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1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3-4-3 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and Property of Persons Committed. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | accounts for each person who has or receives money while in an | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | institution or facility of that Department and it shall allow | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the withdrawal and disbursement of money by the person under | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | rules and regulations of that Department. Any interest or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | other income which may be earned from moneys deposited with | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the Department by a resident of the Department of Juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Justice in excess of $200 shall accrue to the individual's | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | account, or in balances up to $200 shall accrue to the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Residents' Benefit Fund. For an individual in an institution | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or facility of the Department of Corrections the interest | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund. The Department | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall disburse all moneys so held no later than the person's | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | final discharge from the Department. Moneys in the account of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | a committed person who files a lawsuit determined frivolous |
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1 | under Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be | ||||||
2 | deducted to pay for the filing fees and cost of the suit as | ||||||
3 | provided in that Article. The Department shall under rules and | ||||||
4 | regulations record and receipt all personal property not | ||||||
5 | allowed to committed persons. The Department shall return such | ||||||
6 | property to the individual no later than the person's release | ||||||
7 | on parole or aftercare. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any money held in accounts of committed persons | ||||||
9 | separated from the Department by death, discharge, or | ||||||
10 | unauthorized absence and unclaimed for a period of 1 year | ||||||
11 | thereafter by the person or his legal representative shall be | ||||||
12 | transmitted to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it into | ||||||
13 | the General Revenue Fund. Articles of personal property of | ||||||
14 | persons so separated may be sold or used by the Department if | ||||||
15 | unclaimed for a period of 1 year for the same purpose. | ||||||
16 | Clothing, if unclaimed within 30 days, may be used or disposed | ||||||
17 | of as determined by the Department. | ||||||
18 | (c) Forty percent of the profits on sales from commissary | ||||||
19 | stores shall be expended by the Department for the special | ||||||
20 | benefit of committed persons which shall include but not be | ||||||
21 | limited to the advancement of inmate payrolls, for the special | ||||||
22 | benefit of employees, and for the advancement or reimbursement | ||||||
23 | of employee travel, provided that amounts expended for | ||||||
24 | employees shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from | ||||||
25 | sales made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by | ||||||
26 | the Department. The remainder of the profits from sales from |
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1 | commissary stores must be used first to pay for wages and | ||||||
2 | benefits of employees covered under a collective bargaining | ||||||
3 | agreement who are employed at commissary facilities of the | ||||||
4 | Department and then to pay the costs of dietary staff. | ||||||
5 | (d) The Department shall confiscate any unauthorized | ||||||
6 | currency found in the possession of a committed person. The | ||||||
7 | Department shall transmit the confiscated currency to the | ||||||
8 | State Treasurer who shall deposit it into the General Revenue | ||||||
9 | Fund. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 97-1083, eff. 8-24-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.) |