99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3259

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 167/15

    Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB3259LRB099 19971 SLF 44370 b

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 Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment
5Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 167/15)
7    Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial
8circuit may establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court
9program including a format under which it operates under this
10Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the
11discretion of the Chief Judge, be a separate court or a program
12of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug
13court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief
14Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be
15operated in one or more counties county in the Circuit, and
16allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties
17within the Circuit to participate.
18(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)