Full Text of HB0350 94th General Assembly
HB0350sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 5/2/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 350
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 350 on page 2, line | 3 |
| 18, by inserting after " offenders " the following: | 4 |
| " , or is in any facility operated or licensed by the Department | 5 |
| of Children and Family Services or by the Department of Human | 6 |
| Services, or is in any licensed medical facility "; and
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| on page 10, by replacing lines 32 and 33 with the following: | 8 |
| " (1) The facility shall provide housing to a sex | 9 |
| offender who is in compliance with his or her parole, | 10 |
| mandatory supervised release, probation, or supervision | 11 |
| order for a period not to exceed 90 days, unless extended | 12 |
| with approval from the Director or his or her designee. | 13 |
| Notice of any extension approved shall be provided to the | 14 |
| Prisoner Review Board. "; and | 15 |
| on page 11, line 5, by inserting " as defined and " after " week "; | 16 |
| and | 17 |
| on page 11, by replacing lines 11 through 17 with the | 18 |
| following: | 19 |
| " facility of its initial licensure as a transitional | 20 |
| housing facility, and of its continuing operation as a | 21 |
| transitional housing facility annually thereafter. | 22 |
| (5) Upon its initial licensure as a transitional | 23 |
| housing facility and during its licensure, each facility |
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| shall maintain at its main entrance a visible and | 2 |
| conspicuous exterior sign identifying itself as, in | 3 |
| letters at least 4 inches tall, a "Department of | 4 |
| Corrections Licensed Transitional Housing Facility". | 5 |
| (6) Upon its initial licensure as a transitional | 6 |
| housing facility, each facility shall file in the office of | 7 |
| the county clerk of the county in which such facility is | 8 |
| located, a certificate setting forth the name under which | 9 |
| the facility is, or is to be, operated, and the true or | 10 |
| real full name or names of the person, persons or entity | 11 |
| operating the same, with the address of the facility. The | 12 |
| certificate shall be executed and duly acknowledged by the | 13 |
| person or persons so operating or intending to operate the | 14 |
| facility. Notice of the filing of the certificate shall be | 15 |
| published in a newspaper of general circulation published | 16 |
| within the county in which the certificate is filed. The | 17 |
| notice shall be published once a week for 3 consecutive | 18 |
| weeks. The first publication shall be within 15 days after | 19 |
| the certificate is filed in the office of the county clerk. | 20 |
| Proof of publication shall be filed with the county clerk | 21 |
| within 50 days from the date of filing the certificate. | 22 |
| Upon receiving proof of publication, the clerk shall issue | 23 |
| a receipt to the person filing the certificate but no | 24 |
| additional charge shall be assessed by the clerk for giving | 25 |
| such receipt. Unless proof of publication is made to the | 26 |
| clerk, the notification is void. | 27 |
| (7) Each licensed transitional housing facility shall | 28 |
| be identified on the Illinois State Police Sex Offender | 29 |
| Registry website, including the address of the facility | 30 |
| together with the maximum possible number of sex offenders | 31 |
| that the facility could house. | 32 |
| (c) The Department of Corrections shall establish rules | 33 |
| consistent with this Section establishing licensing procedures | 34 |
| and criteria for transitional housing facilities for sex |
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| offenders, and may create criteria for, and issue licenses for, | 2 |
| different levels of facilities to be licensed. The Department | 3 |
| is authorized to set and charge a licensing fee for each | 4 |
| application for a transitional housing license. The rules shall | 5 |
| be adopted within 60 days after the effective date of this | 6 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. Facilities which | 7 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 8 |
| General Assembly are currently housing and providing sex | 9 |
| offender treatment to sex offenders may continue housing more | 10 |
| than one sex offender on parole, mandatory supervised release, | 11 |
| probation, or supervision for a period of 120 days after the | 12 |
| adoption of licensure rules during which time the facility | 13 |
| shall apply for a transitional housing license. ".
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