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90_HB3677

      730 ILCS 5/3-6-5          from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5
          Amends the Institutions, Facilities, and Programs Article
      of the Unified Code of Corrections.  Makes technical  changes
      in  provisions regarding crimes committed by persons confined
      by the Department of Corrections.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 3-6-5.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 3-6-5 as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5)
 8        Sec. 3-6-5. Crimes Committed by Persons Confined  by  the
 9    Department.  When  any  person  is charged with committing an
10    offense while confined by the Department, cognizance  thereof
11    shall  be  taken by the circuit court of the county where the
12    wherein such  crime  was  committed.  The  Such  court  shall
13    adjudicate  and  sentence  the  person  charged with the such
14    crime in the same manner and subject to the  same  rules  and
15    limitations  as  are  now  established  by law in relation to
16    other persons charged with crime. The expense of  prosecution
17    shall be paid by the Department.
18    (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

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