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90_HB2246
55 ILCS 5/3-15003.5
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in
the Section concerning the county impact incarceration
program in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Counties Code by changing Section
2 3-15003.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6 Section 3-15003.5 as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.5)
8 Sec. 3-15003.5. County impact incarceration program.
9 (a) Under the direction of the Sheriff and with the
10 approval of the County Board of Commissioners, the Sheriff in
11 any county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, shall have
12 the power to operate a county impact incarceration program
13 for persons eligible for a term of imprisonment, but
14 sentenced to a county impact incarceration program by the
15 sentencing court. In order to be eligible to participate in a
16 county impact incarceration program, a person convicted of a
17 felony shall meet the requirements set forth in subsection
18 (b) of Section 5-8-1.2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
19 (b) (Blank).
20 (c) The Sheriff, with the approval of the County Board
21 of Commissioners, shall have the power to enter into
22 intergovernmental cooperation agreements with the Illinois
23 Department of Corrections under which persons in the custody
24 of the Illinois Department of Corrections may participate in
25 the county impact incarceration program. No person shall be
26 eligible for participation who does not meet the criteria set
27 forth in subsection (b) of Section 5-8-1.1 of the Unified
28 Code of Corrections. Offenders committed to the Illinois
29 Department of Corrections who successfully complete the
30 county impact incarceration program shall have their sentence
31 reduced to time considered served upon certification to the
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1 Court by the Illinois Department of Corrections that the
2 offender has successfully completed the program.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-469; 89-587, eff. 7-31-96.)