Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 3/14/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1829

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1829 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-3-3 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-3-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3)
7     Sec. 3-3-3. Eligibility for Parole or Release.
8     (a) Except for those offenders who accept the the fixed
9 release date established by the Prisoner Review Board under
10 Section 3-3-2.1, every person serving a term of imprisonment
11 under the law in effect prior to the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1977 shall be eligible for parole when he has
13 served:
14         (1) the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence less
15     time credit for good behavior, or 20 years less time credit
16     for good behavior, whichever is less; or
17         (2) 20 years of a life sentence less time credit for
18     good behavior; or
19         (3) 20 years or one-third of a determinate sentence,
20     whichever is less, less time credit for good behavior.
21     (b) No person sentenced under this amendatory Act of 1977
22 or who accepts a release date under Section 3-3-2.1 shall be
23 eligible for parole.
24     (c) Except for those sentenced to a term of natural life

 

 

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1 imprisonment, every person sentenced to imprisonment under
2 this amendatory Act of 1977 or given a release date under
3 Section 3-3-2.1 of this Act shall serve the full term of a
4 determinate sentence less time credit for good behavior and
5 shall then be released under the mandatory supervised release
6 provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 5-8-1 of this Code.
7     (d) No person serving a term of natural life imprisonment
8 may be paroled or released except through executive clemency.
9     (e) Every person committed to the Juvenile Division under
10 Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 5-750 of the
11 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or Section 5-8-6 of this Code and
12 confined in the State correctional institutions or facilities
13 if such juvenile has not been tried as an adult shall be
14 eligible for parole without regard to the length of time the
15 person has been confined or whether the person has served any
16 minimum term imposed. However, if a juvenile has been tried as
17 an adult he shall only be eligible for parole or mandatory
18 supervised release as an adult under this Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)".