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90_SB0171
705 ILCS 405/5-6 from Ch. 37, par. 805-6
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Permits a county
or municipality to establish a teen court program. Provides
that in those counties and municipalities that have created a
teen court program, a juvenile police officer as a station
adjustment may refer a minor who has not been previously
adjudicated a delinquent minor, has not previously been tried
by a teen court, and who is alleged to have committed a
misdemeanor to be tried by a jury of 12 persons at least 13
years of age but under 19 years of age. Provides that the
teen court jury may sentence the minor to pay restitution or
serve at least 10 hours but not more than 60 hours of
community service.
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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 (k) any other appropriate action with consent of the
4 minor and a parent.
5 (3.5) (a) The county board or corporate authorities of
6 a municipality may create and fund a teen court program.
7 A minor who is taken into custody for an act that if
8 committed by an adult would constitute a misdemeanor may
9 be referred to a teen court by the juvenile police
10 officer as a station adjustment if a teen court program
11 has been established in the county or municipality where
12 the act was committed by the minor, the minor has not
13 been previously adjudicated a delinquent minor, and the
14 minor has not previously been referred to the teen court.
15 The minor and the minor's parent or legal guardian must
16 approve, in writing, the minor's participation in the
17 teen court program and shall be informed of the possible
18 penalties the court may impose. The minor must pay a fee
19 of $10 to cover the costs of administering the program.
20 (b) The county or municipality that created the
21 teen court program shall appoint a person to supervise
22 the program.
23 (c) The teen court shall consist of a jury composed
24 of 12 persons who are at least 13 years of age but under
25 19 years of age who reflect the racial diversity of the
26 county or municipality as a whole.
27 (d) The teen court shall be presided over by a
28 licensed attorney-at-law of this State or by a student
29 attending a law school approved by the Illinois Supreme
30 Court who has completed at least 1/3 of the curriculum
31 required for graduation who shall act as a judge.
32 (e) The prosecutor in the case shall be a person at
33 least 13 years of age but under 19 years of age. The
34 minor may be represented by a person at least 13 years of
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1 age but under 19 years of age.
2 (f) A person who personally knows the minor who is
3 being tried by the teen court may not serve on the teen
4 court jury and may not prosecute or represent the minor
5 at the proceedings.
6 (g) A parent or legal guardian of the minor must be
7 present at the teen court proceeding.
8 (h) If the teen court jury unanimously finds that
9 the minor committed the criminal act, it may order the
10 minor to pay restitution or perform at least 10 hours but
11 not more than 60 hours of community service, or both. A
12 minor found guilty of the criminal act shall pay the
13 costs of the teen court.
14 (i) The decision of the teen court jury shall be
15 final and may not be appealed.
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.)