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91_HB2554
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 3-3-8.
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 3-3-8 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-3-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8)
8 Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole and mandatory supervised
9 release; discharge.)
10 (a) The length of parole for a person sentenced under
11 the law in effect before prior to the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1977 and the length of mandatory supervised
13 release for those sentenced under the law in effect on and
14 after such effective date shall be as set out in Section
15 5-8-1 unless sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this
16 Section. The parole period of a juvenile committed to the
17 Department under the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court
18 Act of 1987 shall extend until he is 21 years of age unless
19 sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section.
20 (b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order
21 releasing and discharging one from parole or mandatory
22 supervised release, and his commitment to the Department,
23 when it determines that he is likely to remain at liberty
24 without committing another offense.
25 (c) The order of discharge shall become effective upon
26 entry of the order of the Board. The Board shall notify the
27 clerk of the committing court of the order. Upon receipt of
28 such copy, the clerk shall make an entry on the record
29 judgment that the sentence or commitment has been satisfied
30 pursuant to the order.
31 (d) Rights of the person discharged under this Section
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1 shall be restored under Section 5-5-5. This Section is
2 subject to Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)