HB4988ham006 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Julie Hamos

Filed: 4/30/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4988

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4988, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "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)
8     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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1 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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1 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.
14         (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.
23         (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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1         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.".