Senate Sponsors: CULLERTON-DUNN-SEVERNS AND OBAMA. House Sponsors: TURNER,ART Short description: PROBATION-DIVISION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Requires the Illinois Supreme Court to establish a Division of Probation Services (now the Supreme Court may establish the Division). JUDICIAL NOTE No decrease or increase in the number of judges needed. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (DCCA) SB460 fails to create a State mandate. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 110/15 Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-5 from Ch. 38, par. 115-5 725 ILCS 185/4 from Ch. 38, par. 304 730 ILCS 110/10 from Ch. 38, par. 204-2 Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits the admissibility into evidence of a business record in a hearing to revoke a sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or court supervision that is based on a technical violation of a sentencing order. Defines "technical violation". Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Eliminates provisions that require pretrial services agency personnel to be full-time employees. Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that the oath of a probation officer shall be taken before the chief judge or his or her designee (rather than the county clerk). FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dept. of Corrections) SB 460 would have a minimal corrections population and fiscal impact. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 No change from previous note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-5 Deletes amendatory provisions to the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 concerning the admissibility of business records. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. (Adopted in Senate) Recommends that the Senate concur in H-ams 1 and 2. Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows: Adds reference to: 10 ILCS 5/29-15 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5 725 ILCS 5/115-4.1 730 ILCS 5/5-5-5 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code, the Election Code, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime may not be elected to, hold, or be appointed to elective office. Permits a person who has been elected to and is holding office on the effective date of this amendatory Act who has been convicted of one of those offenses before being elected to the current term in that office to hold that office and to be elected to additional terms in that office. Defines "convic- ted". Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to permit a person who has been charged with a misdemeanor who wilfully fails to appear in court to be tried in his or her absence. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status