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| (2) one legislative member appointed by the President |
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| of the Senate; |
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| (3) one legislative member appointed by the Minority |
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| Leader of the Senate; |
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| (4) one legislative member appointed by the Speaker of |
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| the House; |
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| (5) one legislative member appointed by the Minority |
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| Leader of the House; |
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| (6) one member appointed by the Governor; |
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| (7) one member appointed by the Administrative Office |
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| of the Illinois Courts; |
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| (8) one member appointed by the Secretary of Human |
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| Services; |
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| (9) one member appointed by the Director of Children |
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| and Family Services; |
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| (10) one member appointed by all Representatives and |
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| Senators jointly from among nominations received from |
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| organizations representing a community in Chicago with the |
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| highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice; and |
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| (11) one member appointed by the Chair of the Illinois |
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| Redeploy Illinois Partnership. |
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| The members of the Board shall be qualified for their |
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| positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of |
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| juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work |
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| consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the |
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| Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the |
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| State in any other capacity . The members under this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as |
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| soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly . Appointing authorities |
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| shall file notice of appointment with the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice, Clerk of the House and Secretary of the |
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| Senate. All and be appointed to staggered terms 3 each expiring |
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| in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 of the members' terms expiring in |
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| 2010. Thereafter all members will serve for a term of 3 6 |
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| years, except that members shall continue to serve until their |
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| replacements are appointed. Any vacancy occurring shall be |
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| filled in the same manner for the remainder of the term. The |
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| Director of Juvenile Justice shall be an ex officio member of |
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| the Board. The Board shall elect a chair from among its |
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| appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of the |
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| Board. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation |
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| but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in |
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| the performance of their duties. The Board may begin to conduct |
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| business upon appointment of a majority of its members. The |
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| Board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times at the |
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| call of the chair. The Board may conduct meetings by |
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| telecommunication where possible to minimize travel expenses, |
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| and shall utilize existing resources, including existing data |
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| from JMIS and from the juvenile justice reports from the |
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| Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, as well as |
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| reports from the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Board may |
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| receive administrative support and funding through specific |
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| appropriations available for its purposes made to the |
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| Department of Juvenile Justice or through private grants |
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| specified for the purposes of this Section, or both. |
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| (b) The Board shall: |
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| (0.05) By December 1st of each year, be provided by the |
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| Department with the following information for its review |
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| and comment: |
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| (A) the proposed annual operating plans and budget |
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| for the next fiscal year; |
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| (B) any long-range plans; |
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| (C) data on the youth held within the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice, including demographic information |
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| such as race, age, venue and sex; committing offenses; |
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| whether Redeploy Illinois efforts were utilized prior |
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| to commitment; length of stay and recidivism data; |
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| (D) training programs and policies; |
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| (E) staffing levels; |
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| (F) disciplinary policies; and |
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| (G) any other information relevant to the |
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| management and operation of the Department. |
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| (0.06) Advise the Department on all aspects of the |
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| Department's responsibilities under this Act. It shall be |
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| the Board's responsibility to monitor the development of |
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| the annual budget, along with the implementation of |
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| programs and policies consistent with the intent of the |
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| Department of Juvenile Justice to shift Illinois to a |
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| treatment mode of care for its youth in confinement, to |
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| ensure that youth are adequately prepared for reentry as |
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| soon as possible, and to develop a comprehensive community |
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| based continuum of alternatives to confinement to ensure |
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| that confinement is used only as a last resort and for as |
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| short a time as possible. The Board shall place particular |
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| emphasis on the development of adequate training for staff, |
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| adequate programming within the facilities, adequate |
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| reentry planning and programming, and appropriate |
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| discipline consistent with a treatment philosophy. |
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| (1) (Blank) Advise the Director concerning policy |
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| matters and programs of the Department with regard to the |
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| custody, care, study, discipline, training, and treatment |
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| of juveniles in the State juvenile correctional |
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| institutions and for the care and supervision of juveniles |
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| released on parole .
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| (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction |
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| with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the |
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| Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully |
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| fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this |
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| Code. The annual results of the Department's work as |
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| defined by those measures and data outlined in paragraph |
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| (0.05) of this subsection (b), including a detailed summary |
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| of the reduction or increase in youth population along with |
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| reasons for such change, shall be approved by the Board and |
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| shall be included in an annual report transmitted by the |
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| Department to the Governor and General Assembly jointly by |
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| the Director and the Board .
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| (3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make |
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| recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General |
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| Assembly concerning: |
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| (A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty |
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| of misdemeanor offenses; |
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| (B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based |
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| on technical probation and parole violations; |
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| (C) appropriateness of parole system for youths, |
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| and average length of parole; |
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| (D) availability of alternative placements for |
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| youth who have served their time but have no placement; |
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| (E) availability of community based programming |
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| for youth or low level offenders, or both, including |
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| technical violators; |
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| (F) funding of confinement and of alternative |
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| community based programming for young or low level |
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| offenders, or both; and |
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| (G) appropriateness of the minimum age of |
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| detention. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .) |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |