HB4988eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4988 Engrossed LRB095 17571 RLC 45540 b

AN ACT concerning juveniles.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)

Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board.

(a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on matters pertaining to juvenile offenders, provided that one member shall be from among nominations received from organizations representing a community in Chicago with the highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

The members of the Board shall be qualified for their positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly. All and be appointed to staggered terms 3 each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 of the members' terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members will serve for a term of 3 6 years, except that members shall continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the remainder of the term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall be an ex officio member of the Board. The Board shall elect a chair from among its appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of the Board. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board may begin to conduct business upon appointment of a majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair. The Board may conduct meetings by telecommunication where possible to minimize travel expenses, and shall utilize existing resources, including existing data from JMIS and from the juvenile justice reports from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, as well as reports from the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Board may receive administrative support and funding through specific appropriations available for its purposes made to the Department of Juvenile Justice or through private grants specified for the purposes of this Section, or both.

(b) The Board shall:

(1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and programs of the Department with regard to the custody, care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions and for the care and supervision of juveniles released on parole.

(2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this Code. The annual results of the Department's work as defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director and the Board.

(3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General Assembly concerning:

(A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty of misdemeanor offenses;

(B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based on technical probation and parole violations;

(C) appropriateness of parole system for youths, and average length of parole;

(D) availability of alternative placements for youth who have served their time but have no placement;

(E) availability of community based programming for youth or low level offenders, or both, including technical violators;

(F) funding of confinement and of alternative community based programming for young or low level offenders, or both; and

(G) appropriateness of the minimum age of detention.

(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.