Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3501

Amends the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission. Adds one member to the current 8 member Commission, with the new member to be a representative of victims of violent crime. Requires the Commission Director to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, rather than be employed by the Commission. Requires the Director to have at least 5 years of experience in the practice of criminal law. Provides that if a victim has not been identified, located, and notified by the Commission at least 30 days prior to the any proceedings of the full Commission, the Commission shall make notification by publication no later than 20 days prior to any proceedings. Requires the Commission (rather than the Director) to use all due diligence to notify convicted claimant's victims of Commission proceedings and conclusions. Requires the Commission to certify in any court filing in a convicted claimant's case that all rules and procedures as to the identification, location, and notification of any victim entitled to notice under this Act have been complied with as required by the Act. If in a convicted claimant's case referred to a trial judge, the judge finds that a victim entitled to notice has not been properly notified or heard by the Commission or finds the Commission failed to exercise all due diligence by not following its established rules and procedures as to the identification, location, and notification of a victim, the judge shall order the case to be returned to the Commission for rehearing. Allows a victim to appeal a Commission finding to the Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge, if the Commission did not follow established rules and procedures as to the identification, location, and notification of the victim. Effective immediately.

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