20 ILCS 4026/15

(20 ILCS 4026/15)

Sec. 15. Sex Offender Management Board; creation; duties.

(a) There is created the Sex Offender Management Board, which shall consist of 22 members. The membership of the Board shall consist of the following persons:

(1) One member appointed by the Governor representing Probation Services based on the recommendation of the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association;

(2) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Corrections;

(3) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Juvenile Justice;

(4) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Human Services;

(5) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Illinois State Police;

(6) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Children and Family Services;

(7) One member appointed by the Attorney General representing the Office of the Attorney General;

(8) One member appointed by the Attorney General who is a licensed mental health professional with documented expertise in the treatment of sex offenders;

(9) Two members appointed by the Attorney General who are State's Attorneys or assistant State's Attorneys, one representing juvenile court matters and one representing felony court matters;

(10) One member being the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts or his or her designee;

(11) One member being the Cook County State's Attorney or his or her designee;

(12) One member being the Director of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or his or her designee;

(13) One member being the Cook County Public Defender or his or her designee;

(14) Two members appointed by the Governor who are representatives of law enforcement, at least one officer with juvenile sex offender experience;

(15) Two members appointed by the Attorney General who are recognized experts in the field of sexual assault and who can represent sexual assault victims and victims' rights organizations;

(16) One member being the State Appellate Defender or his or her designee;

(17) One member appointed by the Governor being the President of the Illinois Polygraph Society of his or her designee;

(18) One member being the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Information Authority or his or her designee; and

(19) One member appointed by the Governor being the President of the Illinois Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers or his or her designee.

(b) The Governor and the Attorney General shall appoint a presiding officer for the Board from among the board members appointed under subsection (a) of this Section, which presiding officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and the Attorney General.

(c) Each member of the Board shall demonstrate substantial expertise and experience in the field of sexual assault.

(d) (1) Any member of the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section who is appointed under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of this Section shall serve at the pleasure of the official who appointed that member, for a term of 5 years and may be reappointed. The members shall serve without additional compensation.

(2) Any member of the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section who is appointed under paragraphs (8) through (19) of subsection (a) of this Section shall serve for a term of 5 years and may be reappointed. However, the term of the member appointed under paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this Section shall end on January 1, 2012. Within 30 days after January 1, 2012, the Attorney General shall appoint a member under paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this Section to fill the vacancy created by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. A person who has previously served as a member of the Board may be reappointed. The term of the member representing the Illinois Principal Association ends on January 1, 2012. The members shall serve without compensation.

(3) The travel costs associated with membership on the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section may be reimbursed subject to availability of funds.

(e) (Blank).

(f) The Board shall carry out the following duties:

(1) The Board shall develop and prescribe standardized procedures for the evaluation and management of the offender. Periodically, the Board shall review and modify as necessary the standardized procedures based upon current best practices.

(2) These standardized procedures that are based on current best practices shall be utilized with offenders who are placed on probation, committed to the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or Department of Human Services, or placed on mandatory supervised release or parole. The programs developed under this paragraph (f) shall be as flexible as possible so that the programs may be utilized by each offender to prevent the offender from harming victims and potential victims. The programs provide a continuum of evaluation and treatment for each offender as that offender proceeds through the justice system. Also, the programs shall be developed in such a manner that, to the extent possible, the programs may be accessed by all offenders in the justice system.

(2.5) Not later than July 1, 2013 and annually thereafter, the Board shall provide trainings for agencies that provide supervision and management to sex offenders on best practices for the treatment, evaluation, and supervision of sex offenders. The training program may include other matters relevant to the supervision and management of sex offenders, including, but not limited to, legislative developments and national best practices models. The Board shall hold not less than 2 trainings per year. The Board may develop other training and education programs to promote the utilization of best practices for the effective management of sex offenders as it deems necessary.

(3) There is established the Sex Offender Management Board Fund in the State Treasury into which funds received under any provision of law or from public or private sources shall be deposited, and from which funds shall be appropriated for the purposes set forth in Section 19 of this Act and the remainder shall be appropriated to the Sex Offender Management Board to carry out its duties and comply with the provisions of this Act.

(4) (Blank).

(g) The Board may promulgate rules as are necessary to carry out the duties of the Board.

(h) The Board and the individual members of the Board shall be immune from any liability, whether civil or criminal, for the good faith performance of the duties of the Board as specified in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-257, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1098, eff. 1-1-13.)