Public Act 098-0892
 
HB4082 EnrolledLRB098 15640 HEP 50671 b

    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Sections 5-305 and 6-1 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 405/5-305)
    Sec. 5-305. Probation adjustment.
    (1) The court may authorize the probation officer to confer
in a preliminary conference with a minor who is alleged to have
committed an offense, his or her parent, guardian or legal
custodian, the victim, the juvenile police officer, the State's
Attorney, and other interested persons concerning the
advisability of filing a petition under Section 5-520, with a
view to adjusting suitable cases without the filing of a
petition as provided for in this Article, the probation officer
should schedule a conference promptly except when the State's
Attorney insists on court action or when the minor has
indicated that he or she will demand a judicial hearing and
will not comply with a probation adjustment.
    (1-b) In any case of a minor who is in custody, the holding
of a probation adjustment conference does not operate to
prolong temporary custody beyond the period permitted by
Section 5-415.
    (2) This Section does not authorize any probation officer
to compel any person to appear at any conference, produce any
papers, or visit any place.
    (3) No statement made during a preliminary conference in
regard to the offense that is the subject of the conference may
be admitted into evidence at an adjudicatory hearing or at any
proceeding against the minor under the criminal laws of this
State prior to his or her conviction under those laws.
    (4) When a probation adjustment is appropriate, the
probation officer shall promptly formulate a written,
non-judicial adjustment plan following the initial conference.
    (5) Non-judicial probation adjustment plans include but
are not limited to the following:
        (a) up to 6 months informal supervision within the
    family;
        (b) up to 12 months informal supervision with a
    probation officer involved which may include any
    conditions of probation provided in Section 5-715;
        (c) up to 6 months informal supervision with release to
    a person other than a parent;
        (d) referral to special educational, counseling, or
    other rehabilitative social or educational programs;
        (e) referral to residential treatment programs;
        (f) participation in a public or community service
    program or activity; and
        (g) any other appropriate action with the consent of
    the minor and a parent.
    (6) The factors to be considered by the probation officer
in formulating a non-judicial probation adjustment plan shall
be the same as those limited in subsection (4) of Section
5-405.
    (7) Beginning January 1, 2000, the probation officer who
imposes a probation adjustment plan shall assure that
information about an offense which would constitute a felony if
committed by an adult, and may assure that information about a
misdemeanor offense, is transmitted to the Department of State
Police.
    (8) If the minor fails to comply with any term or condition
of the non-judicial probation adjustment, the matter shall be
referred to the State's Attorney for determination of whether a
petition under this Article shall be filed.
(Source: P.A. 92-329, eff. 8-9-01.)
 
    (705 ILCS 405/6-1)  (from Ch. 37, par. 806-1)
    Sec. 6-1. Probation departments; functions and duties.
    (1) The chief judge of each circuit shall make provision
for probation services for each county in his or her circuit.
The appointment of officers to probation or court services
departments and the administration of such departments shall be
governed by the provisions of the Probation and Probation
Officers Act.
    (2) Every county or every group of counties constituting a
probation district shall maintain a court services or probation
department subject to the provisions of the Probation and
Probation Officers Act. For the purposes of this Act, such a
court services or probation department has, but is not limited
to, the following powers and duties:
        (a) When authorized or directed by the court, to
    receive, investigate and evaluate complaints indicating
    dependency, requirement of authoritative intervention,
    addiction or delinquency within the meaning of Sections
    2-3, 2-4, 3-3, 4-3 or 5-105, respectively; to determine or
    assist the complainant in determining whether a petition
    should be filed under Sections 2-13, 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520 or
    whether referral should be made to an agency, association
    or other person or whether some other action is advisable;
    and to see that the indicating filing, referral or other
    action is accomplished. However, no such investigation,
    evaluation or supervision by such court services or
    probation department is to occur with regard to complaints
    indicating only that a minor may be a chronic or habitual
    truant.
        (a-1) To confer in a preliminary conference, with a
    view to adjusting suitable cases without the filing of a
    petition as provided for in Section 2-12 or Section 5-305.
        (b) When a petition is filed under Section 2-13, 3-15,
    4-15 or 5-520, to make pre-adjudicatory pre-hearing
    investigations and formulate recommendations to the court
    when the court has authorized or directed the department to
    do so.
        (b-1) When authorized or directed by the court, and
    with the consent of the party respondents and the State's
    Attorney, to confer in a pre-adjudicatory conference, with
    a view to adjusting suitable cases as provided for in
    Section 2-12 or Section 5-305.
        (c) To counsel and, by order of the court, to supervise
    minors referred to the court; to conduct indicated programs
    of casework, including referrals for medical and mental
    health service, organized recreation and job placement for
    wards of the court and, when appropriate, for members of
    the family of a ward; to act as liaison officer between the
    court and agencies or associations to which minors are
    referred or through which they are placed; when so
    appointed, to serve as guardian of the person of a ward of
    the court; to provide probation supervision and protective
    supervision ordered by the court; and to provide like
    services to wards and probationers of courts in other
    counties or jurisdictions who have lawfully become local
    residents.
        (d) To arrange for placements pursuant to court order.
        (e) To assume administrative responsibility for such
    detention, shelter care and other institutions for minors
    as the court may operate.
        (f) To maintain an adequate system of case records,
    statistical records, and financial records related to
    juvenile detention and shelter care and to make reports to
    the court and other authorized persons, and to the Supreme
    Court pursuant to the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
        (g) To perform such other services as may be
    appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Act or as
    may be directed by any order of court made under this Act.
    (3) The court services or probation department in any
probation district or county having less than 1,000,000
inhabitants, or any personnel of the department, may be
required by the circuit court to render services to the court
in other matters as well as proceedings under this Act.
    (4) In any county or probation district, a probation
department may be established as a separate division of a more
inclusive department of court services, with any appropriate
divisional designation. The organization of any such
department of court services and the appointment of officers
and other personnel must comply with the Probation and
Probations Officers Act.
    (5) For purposes of this Act only, probation officers
appointed to probation or court services departments shall be
considered peace officers. In the exercise of their official
duties, probation officers, sheriffs, and police officers may,
anywhere within the State, arrest any minor who is in violation
of any of the conditions of his or her probation, continuance
under supervision, or informal supervision, and it shall be the
duty of the officer making the arrest to take the minor before
the court having jurisdiction over the minor for further
action.
(Source: P.A. 93-576, eff. 1-1-04.)