(725 ILCS 225/24.1) (from Ch. 60, par. 41.1)
Sec. 24.1.
Transportation of released prisoners.
(a) Whenever a person is brought into this State on an extradition
warrant or upon waiver of extradition to be tried for an offense within
this State and is subsequently released from custody without being
convicted of the offense for which he was brought into this State to be
tried, it shall be the duty of the peace officer, sheriff or other official
from whom he was released from custody to provide or offer the person
transportation to the nearest public transportation facility if the
municipality or county in which he was held does not have a public
transportation facility.
(b) As used in this Section:
(1) "Public transportation facility" means a terminal |
| or other place where one may obtain public transportation; and
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(2) "Public transportation" means the transportation
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| or conveyance of persons by means available to the general public, except for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance of the general public as passengers.
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(Source: P.A. 86-1263.)
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