether the minor was compliant with the
19    services, and the reason the services were unsuccessful.
20        (G) Services within the Department of Juvenile Justice
21    that will meet the individualized needs of the minor.
22    (1.5) Before the court commits a minor to the Department of
23Juvenile Justice, the court must find reasonable efforts have
24been made to prevent or eliminate the need for the minor to be
25removed from the home, or reasonable efforts cannot, at this
26time, for good cause, prevent or eliminate the need for

 

 

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1removal, and removal from home is in the best interests of the
2minor, the minor's family, and the public.
3    (2) When a minor of the age of at least 13 years is
4adjudged delinquent for the offense of first degree murder, the
5court shall declare the minor a ward of the court and order the
6minor committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice until the
7minor's 21st birthday, without the possibility of aftercare
8release, furlough, or non-emergency authorized absence for a
9period of 5 years from the date the minor was committed to the
10Department of Juvenile Justice, except that the time that a
11minor spent in custody for the instant offense before being
12committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be
13considered as time credited towards that 5 year period. The
14minor upon release from a Department facility shall be placed
15on aftercare release until 21 years of age, unless sooner
16discharged from aftercare release as otherwise provided for by
17law. Nothing in this subsection (2) shall preclude the State's
18Attorney from seeking to prosecute a minor as an adult as an
19alternative to proceeding under this Act.
20    (3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the commitment of
21a delinquent to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be for
22an indeterminate term which shall automatically terminate upon
23the delinquent attaining the age of 21 years unless the
24delinquent is sooner discharged from aftercare release or
25custodianship is otherwise terminated in accordance with this
26Act or as otherwise provided for by law.

 

 

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1    (3.5) Every delinquent minor committed to the Department of
2Juvenile Justice under this Act shall be eligible for aftercare
3release without regard to the length of time the minor has been
4confined or whether the minor has served any minimum term
5imposed. Aftercare release shall be administered by the
6Department of Juvenile Justice, under the direction of the
7Director.
8    (4) When the court commits a minor to the Department of
9Juvenile Justice, it shall order him or her conveyed forthwith
10to the appropriate reception station or other place designated
11by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and shall appoint the
12Director of Juvenile Justice legal custodian of the minor. The
13clerk of the court shall issue to the Director of Juvenile
14Justice a certified copy of the order, which constitutes proof
15of the Director's authority. No other process need issue to
16warrant the keeping of the minor.
17    (5) If a minor is committed to the Department of Juvenile
18Justice, the clerk of the court shall forward to the
19Department:
20        (a) the disposition ordered;
21        (b) all reports;
22        (c) the court's statement of the basis for ordering the
23    disposition; and
24        (d) all additional matters which the court directs the
25    clerk to transmit.
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1discharges from its custody and control a minor committed to
2it, the Director of Juvenile Justice shall petition the court
3for an order terminating his or her custodianship. The
4custodianship shall terminate automatically 30 days after
5receipt of the petition unless the court orders otherwise.
6(Source: P.A. 97-362, eff. 1-1-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
7    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
8changing Section 3-3-8 as follows:
 
9    (730 ILCS 5/3-3-8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8)
10    Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole, aftercare release, and
11mandatory supervised release; discharge.)
12    (a) The length of parole for a person sentenced under the
13law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory
14Act of 1977 and the length of mandatory supervised release for
15those sentenced under the law in effect on and after such
16effective date shall be as set out in Section 5-8-1 unless
17sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section. The
18aftercare release period of a juvenile committed to the
19Department under the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court
20Act of 1987 shall be as follows extend until he or she is 21
21years of age unless sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of
22this Section:
23        (1) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a
24    Class 4 felony or lesser offense, 3 months or until the

 

 

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1    juvenile attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs sooner;
2        (2) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a
3    Class 3 felony, 6 months or until the juvenile attains 21
4    years of age, whichever occurs sooner;
5        (3) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a
6    Class 2 felony, 12 months or until the juvenile attains 21
7    years of age, whichever occurs sooner;
8        (4) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a
9    Class 1 felony, 18 months or until the juvenile attains 21
10    years of age, whichever occurs sooner; and     .
11        (5) for an act that if committed by an adult would be a
12    Class X felony, 24 months or until the juvenile attains 21
13    years of age, whichever occurs sooner.
14    (b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order releasing
15and discharging one from parole, aftercare release, or
16mandatory supervised release, and his or her commitment to the
17Department, when it determines that he or she is likely to
18remain at liberty without committing another offense.
19    (b-1) Provided that the subject is in compliance with the
20terms and conditions of his or her parole, aftercare release,
21or mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board may
22reduce the period of a parolee or releasee's parole, aftercare
23release, or mandatory supervised release by 90 days upon the
24parolee or releasee receiving a high school diploma or upon
25passage of high school equivalency testing during the period of
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1release. This reduction in the period of a subject's term of
2parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release
3shall be available only to subjects who have not previously
4earned a high school diploma or who have not previously passed
5high school equivalency testing.
6    (c) The order of discharge shall become effective upon
7entry of the order of the Board. The Board shall notify the
8clerk of the committing court of the order. Upon receipt of
9such copy, the clerk shall make an entry on the record judgment
10that the sentence or commitment has been satisfied pursuant to
11the order.
12    (d) Rights of the person discharged under this Section
13shall be restored under Section 5-5-5. This Section is subject
14to Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
15(Source: P.A. 97-531, eff. 1-1-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; 98-718,
16eff. 1-1-15.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.