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Public Act 099-0807
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| HB5003 Enrolled | LRB099 18946 RLC 43335 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court
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Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 167/15)
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Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial |
circuit shall may establish a
Veterans and Servicemembers Court |
program including a format under which it operates under
this |
Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the |
discretion of the Chief Judge, be a
separate court or a program |
of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug |
court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief
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Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be |
operated in one county in the
Circuit, and allow veteran and |
servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit |
to
participate.
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(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
1, 2018.
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