Full Text of HB1050 95th General Assembly
HB1050ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Annazette Collins
Filed: 4/25/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1050
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1050 on page 1, by | 3 |
| inserting immediately below line 3 the following:
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| "Section 3. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 17a-5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/17a-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-5)
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| Sec. 17a-5. The Department of Human Services shall be | 8 |
| successor to the
Department of Children and Family Services in | 9 |
| the latter Department's capacity
as successor to the Illinois | 10 |
| Law Enforcement
Commission in the functions of that Commission | 11 |
| relating to juvenile justice
and the federal Juvenile Justice | 12 |
| and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
as amended, and shall | 13 |
| have the powers, duties and functions specified in
this Section | 14 |
| relating to juvenile justice and the federal Juvenile Justice
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| and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.
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| (1) Definitions. As used in this Section:
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| (a) "juvenile justice system" means all activities by | 2 |
| public or private
agencies or persons pertaining to the | 3 |
| handling of youth involved or having
contact with the | 4 |
| police, courts or corrections;
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| (b) "unit of general local government" means any | 6 |
| county, municipality
or other general purpose political | 7 |
| subdivision of this State;
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| (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Juvenile Justice
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| Commission provided for in Section 17a-9 of this Act.
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| (2) Powers and Duties of Department. The Department of | 11 |
| Human Services
shall serve as the
official State Planning | 12 |
| Agency for juvenile justice for the State of Illinois
and in | 13 |
| that capacity is authorized and empowered to discharge any and | 14 |
| all
responsibilities imposed on such bodies by the federal | 15 |
| Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as | 16 |
| amended, specifically the
deinstitutionalization
of status | 17 |
| offenders, separation of juveniles and adults in municipal and
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| county jails, removal of juveniles from county and municipal | 19 |
| jails and
monitoring
of compliance with these mandates. In | 20 |
| furtherance thereof, the Department
has the powers and duties | 21 |
| set forth in paragraphs 3 through 15 of this Section:
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| (3) To develop annual comprehensive plans based on analysis | 23 |
| of juvenile
crime problems and juvenile justice and delinquency | 24 |
| prevention needs in
the State, for the improvement of juvenile | 25 |
| justice throughout the State,
such plans to be in accordance | 26 |
| with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
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| Act of 1974, as amended;
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| (4) To define, develop and correlate programs and projects | 3 |
| relating to
administration of juvenile justice for the State | 4 |
| and units of general local
government within the State or for | 5 |
| combinations of such units for
improvement in law enforcement:
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| (5) To advise, assist and make recommendations to the | 7 |
| Governor as to how
to achieve a more efficient and effective | 8 |
| juvenile justice system;
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| (6) To act as a central repository for federal, State, | 10 |
| regional and local
research studies, plans, projects, and | 11 |
| proposals relating to the improvement
of the juvenile justice | 12 |
| system;
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| (7) To act as a clearing house for information relating to | 14 |
| all aspects
of juvenile justice system improvement;
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| (8) To undertake research studies to aid in accomplishing | 16 |
| its purposes;
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| (9) To establish priorities for the expenditure of funds | 18 |
| made
available by the United States for the improvement of the | 19 |
| juvenile justice
system throughout the State;
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| (10) To apply for, receive, allocate, disburse, and account | 21 |
| for grants
of funds made available by the United States | 22 |
| pursuant to the federal Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency | 23 |
| Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; and such other
similar | 24 |
| legislation as may be enacted from time to time in order to | 25 |
| plan,
establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate projects | 26 |
| directly or through
grants and contracts with public and |
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| private agencies for the development
of more effective | 2 |
| education, training, research, prevention, diversion,
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| treatment and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile | 4 |
| delinquency
and programs to improve the juvenile justice | 5 |
| system;
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| (11) To insure that no more than the maximum percentage of | 7 |
| the total annual
State allotment of juvenile justice funds be | 8 |
| utilized for the administration
of such funds;
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| (12) To provide at least 66-2/3 per centum of funds | 10 |
| received by the State
under the Juvenile Justice and | 11 |
| Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended,
are expended | 12 |
| through:
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| (a) programs of units of general local government or | 14 |
| combinations thereof,
to the extent such programs are | 15 |
| consistent with the State plan; and
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| (b) programs of local private agencies, to the extent | 17 |
| such programs are
consistent with the State plan;
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| (13) To enter into agreements with the United States | 19 |
| government
which may be required as a condition of obtaining | 20 |
| federal funds;
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| (14) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of | 22 |
| general local
government or combinations of such units, State | 23 |
| agencies, and private
organizations
of all types, for the | 24 |
| purpose of carrying out the duties of the Department
imposed by | 25 |
| this Section or by federal law or
regulations;
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| (14.5) To operate a toll-free number to arrange for the |
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| immediate pick-up and transportation of minor offenders to | 2 |
| detention facilities throughout the State pursuant to Section | 3 |
| 5-410 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
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| (15) To exercise all other powers that are reasonable and | 5 |
| necessary to
fulfill its functions under applicable federal law | 6 |
| or to further the
purposes of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)"; and
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| on page 1, line 22, by inserting after "hours" the following: | 9 |
| " , except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (2) "; | 10 |
| and | 11 |
| on page 5, line 1, by replacing " (Blank) " with the following: | 12 |
| " Whenever it appears that a minor who is arrested pursuant to | 13 |
| paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) will need to be detained | 14 |
| for longer than 6 hours in a county jail or a municipal lockup, | 15 |
| the arresting authority shall notify the Department of Human | 16 |
| Services to arrange for the immediate pickup and transportation | 17 |
| of the arrested minor to and from a detention facility. A minor | 18 |
| may remain in the county jail or municipal lockup for as long | 19 |
| as it takes for the Department to provide for pickup and | 20 |
| transportation ".
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