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90_HB2146

      705 ILCS 405/5-6          from Ch. 37, par. 805-6
          Amends  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987.   Permits  a
      juvenile police officer to  appoint  a  youth  peer  jury  to
      assign  public  or community service to a minor who committed
      an act constituting  an  offense  that  is  not  a  crime  of
      violence.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of 1987 by
 2    changing Section 5-6.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 6    changing Section 5-6 as follows:
 7        (705 ILCS 405/5-6) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-6)
 8        Sec. 5-6.  Duty of officer; admissions by minor.   (1)  A
 9    law enforcement officer who takes a minor into custody with a
10    warrant shall immediately make a reasonable attempt to notify
11    the  parent  or  other  person  legally  responsible  for the
12    minor's care or the person with whom the minor  resides  that
13    the  minor has been taken into custody and where he or she is
14    being held; and the officer shall without  unnecessary  delay
15    take  the  minor  to  the  nearest  juvenile  police  officer
16    designated  for such purposes in the county of venue or shall
17    surrender the minor to a juvenile police officer in the  city
18    or  village  where  the  offense  is  alleged  to  have  been
19    committed.
20        The minor shall be delivered without unnecessary delay to
21    the  court  or  to  the  place designated by rule or order of
22    court for the reception of minors.
23        (2)  A law enforcement officer who  takes  a  minor  into
24    custody  without  a  warrant  under Section 5-5 shall, if the
25    minor is not released, immediately make a reasonable  attempt
26    to  notify the parent or other person legally responsible for
27    the minor's care or the person with whom  the  minor  resides
28    that  the  minor  has  been  taken into custody and where the
29    minor is being held; and the law  enforcement  officer  shall
30    without  unnecessary  delay  take  the  minor  to the nearest
31    juvenile police officer designated for such purposes  in  the
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 1    county  of  venue  or shall surrender the minor to a juvenile
 2    police officer in the city or village where  the  offense  is
 3    alleged to have been committed.
 4        (3)  The  juvenile  police  officer  may  take one of the
 5    following actions:
 6        (a)  station adjustment with release of the minor;
 7        (b)  station adjustment with release of the  minor  to  a
 8    parent;
 9        (c)  station  adjustment,  release  of  the  minor  to  a
10    parent, and referral of the case to community services;
11        (d)  station  adjustment,  release  of  the  minor  to  a
12    parent,  and  referral of the case to community services with
13    informal monitoring by a juvenile police officer;
14        (e)  station adjustment and release of  the  minor  to  a
15    third person pursuant to agreement of the minor and parents;
16        (f)  station  adjustment, release of the minor to a third
17    person pursuant to agreement of the minor  and  parents,  and
18    referral of the case to community services;
19        (g)  station  adjustment, release of the minor to a third
20    person pursuant to agreement of the  minor  and  parent,  and
21    referral  to community services with informal monitoring by a
22    juvenile police officer;
23        (h)  release of the minor  to  his  or  her  parents  and
24    referral  of  the case to a county juvenile probation officer
25    or such other public officer designated by the court;
26        (i)  if the juvenile police officer  reasonably  believes
27    that  there  is an urgent and immediate necessity to keep the
28    minor in custody, the juvenile police officer  shall  deliver
29    the  minor  without  unnecessary delay to the court or to the
30    place designated by rule or order of court for the  reception
31    of minors;
32        (j)  if  the  minor  and  a parent or guardian consent in
33    writing,  the  juvenile  police  officer  may  condition  the
34    minor's release upon his or her agreement to  perform  public
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 1    or  community  service  subject  to Sections 1-12 and 1-13 of
 2    this Act or to make restitution for damages; and
 3        (j-5)  if the minor admits to the commission of  the  act
 4    that  constitutes  a  criminal offense, other than a crime of
 5    violence as defined in the Crime Victims Compensation Act  if
 6    the act had been committed by an adult, and agrees to perform
 7    public  or  community  service  assigned by a youth peer jury
 8    appointed by the juvenile police officer, the juvenile police
 9    officer, shall appoint a youth peer  jury  consisting  of  at
10    least  6  persons and not more than 12 persons under 18 years
11    of age who reside within a 5  mile  geographic  area  of  the
12    minor  to  assign public or community service to be performed
13    by the minor; and
14        (k)  any other appropriate action  with  consent  of  the
15    minor and a parent.
16        (4)  The  factors to be considered in determining whether
17    to release or keep a minor in custody shall include:
18        (a)  the nature of the allegations against the minor;
19        (b)  the minor's history and present situation;
20        (c)  the history of the minor's family and  the  family's
21    present situation;
22        (d)  the educational and employment status of the minor;
23        (e)  the  availability  of  special resource or community
24    services to aid or counsel the minor;
25        (f)  the minor's past involvement with  and  progress  in
26    social programs;
27        (g)  the attitude of complainant and community toward the
28    minor; and
29        (h)  the present attitude of the minor and family.
30        (5)  The  records  of law enforcement officers concerning
31    all minors  taken  into  custody  under  this  Act  shall  be
32    maintained  separate  from the records of arrests and may not
33    be inspected by or disclosed to the public except by order of
34    the court.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

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