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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     (20 ILCS 2605/2605-525 rep.)
5     Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
6 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by repealing Section
7 2605-525.
 
8     Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
9 changing Section 3-11-1 as follows:
 
10     (730 ILCS 5/3-11-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-11-1)
11     Sec. 3-11-1. Furloughs.
12     (a) The Department may extend the limits of the place of
13 confinement of a committed person under prescribed conditions,
14 so that he may leave such place on a furlough. Whether or not
15 such person is to be accompanied on furlough shall be
16 determined by the chief administrative officer. The Department
17 may make an appropriate charge for the necessary expenses of
18 accompanying a person on furlough. Such furloughs may be
19 granted for a period of time not to exceed 14 days, for any of
20 the following purposes:
21         (1) to visit a spouse, child (including a stepchild or
22     adopted child), parent (including a stepparent or foster

 

 

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1     parent), grandparent (including stepgrandparent) or
2     brother or sister who is seriously ill or to attend the
3     funeral of any such person; or
4         (2) to obtain medical, psychiatric or psychological
5     services when adequate services are not otherwise
6     available; or
7         (3) to make contacts for employment; or
8         (4) to secure a residence upon release on parole or
9     discharge; or
10         (5) to visit such person's family; or
11         (6) to appear before various educational panels, study
12     groups, educational units, and other groups whose purpose
13     is obtaining an understanding of the results, causes and
14     prevention of crime and criminality, including appearances
15     on television and radio programs.
16     (b) (Blank) Furloughs may be granted for any period of time
17 under Section 2605-525 of the Department of State Police Law
18 (20 ILCS 2605/2605-525).
19     (c) In any case where the person furloughed is not to be
20 accompanied on furlough, the Department of Corrections shall
21 give prior notice of the intended furlough to the State's
22 Attorney of the county from which the offender was sentenced
23 originally, the State's Attorney of the county where the
24 furlough is to occur, and to the Sheriff of the county where
25 the furlough is to occur. Said prior notice is to be in writing
26 except in situations where the reason for the furlough is of

 

 

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1 such an emergency nature that previous written notice would not
2 be possible. In such cases, oral notice of the furlough shall
3 occur.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.