HB4446ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Constance A. Howard

Filed: 2/22/2006

09400HB4446ham002 LRB094 17024 RLC 56324 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4446

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4446, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Section 3-14-4.5 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-14-4.5 new)

Sec. 3-14-4.5. Private half-way houses.

(a) Any person or entity who intends to establish a half-way house for the residence of persons on parole or mandatory release from the Department of Corrections shall comply with all applicable local zoning laws.

(b) Establishment or maintenance of a half-way house, other than by the Department of Corrections, without complying with all applicable local zoning laws is a Class A misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined $1,000 for every week that the half-way house is in violation, in addition to any other locally imposed fines.

(c) Not less than 15 days prior to the placement of a person in such a half-way house, the half-way house shall give written notice to the State's Attorney and the sheriff of the county and the proper law enforcement agency of the municipality in which the half-way house is located of the identity of the person to be placed in that program. The identifying information shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the individual, age, physical description, photograph, and the crime for which the person was originally sentenced to the Department of Corrections. The notice shall be given in all cases.

(d) Failure to comply with the notification requirements of subsection (c) is a petty offense for which a $1,000 fine shall be imposed for each offense.".