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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (Ch. III Art. 20 heading new) | ||||||
| 7 | ARTICLE 20. TAMMS MINIMUM SECURITY UNIT TASK FORCE | ||||||
| 8 | (730 ILCS 5/3-20-1 new) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 3-20-1. Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Tamms Minimum Security Unit Task Force is created | ||||||
| 11 | to study the repurposing of the Tamms Minimum Security Unit. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) The Task Force shall study the subject of a practical, | ||||||
| 13 | efficient, and beneficial repurposing of the Tamms Minimum | ||||||
| 14 | Security Unit and its property for the benefit of the public, | ||||||
| 15 | including the possibility of providing mental health services, | ||||||
| 16 | health services, public safety, law enforcement training | ||||||
| 17 | purposes, fire services, medical training and any other option | ||||||
| 18 | for repurposing that the Task Force deems appropriate.
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| 19 | membership of the Task Force shall include: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) one member to serve as chair, appointed by the | ||||||
| 21 | Lieutenant Governor; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) one member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
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| 1 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 2 | (3) one member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 3 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 4 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 5 | (4) one member of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 6 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 7 | (5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 8 | Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 9 | (6) the Director of Corrections or his or her | ||||||
| 10 | designee; | ||||||
| 11 | (7) one member of a labor organization representing a | ||||||
| 12 | plurality of Department of Corrections employees nominated | ||||||
| 13 | by that labor organization and appointed by the Director | ||||||
| 14 | of Corrections; | ||||||
| 15 | (8) one member representing Shawnee Community College, | ||||||
| 16 | appointed by the President of Shawnee Community College; | ||||||
| 17 | (9) one member representing Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | University, appointed by the President of Southern | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois University; | ||||||
| 20 | (10) the mayor of Tamms, Illinois; and | ||||||
| 21 | (11) one member representing Alexander County, | ||||||
| 22 | appointed by the Chairman of the Alexander County Board. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) Each member of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 24 | compensation. The Task Force shall meet 2 times per year or at | ||||||
| 25 | the call of the Chairperson. The Department of Corrections | ||||||
| 26 | shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. | ||||||
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| 1 | (d) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor | ||||||
| 2 | and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023 with | ||||||
| 3 | its recommendations and is dissolved on January 1, 2024. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2024.
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.
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