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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
5 | 19-2.3 and by changing Section 19A-20 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.3 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 19-2.3. Vote by mail; jails. Each election authority | ||||||
8 | in a county with a population under 3,000,000 shall collaborate | ||||||
9 | with the primary county jail where eligible voters are confined | ||||||
10 | or detained who are within the jurisdiction of the election | ||||||
11 | authority to facilitate an opportunity for voting by mail for | ||||||
12 | voters eligible to vote in the election jurisdiction who are | ||||||
13 | confined or detained in the county jail. | ||||||
14 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-20)
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15 | Sec. 19A-20. Temporary branch polling places.
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16 | (a) In addition to permanent polling places for early | ||||||
17 | voting, the election
authority may establish temporary branch | ||||||
18 | polling places for early voting.
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19 | (b) The provisions of subsection (b) of Section 19A-15 do | ||||||
20 | not apply to a
temporary polling place. Voting at a temporary | ||||||
21 | branch polling place may be
conducted on any one or more days | ||||||
22 | and during any hours within the period for
early voting by |
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1 | personal appearance that are determined by the election
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2 | authority.
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3 | (c) The schedules for conducting voting do not need to be | ||||||
4 | uniform among the
temporary branch polling places.
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5 | (d) The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner | ||||||
6 | or lessor of
private property are not impaired or otherwise | ||||||
7 | affected by the leasing of the
property for use as a temporary | ||||||
8 | branch polling place for early voting, except
to the extent | ||||||
9 | necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
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10 | (e) In a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the | ||||||
11 | election authority in the county shall establish a temporary | ||||||
12 | branch polling place under this Section in the county jail. | ||||||
13 | Only a resident of a county who is in custody at the county | ||||||
14 | jail and who has not been convicted of the offense for which | ||||||
15 | the resident is in custody is eligible to vote at a temporary | ||||||
16 | branch polling place established under this subsection. The | ||||||
17 | temporary branch polling place established under this | ||||||
18 | subsection shall allow a voter to vote in the same elections | ||||||
19 | that the voter would be entitled to vote in where the voter | ||||||
20 | resides. To the maximum extent feasible, voting booths or | ||||||
21 | screens shall be provided to ensure the privacy of the voter. | ||||||
22 | All provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers | ||||||
23 | shall apply to a temporary branch polling place under this | ||||||
24 | subsection (e), subject to approval from the election authority | ||||||
25 | and the county jail, except that nonpartisan pollwatchers shall | ||||||
26 | be limited to one per division within the jail instead of one |
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1 | per precinct. A county that establishes a temporary branch | ||||||
2 | polling place inside a county jail in accordance with this | ||||||
3 | subsection (e) shall adhere to all requirements of this | ||||||
4 | subsection (e). All requirements of the federal Voting Rights | ||||||
5 | Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of the federal Americans | ||||||
6 | with Disabilities Act shall apply to this subsection (e). | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.) | ||||||
8 | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
9 | 3-15003.3 and 3-15003.4 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.3 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 3-15003.3. Voter registration; county jails. Upon | ||||||
12 | discharge of a person who is eligible to vote from a county | ||||||
13 | jail, the county jail shall provide the person with a voter | ||||||
14 | registration application. Each election authority shall | ||||||
15 | collaborate with the county jail within the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
16 | election authority to facilitate voter registration for voters | ||||||
17 | eligible to vote in that county who are confined or detained in | ||||||
18 | the county jail. A county jail shall provide a voter | ||||||
19 | registration application to any person in custody at the jail | ||||||
20 | who requests an application and is eligible to vote. | ||||||
21 | (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.4 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 3-15003.4. Voting rights; county jails; probation | ||||||
23 | offices. |
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1 | (a) Each county jail and county probation office shall make | ||||||
2 | available current resource materials, maintained by the | ||||||
3 | Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed | ||||||
4 | information regarding the voting rights of a person with a | ||||||
5 | criminal conviction in print. | ||||||
6 | (b) The current resource materials described under | ||||||
7 | subsection (a) shall be provided: | ||||||
8 | (1) upon discharge of a person from a county jail; and | ||||||
9 | (2) upon intake of a person by a county probation | ||||||
10 | department. | ||||||
11 | Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
12 | adding Section 3-2-2.3 and by changing Section 3-14-1 as | ||||||
13 | follows: | ||||||
14 | (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.3 new) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 3-2-2.3. Voting rights information. | ||||||
16 | (a) The Department shall make available to a person in its | ||||||
17 | custody current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois | ||||||
18 | State Board of Elections, containing detailed information | ||||||
19 | regarding the voting rights of a person with a criminal | ||||||
20 | conviction in the following formats: | ||||||
21 | (1) in print; | ||||||
22 | (2) on the Department's website; and | ||||||
23 | (3) in a visible location on the premises of each | ||||||
24 | Department facility where notices are customarily posted. |
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1 | (b) The current resource materials described under | ||||||
2 | subsection (a) shall be provided upon release of a person on | ||||||
3 | parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or | ||||||
4 | pardon from the Department.
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5 | (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
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6 | Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the institution.
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7 | (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, | ||||||
8 | final
discharge or pardon the Department shall return all | ||||||
9 | property held for
him, provide him with suitable clothing and | ||||||
10 | procure necessary
transportation for him to his designated | ||||||
11 | place of residence and
employment. It may provide such person | ||||||
12 | with a grant of money for travel and
expenses which may be paid | ||||||
13 | in installments. The amount of the money grant
shall be | ||||||
14 | determined by the Department.
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15 | (a-1) The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned | ||||||
16 | person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is discharged | ||||||
17 | from the Department, provide him or her with any documents | ||||||
18 | necessary after discharge. | ||||||
19 | (a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and | ||||||
20 | maintain, in any institution
it administers, revolving funds to | ||||||
21 | be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving
Funds". These | ||||||
22 | revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
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23 | allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. | ||||||
24 | The moneys
paid into such revolving funds shall be from | ||||||
25 | appropriations to the Department
for Committed, Paroled, and |
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1 | Discharged Prisoners.
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2 | (a-3) Upon release of a person who is eligible to vote on | ||||||
3 | parole, mandatory release, final discharge, or pardon, the | ||||||
4 | Department shall provide the person with a form that informs | ||||||
5 | him or her that his or her voting rights have been restored and | ||||||
6 | a voter registration application. The Department shall have | ||||||
7 | available voter registration applications in the languages | ||||||
8 | provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections. The form | ||||||
9 | that informs the person that his or her rights have been | ||||||
10 | restored shall include the following information: | ||||||
11 | (1) All voting rights are restored upon release from | ||||||
12 | the Department's custody. | ||||||
13 | (2) A person who is eligible to vote must register in | ||||||
14 | order to be able to vote. | ||||||
15 | The Department of Corrections shall confirm that the person | ||||||
16 | received the voter registration application and has been | ||||||
17 | informed that his or her voting rights have been restored. | ||||||
18 | (b) (Blank).
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19 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the | ||||||
20 | Department shall
establish procedures to provide written | ||||||
21 | notification of any release of any
person who has been | ||||||
22 | convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney
and sheriff of | ||||||
23 | the county from which the offender was committed, and the
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24 | State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the | ||||||
25 | offender is to be
paroled or released. Except as otherwise | ||||||
26 | provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish |
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1 | procedures to provide written notification to
the proper law | ||||||
2 | enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
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3 | person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the | ||||||
4 | offender or the
commission of the offense took place in the | ||||||
5 | municipality, if the offender is to
be paroled or released into | ||||||
6 | the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
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7 | municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a | ||||||
8 | person
convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the | ||||||
9 | Department of Corrections or
on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
10 | release informs the Department that he or she
has resided, | ||||||
11 | resides, or will
reside at an address that is a housing | ||||||
12 | facility owned, managed,
operated, or leased by a public | ||||||
13 | housing agency, the Department must send
written notification | ||||||
14 | of that information to the public housing agency that
owns, | ||||||
15 | manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
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16 | notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days | ||||||
17 | before release of
the person from custody, or as soon | ||||||
18 | thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be | ||||||
19 | provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff, | ||||||
20 | proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has | ||||||
21 | provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email | ||||||
22 | address.
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23 | (c-1) (Blank). | ||||||
24 | (c-2) The Department shall establish procedures to provide | ||||||
25 | notice to the Department of State Police of the release or | ||||||
26 | discharge of persons convicted of violations of the |
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1 | Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act or a | ||||||
2 | violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. The | ||||||
3 | Department of State Police shall make this information | ||||||
4 | available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies | ||||||
5 | upon request. | ||||||
6 | (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release | ||||||
7 | becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the | ||||||
8 | Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
9 | Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
10 | Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following | ||||||
11 | information to the appropriate licensing or regulating | ||||||
12 | Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the | ||||||
13 | person becomes a resident: | ||||||
14 | (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation | ||||||
15 | reports. | ||||||
16 | (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section | ||||||
17 | 3-8-2. | ||||||
18 | (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to | ||||||
19 | subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2. | ||||||
20 | (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and | ||||||
21 | dispositions. | ||||||
22 | (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the | ||||||
23 | Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and | ||||||
24 | dispositions. | ||||||
25 | (6) The name and contact information for the assigned | ||||||
26 | parole agent and parole supervisor.
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1 | This information shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
2 | person becoming a resident of the facility.
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3 | (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
4 | release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated | ||||||
5 | by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
6 | Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
7 | Department of Corrections shall provide written notification | ||||||
8 | of such residence to the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) The Prisoner Review Board. | ||||||
10 | (2) The
chief of police and sheriff in the municipality | ||||||
11 | and county in which the licensed facility is located. | ||||||
12 | The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
13 | person becoming a resident of the facility.
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14 | (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | ||||||
15 | mandatory
supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the | ||||||
16 | Department shall provide
such person with information | ||||||
17 | concerning programs and services of the
Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Public Health to ascertain whether such person has
been exposed | ||||||
19 | to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
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20 | causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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21 | (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | ||||||
22 | mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, pardon, or who | ||||||
23 | has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall verify the | ||||||
24 | released person's full name, date of birth, and social security | ||||||
25 | number. If verification is made by the Department by obtaining | ||||||
26 | a certified copy of the released person's birth certificate and |
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1 | the released person's social security card or other documents | ||||||
2 | authorized by the Secretary, the Department shall provide the | ||||||
3 | birth certificate and social security card or other documents | ||||||
4 | authorized by the Secretary to the released person. If | ||||||
5 | verification by the Department is done by means other than | ||||||
6 | obtaining a certified copy of the released person's birth | ||||||
7 | certificate and the released person's social security card or | ||||||
8 | other documents authorized by the Secretary, the Department | ||||||
9 | shall complete a verification form, prescribed by the Secretary | ||||||
10 | of State, and shall provide that verification form to the | ||||||
11 | released person.
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12 | (f) Forty-five days prior to the scheduled discharge of a | ||||||
13 | person committed to the custody of the Department of | ||||||
14 | Corrections, the Department shall give the person who is | ||||||
15 | otherwise uninsured an opportunity to apply for health care | ||||||
16 | coverage including medical assistance under Article V of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Public Aid Code in accordance with subsection (b) of | ||||||
18 | Section 1-8.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the | ||||||
19 | Department of Corrections shall provide assistance with | ||||||
20 | completion of the application for health care coverage | ||||||
21 | including medical assistance. The Department may adopt rules to | ||||||
22 | implement this Section. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 98-267, eff. 1-1-14; 99-415, eff. 8-20-15; | ||||||
24 | 99-907, eff. 7-1-17 .)
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