97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4031

 

Introduced 1/20/2012, by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-8-8

    Amends the Code of Corrections. Extends the sunset repeal of the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2015. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 5-8-8 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-8)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2012)
8    Sec. 5-8-8. Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
9    (a) Creation. There is created under the jurisdiction of
10the Governor the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council,
11hereinafter referred to as the Council.
12    (b) Purposes and goals. The purpose of the Council is to
13review sentencing policies and practices and examine how these
14policies and practices impact the criminal justice system as a
15whole in the State of Illinois. In carrying out its duties, the
16Council shall be mindful of and aim to achieve the purposes of
17sentencing in Illinois, which are set out in Section 1-1-2 of
18this Code:
19        (1) prescribe sanctions proportionate to the
20    seriousness of the offenses and permit the recognition of
21    differences in rehabilitation possibilities among
22    individual offenders;
23        (2) forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;

 

 

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1        (3) prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of
2    persons adjudicated offenders or delinquents; and
3        (4) restore offenders to useful citizenship.
4    (c) Council composition.
5        (1) The Council shall consist of the following members:
6            (A) the President of the Senate, or his or her
7        designee;
8            (B) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or
9        her designee;
10            (C) the Speaker of the House, or his or her
11        designee;
12            (D) the Minority Leader of the House, or his or her
13        designee;
14            (E) the Governor, or his or her designee;
15            (F) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;
16            (G) two retired judges, who may have been circuit,
17    appellate or supreme court judges, selected by the members
18    of the Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
19            (H) the Cook County State's Attorney, or his or her
20        designee;
21            (I) the Cook County Public Defender, or his or her
22        designee;
23            (J) a State's Attorney not from Cook County,
24        appointed by the State's Attorney's Appellate
25        Prosecutor;
26            (K) the State Appellate Defender, or his or her

 

 

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1        designee;
2            (L) the Director of the Administrative Office of
3    the Illinois Courts, or his or her designee;
4            (M) a victim of a violent felony or a
5        representative of a crime victims' organization,
6        selected by the members of the Council designated in
7        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
8            (N) a representative of a community-based
9        organization, selected by the members of the Council
10        designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
11            (O) a criminal justice academic researcher, to be
12        selected by the members of the Council designated in
13        clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
14            (P) a representative of law enforcement from a unit
15        of local government to be selected by the members of
16        the Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through
17        (L);
18            (Q) a sheriff selected by the members of the
19        Council designated in clauses (c)(1)(A) through (L);
20        and
21            (R) ex-officio members shall include:
22                (i) the Director of Corrections, or his or her
23            designee;
24                (ii) the Chair of the Prisoner Review Board, or
25            his or her designee;
26                (iii) the Director of the Illinois State

 

 

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1            Police, or his or her designee;
2                (iv) the Director of the Illinois Criminal
3            Justice Information Authority, or his or her
4            designee; and
5                (v) the assistant Director of the
6            Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, or
7            his or her designee.
8        (1.5) The Chair and Vice Chair shall be elected from
9    among its members by a majority of the members of the
10    Council.
11        (2) Members of the Council who serve because of their
12    public office or position, or those who are designated as
13    members by such officials, shall serve only as long as they
14    hold such office or position.
15        (3) Council members shall serve without compensation
16    but shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses
17    incurred in their work for the Council.
18        (4) The Council may exercise any power, perform any
19    function, take any action, or do anything in furtherance of
20    its purposes and goals upon the appointment of a quorum of
21    its members. The term of office of each member of the
22    Council ends on the date of repeal of this amendatory Act
23    of the 96th General Assembly.
24    (d) Duties. The Council shall perform, as resources permit,
25duties including:
26        (1) Collect and analyze information including

 

 

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1    sentencing data, crime trends, and existing correctional
2    resources to support legislative and executive action
3    affecting the use of correctional resources on the State
4    and local levels.
5        (2) Prepare criminal justice population projections
6    annually, including correctional and community-based
7    supervision populations.
8        (3) Analyze data relevant to proposed sentencing
9    legislation and its effect on current policies or
10    practices, and provide information to support
11    evidence-based sentencing.
12        (4) Ensure that adequate resources and facilities are
13    available for carrying out sentences imposed on offenders
14    and that rational priorities are established for the use of
15    those resources. To do so, the Council shall prepare
16    criminal justice resource statements, identifying the
17    fiscal and practical effects of proposed criminal
18    sentencing legislation, including, but not limited to, the
19    correctional population, court processes, and county or
20    local government resources.
21        (5) Perform such other studies or tasks pertaining to
22    sentencing policies as may be requested by the Governor or
23    the Illinois General Assembly.
24        (6) Perform such other functions as may be required by
25    law or as are necessary to carry out the purposes and goals
26    of the Council prescribed in subsection (b).

 

 

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1    (e) Authority.
2        (1) The Council shall have the power to perform the
3    functions necessary to carry out its duties, purposes and
4    goals under this Act. In so doing, the Council shall
5    utilize information and analysis developed by the Illinois
6    Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Administrative
7    Office of the Illinois Courts, and the Illinois Department
8    of Corrections.
9        (2) Upon request from the Council, each executive
10    agency and department of State and local government shall
11    provide information and records to the Council in the
12    execution of its duties.
13    (f) Report. The Council shall report in writing annually to
14the General Assembly and the Governor.
15    (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015 2012.
16(Source: P.A. 96-711, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.