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HB3795 Enrolled |
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LRB096 09944 RLC 20108 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 166/15)
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| Sec. 15. Authorization. |
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| (a) The Chief Judge of each judicial circuit must may
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| establish a
drug
court program including the format under which |
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| it operates under
this Act.
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| (b) Whenever the county boards of 2 or more counties within |
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| the same judicial circuit shall determine that a single drug |
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| court program would best serve those counties, the county board |
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| of each such county shall adopt a resolution to the effect that |
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| there shall be a single drug court program serving those |
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| counties, and shall provide a copy of the resolution to the |
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| Chief Judge of the judicial circuit. Upon receipt of those |
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| resolutions, the Chief Judge shall establish or, in the case of |
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| an existing drug court program, re-organize a single drug court |
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| program to serve those counties. |
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| (c) Upon petition of the county board by the State's |
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| Attorney, the court may, for good cause shown of financial |
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| hardship or lack of necessary resources, enter an order |