98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3172

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-615

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Deletes provision that the State's Attorney may object in open court to an order of continuance under supervision.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-615 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-615)
7    Sec. 5-615. Continuance under supervision.
8    (1) The court may enter an order of continuance under
9supervision for an offense other than first degree murder, a
10Class X felony or a forcible felony (a) upon an admission or
11stipulation by the appropriate respondent or minor respondent
12of the facts supporting the petition and before proceeding to
13adjudication, or after hearing the evidence at the trial, and
14(b) in the absence of objection made in open court by the
15minor, his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian or , the
16minor's attorney or the State's Attorney.
17    (2) If the minor, his or her parent, guardian, or legal
18custodian or , the minor's attorney or State's Attorney objects
19in open court to any continuance and insists upon proceeding to
20findings and adjudication, the court shall so proceed.
21    (3) Nothing in this Section limits the power of the court
22to order a continuance of the hearing for the production of
23additional evidence or for any other proper reason.

 

 

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1    (4) When a hearing where a minor is alleged to be a
2delinquent is continued pursuant to this Section, the period of
3continuance under supervision may not exceed 24 months. The
4court may terminate a continuance under supervision at any time
5if warranted by the conduct of the minor and the ends of
6justice.
7    (5) When a hearing where a minor is alleged to be
8delinquent is continued pursuant to this Section, the court
9may, as conditions of the continuance under supervision,
10require the minor to do any of the following:
11        (a) not violate any criminal statute of any
12    jurisdiction;
13        (b) make a report to and appear in person before any
14    person or agency as directed by the court;
15        (c) work or pursue a course of study or vocational
16    training;
17        (d) undergo medical or psychotherapeutic treatment
18    rendered by a therapist licensed under the provisions of
19    the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Clinical Psychologist
20    Licensing Act, or the Clinical Social Work and Social Work
21    Practice Act, or an entity licensed by the Department of
22    Human Services as a successor to the Department of
23    Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, for the provision of drug
24    addiction and alcoholism treatment;
25        (e) attend or reside in a facility established for the
26    instruction or residence of persons on probation;

 

 

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1        (f) support his or her dependents, if any;
2        (g) pay costs;
3        (h) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
4    dangerous weapon, or an automobile;
5        (i) permit the probation officer to visit him or her at
6    his or her home or elsewhere;
7        (j) reside with his or her parents or in a foster home;
8        (k) attend school;
9        (k-5) with the consent of the superintendent of the
10    facility, attend an educational program at a facility other
11    than the school in which the offense was committed if he or
12    she committed a crime of violence as defined in Section 2
13    of the Crime Victims Compensation Act in a school, on the
14    real property comprising a school, or within 1,000 feet of
15    the real property comprising a school;
16        (l) attend a non-residential program for youth;
17        (m) contribute to his or her own support at home or in
18    a foster home;
19        (n) perform some reasonable public or community
20    service;
21        (o) make restitution to the victim, in the same manner
22    and under the same conditions as provided in subsection (4)
23    of Section 5-710, except that the "sentencing hearing"
24    referred to in that Section shall be the adjudicatory
25    hearing for purposes of this Section;
26        (p) comply with curfew requirements as designated by

 

 

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1    the court;
2        (q) refrain from entering into a designated geographic
3    area except upon terms as the court finds appropriate. The
4    terms may include consideration of the purpose of the
5    entry, the time of day, other persons accompanying the
6    minor, and advance approval by a probation officer;
7        (r) refrain from having any contact, directly or
8    indirectly, with certain specified persons or particular
9    types of persons, including but not limited to members of
10    street gangs and drug users or dealers;
11        (r-5) undergo a medical or other procedure to have a
12    tattoo symbolizing allegiance to a street gang removed from
13    his or her body;
14        (s) refrain from having in his or her body the presence
15    of any illicit drug prohibited by the Cannabis Control Act,
16    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the
17    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
18    unless prescribed by a physician, and submit samples of his
19    or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine the
20    presence of any illicit drug; or
21        (t) comply with any other conditions as may be ordered
22    by the court.
23    (6) A minor whose case is continued under supervision under
24subsection (5) shall be given a certificate setting forth the
25conditions imposed by the court. Those conditions may be
26reduced, enlarged, or modified by the court on motion of the

 

 

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1probation officer or on its own motion, or that of the State's
2Attorney, or, at the request of the minor after notice and
3hearing.
4    (7) If a petition is filed charging a violation of a
5condition of the continuance under supervision, the court shall
6conduct a hearing. If the court finds that a condition of
7supervision has not been fulfilled, the court may proceed to
8findings and adjudication and disposition. The filing of a
9petition for violation of a condition of the continuance under
10supervision shall toll the period of continuance under
11supervision until the final determination of the charge, and
12the term of the continuance under supervision shall not run
13until the hearing and disposition of the petition for
14violation; provided where the petition alleges conduct that
15does not constitute a criminal offense, the hearing must be
16held within 30 days of the filing of the petition unless a
17delay shall continue the tolling of the period of continuance
18under supervision for the period of the delay.
19    (8) When a hearing in which a minor is alleged to be a
20delinquent for reasons that include a violation of Section
2121-1.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
222012 is continued under this Section, the court shall, as a
23condition of the continuance under supervision, require the
24minor to perform community service for not less than 30 and not
25more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
26jurisdiction. The community service shall include, but need not

 

 

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1be limited to, the cleanup and repair of the damage that was
2caused by the alleged violation or similar damage to property
3located in the municipality or county in which the alleged
4violation occurred. The condition may be in addition to any
5other condition.
6    (8.5) When a hearing in which a minor is alleged to be a
7delinquent for reasons that include a violation of Section 3.02
8or Section 3.03 of the Humane Care for Animals Act or paragraph
9(d) of subsection (1) of Section 21-1 of the Criminal Code of
101961 or paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 21-1 or the
11Criminal Code of 2012 is continued under this Section, the
12court shall, as a condition of the continuance under
13supervision, require the minor to undergo medical or
14psychiatric treatment rendered by a psychiatrist or
15psychological treatment rendered by a clinical psychologist.
16The condition may be in addition to any other condition.
17    (9) When a hearing in which a minor is alleged to be a
18delinquent is continued under this Section, the court, before
19continuing the case, shall make a finding whether the offense
20alleged to have been committed either: (i) was related to or in
21furtherance of the activities of an organized gang or was
22motivated by the minor's membership in or allegiance to an
23organized gang, or (ii) is a violation of paragraph (13) of
24subsection (a) of Section 12-2 or paragraph (2) of subsection
25(c) of Section 12-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
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1of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
2violation of any statute that involved the unlawful use of a
3firearm. If the court determines the question in the
4affirmative the court shall, as a condition of the continuance
5under supervision and as part of or in addition to any other
6condition of the supervision, require the minor to perform
7community service for not less than 30 hours, provided that
8community service is available in the jurisdiction and is
9funded and approved by the county board of the county where the
10offense was committed. The community service shall include, but
11need not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of any damage
12caused by an alleged violation of Section 21-1.3 of the
13Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 and similar
14damage to property located in the municipality or county in
15which the alleged violation occurred. When possible and
16reasonable, the community service shall be performed in the
17minor's neighborhood. For the purposes of this Section,
18"organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10
19of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
20    (10) The court shall impose upon a minor placed on
21supervision, as a condition of the supervision, a fee of $50
22for each month of supervision ordered by the court, unless
23after determining the inability of the minor placed on
24supervision to pay the fee, the court assesses a lesser amount.
25The court may not impose the fee on a minor who is made a ward
26of the State under this Act while the minor is in placement.

 

 

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1The fee shall be imposed only upon a minor who is actively
2supervised by the probation and court services department. A
3court may order the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the
4minor to pay some or all of the fee on the minor's behalf.
5    (11) If a minor is placed on supervision for a violation of
6subsection (a-7) of Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use
7by Minors Act, the court may, in its discretion, and upon
8recommendation by the State's Attorney, order that minor and
9his or her parents or legal guardian to attend a smoker's
10education or youth diversion program as defined in that Act if
11that program is available in the jurisdiction where the
12offender resides. Attendance at a smoker's education or youth
13diversion program shall be time-credited against any community
14service time imposed for any first violation of subsection
15(a-7) of Section 1 of that Act. In addition to any other
16penalty that the court may impose for a violation of subsection
17(a-7) of Section 1 of that Act, the court, upon request by the
18State's Attorney, may in its discretion require the offender to
19remit a fee for his or her attendance at a smoker's education
20or youth diversion program.
21    For purposes of this Section, "smoker's education program"
22or "youth diversion program" includes, but is not limited to, a
23seminar designed to educate a person on the physical and
24psychological effects of smoking tobacco products and the
25health consequences of smoking tobacco products that can be
26conducted with a locality's youth diversion program.

 

 

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1    In addition to any other penalty that the court may impose
2under this subsection (11):
3        (a) If a minor violates subsection (a-7) of Section 1
4    of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors Act, the court
5    may impose a sentence of 15 hours of community service or a
6    fine of $25 for a first violation.
7        (b) A second violation by a minor of subsection (a-7)
8    of Section 1 of that Act that occurs within 12 months after
9    the first violation is punishable by a fine of $50 and 25
10    hours of community service.
11        (c) A third or subsequent violation by a minor of
12    subsection (a-7) of Section 1 of that Act that occurs
13    within 12 months after the first violation is punishable by
14    a $100 fine and 30 hours of community service.
15        (d) Any second or subsequent violation not within the
16    12-month time period after the first violation is
17    punishable as provided for a first violation.
18(Source: P.A. 96-179, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1414, eff. 1-1-11;
1997-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)