Rep. Julie Hamos

Filed: 4/16/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4988

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4988, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows:
 
7     (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)
8     Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board.
9     (a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of
10 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on
11 matters pertaining to juvenile offenders. The terms of the
12 current members of the Board shall expire on the effective date
13 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Board
14 shall consist of the following members:
15         (1) one member appointed by the Director of Juvenile
16     Justice;

 

 

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1         (2) one legislative member appointed by the President
2     of the Senate;
3         (3) one legislative member appointed by the Minority
4     Leader of the Senate;
5         (4) one legislative member appointed by the Speaker of
6     the House;
7         (5) one legislative member appointed by the Minority
8     Leader of the House;
9         (6) one member appointed by the Governor;
10         (7) one member appointed by the Administrative Office
11     of the Illinois Courts;
12         (8) one member appointed by the Secretary of Human
13     Services;
14         (9) one member appointed by the Director of Children
15     and Family Services;
16         (10) one member appointed by all Representatives and
17     Senators jointly from among nominations received from
18     organizations representing a community in Chicago with the
19     highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of
20     Juvenile Justice; and
21         (11) one member appointed by the Chair of the Illinois
22     Redeploy Illinois Partnership.
23     The members of the Board shall be qualified for their
24 positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of
25 juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work
26 consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the

 

 

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1 Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the
2 State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory
3 Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as
4 soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory
5 Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly. Appointing authorities
6 shall file notice of appointment with the Department of
7 Juvenile Justice, Clerk of the House and Secretary of the
8 Senate. All and be appointed to staggered terms 3 each expiring
9 in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 of the members' terms expiring in
10 2010. Thereafter all members will serve for a term of 3 6
11 years, except that members shall continue to serve until their
12 replacements are appointed. Any vacancy occurring shall be
13 filled in the same manner for the remainder of the term. The
14 Director of Juvenile Justice shall be an ex officio member of
15 the Board. The Board shall elect a chair from among its
16 appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of the
17 Board. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation
18 but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in
19 the performance of their duties. The Board may begin to conduct
20 business upon appointment of a majority of its members. The
21 Board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times at the
22 call of the chair. The Board may conduct meetings by
23 telecommunication where possible to minimize travel expenses,
24 and shall utilize existing resources, including existing data
25 from JMIS and from the juvenile justice reports from the
26 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, as well as

 

 

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1 reports from the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Board may
2 receive administrative support and funding through specific
3 appropriations available for its purposes made to the
4 Department of Juvenile Justice or through private grants
5 specified for the purposes of this Section, or both.
6     (b) The Board shall:
7         (0.05) By December 1st of each year, be provided by the
8     Department with the following information for its review
9     and comment:
10             (A) the proposed annual operating plans and budget
11         for the next fiscal year;
12             (B) any long-range plans;
13             (C) data on the youth held within the Department of
14         Juvenile Justice, including demographic information
15         such as race, age, venue and sex; committing offenses;
16         whether Redeploy Illinois efforts were utilized prior
17         to commitment; length of stay and recidivism data;
18             (D) training programs and policies;
19             (E) staffing levels;
20             (F) disciplinary policies; and
21             (G) any other information relevant to the
22         management and operation of the Department.
23         (0.06) Advise the Department on all aspects of the
24     Department's responsibilities under this Act. It shall be
25     the Board's responsibility to monitor the development of
26     the annual budget, along with the implementation of

 

 

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1     programs and policies consistent with the intent of the
2     Department of Juvenile Justice to shift Illinois to a
3     treatment mode of care for its youth in confinement, to
4     ensure that youth are adequately prepared for reentry as
5     soon as possible, and to develop a comprehensive community
6     based continuum of alternatives to confinement to ensure
7     that confinement is used only as a last resort and for as
8     short a time as possible. The Board shall place particular
9     emphasis on the development of adequate training for staff,
10     adequate programming within the facilities, adequate
11     reentry planning and programming, and appropriate
12     discipline consistent with a treatment philosophy.
13         (1) (Blank) Advise the Director concerning policy
14     matters and programs of the Department with regard to the
15     custody, care, study, discipline, training, and treatment
16     of juveniles in the State juvenile correctional
17     institutions and for the care and supervision of juveniles
18     released on parole.
19         (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction
20     with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the
21     Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully
22     fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this
23     Code. The annual results of the Department's work as
24     defined by those measures and data outlined in paragraph
25     (0.05) of this subsection (b), including a detailed summary
26     of the reduction or increase in youth population along with

 

 

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1     reasons for such change, shall be approved by the Board and
2     shall be included in an annual report transmitted by the
3     Department to the Governor and General Assembly jointly by
4     the Director and the Board.
5         (3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make
6     recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General
7     Assembly concerning:
8             (A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty
9         of misdemeanor offenses;
10             (B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based
11         on technical probation and parole violations;
12             (C) appropriateness of parole system for youths,
13         and average length of parole;
14             (D) availability of alternative placements for
15         youth who have served their time but have no placement;
16             (E) availability of community based programming
17         for youth or low level offenders, or both, including
18         technical violators;
19             (F) funding of confinement and of alternative
20         community based programming for young or low level
21         offenders, or both; and
22             (G) appropriateness of the minimum age of
23         detention.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.".