Public Act 100-0088
 
SB1238 EnrolledLRB100 09501 SLF 19664 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment
Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 167/15)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-807)
    Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial
circuit 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
Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be
operated in one or more counties county in the Circuit, and
allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties
within the Circuit to participate.
(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-807)
    Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial
circuit shall 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
Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be
operated in one or more counties county in the Circuit, and
allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties
within the Circuit to participate.
(Source: P.A. 99-807, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.