HB4988eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
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1     AN ACT concerning juveniles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)
7     Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board.
8     (a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of
9 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on
10 matters pertaining to juvenile offenders, provided that one
11 member shall be from among nominations received from
12 organizations representing a community in Chicago with the
13 highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of
14 Juvenile Justice.
15     The members of the Board shall be qualified for their
16 positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of
17 juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work
18 consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the
19 Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the
20 State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory
21 Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as
22 soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory
23 Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly. All and be appointed to

 

 

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1 staggered terms 3 each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2
2 of the members' terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members
3 will serve for a term of 3 6 years, except that members shall
4 continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Any
5 vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the
6 remainder of the term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall
7 be an ex officio member of the Board. The Board shall elect a
8 chair from among its appointed members. The Director shall
9 serve as secretary of the Board. Members of the Board shall
10 serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses
11 necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The
12 Board may begin to conduct business upon appointment of a
13 majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least
14 quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair. The
15 Board may conduct meetings by telecommunication where possible
16 to minimize travel expenses, and shall utilize existing
17 resources, including existing data from JMIS and from the
18 juvenile justice reports from the Illinois Criminal Justice
19 Information Authority, as well as reports from the Department
20 of Juvenile Justice. The Board may receive administrative
21 support and funding through specific appropriations available
22 for its purposes made to the Department of Juvenile Justice or
23 through private grants specified for the purposes of this
24 Section, or both.
25     (b) The Board shall:
26         (1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and

 

 

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1     programs of the Department with regard to the custody,
2     care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of
3     juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions
4     and for the care and supervision of juveniles released on
5     parole.
6         (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction
7     with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the
8     Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully
9     fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this
10     Code. The annual results of the Department's work as
11     defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board
12     and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to
13     the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director
14     and the Board.
15         (3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make
16     recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General
17     Assembly concerning:
18             (A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty
19         of misdemeanor offenses;
20             (B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based
21         on technical probation and parole violations;
22             (C) appropriateness of parole system for youths,
23         and average length of parole;
24             (D) availability of alternative placements for
25         youth who have served their time but have no placement;
26             (E) availability of community based programming

 

 

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1         for youth or low level offenders, or both, including
2         technical violators;
3             (F) funding of confinement and of alternative
4         community based programming for young or low level
5         offenders, or both; and
6             (G) appropriateness of the minimum age of
7         detention.
8 (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.