Full Text of HB4988 95th General Assembly
HB4988ham006 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Julie Hamos
Filed: 4/30/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4988
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4988, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 6 |
| changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows: | 7 |
| (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)
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| Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board. | 9 |
| (a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of | 10 |
| 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on | 11 |
| matters pertaining to juvenile offenders , provided that one | 12 |
| member shall be from among nominations received from | 13 |
| organizations representing a community in Chicago with the | 14 |
| highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of | 15 |
| Juvenile Justice . | 16 |
| The members of the Board shall be qualified for their |
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| positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of | 2 |
| juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work | 3 |
| consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the | 4 |
| Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the | 5 |
| State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory | 6 |
| Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as | 7 |
| soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory | 8 |
| Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly . All and be appointed to | 9 |
| staggered terms 3 each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 | 10 |
| of the members' terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members | 11 |
| will serve for a term of 3 6 years, except that members shall | 12 |
| continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Any | 13 |
| vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the | 14 |
| remainder of the term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall | 15 |
| be an ex officio member of the Board. The Board shall elect a | 16 |
| chair from among its appointed members. The Director shall | 17 |
| serve as secretary of the Board. Members of the Board shall | 18 |
| serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses | 19 |
| necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The | 20 |
| Board may begin to conduct business upon appointment of a | 21 |
| majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least | 22 |
| quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair. The | 23 |
| Board may conduct meetings by telecommunication where possible | 24 |
| to minimize travel expenses, and shall utilize existing | 25 |
| resources, including existing data from JMIS and from the | 26 |
| juvenile justice reports from the Illinois Criminal Justice |
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| Information Authority, as well as reports from the Department | 2 |
| of Juvenile Justice. The Board may receive administrative | 3 |
| support and funding through specific appropriations available | 4 |
| for its purposes made to the Department of Juvenile Justice or | 5 |
| through private grants specified for the purposes of this | 6 |
| Section, or both. | 7 |
| (b) The Board shall: | 8 |
| (1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and | 9 |
| programs of the Department with regard to the custody, | 10 |
| care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of | 11 |
| juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions | 12 |
| and for the care and supervision of juveniles released on | 13 |
| parole.
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| (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction | 15 |
| with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the | 16 |
| Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully | 17 |
| fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this | 18 |
| Code. The annual results of the Department's work as | 19 |
| defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board | 20 |
| and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to | 21 |
| the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director | 22 |
| and the Board.
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| (3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make | 24 |
| recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General | 25 |
| Assembly concerning: | 26 |
| (A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty |
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| of misdemeanor offenses; | 2 |
| (B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based | 3 |
| on technical probation and parole violations; | 4 |
| (C) appropriateness of parole system for youths, | 5 |
| and average length of parole; | 6 |
| (D) availability of alternative placements for | 7 |
| youth who have served their time but have no placement; | 8 |
| (E) availability of community based programming | 9 |
| for youth or low level offenders, or both, including | 10 |
| technical violators; | 11 |
| (F) funding of confinement and of alternative | 12 |
| community based programming for young or low level | 13 |
| offenders, or both; and | 14 |
| (G) appropriateness of the minimum age of | 15 |
| detention. | 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .) | 17 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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