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Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 5/2/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 350
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 350 on page 2, line |
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| 18, by inserting after " offenders " the following: |
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| " , or is in any facility operated or licensed by the Department |
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| of Children and Family Services or by the Department of Human |
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| Services, or is in any licensed medical facility "; and
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| on page 10, by replacing lines 32 and 33 with the following: |
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| " (1) The facility shall provide housing to a sex |
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| offender who is in compliance with his or her parole, |
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| mandatory supervised release, probation, or supervision |
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| order for a period not to exceed 90 days, unless extended |
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| with approval from the Director or his or her designee. |
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| Notice of any extension approved shall be provided to the |
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| Prisoner Review Board. "; and |
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| on page 11, line 5, by inserting " as defined and " after " week "; |
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| and |
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| on page 11, by replacing lines 11 through 17 with the |
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| following: |
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| " facility of its initial licensure as a transitional |
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| housing facility, and of its continuing operation as a |
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| transitional housing facility annually thereafter. |
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| (5) Upon its initial licensure as a transitional |
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| housing facility and during its licensure, each facility |
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| shall maintain at its main entrance a visible and |
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| conspicuous exterior sign identifying itself as, in |
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| letters at least 4 inches tall, a "Department of |
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| Corrections Licensed Transitional Housing Facility". |
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| (6) Upon its initial licensure as a transitional |
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| housing facility, each facility shall file in the office of |
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| the county clerk of the county in which such facility is |
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| located, a certificate setting forth the name under which |
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| the facility is, or is to be, operated, and the true or |
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| real full name or names of the person, persons or entity |
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| operating the same, with the address of the facility. The |
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| certificate shall be executed and duly acknowledged by the |
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| person or persons so operating or intending to operate the |
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| facility. Notice of the filing of the certificate shall be |
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| published in a newspaper of general circulation published |
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| within the county in which the certificate is filed. The |
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| notice shall be published once a week for 3 consecutive |
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| weeks. The first publication shall be within 15 days after |
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| the certificate is filed in the office of the county clerk. |
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| Proof of publication shall be filed with the county clerk |
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| within 50 days from the date of filing the certificate. |
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| Upon receiving proof of publication, the clerk shall issue |
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| a receipt to the person filing the certificate but no |
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| additional charge shall be assessed by the clerk for giving |
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| such receipt. Unless proof of publication is made to the |
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| clerk, the notification is void. |
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| (7) Each licensed transitional housing facility shall |
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| be identified on the Illinois State Police Sex Offender |
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| Registry website, including the address of the facility |
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| together with the maximum possible number of sex offenders |
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| that the facility could house. |
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| (c) The Department of Corrections shall establish rules |
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| consistent with this Section establishing licensing procedures |
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| and criteria for transitional housing facilities for sex |
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| offenders, and may create criteria for, and issue licenses for, |
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| different levels of facilities to be licensed. The Department |
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| is authorized to set and charge a licensing fee for each |
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| application for a transitional housing license. The rules shall |
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| be adopted within 60 days after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. Facilities which |
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| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th |
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| General Assembly are currently housing and providing sex |
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| offender treatment to sex offenders may continue housing more |
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| than one sex offender on parole, mandatory supervised release, |
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| probation, or supervision for a period of 120 days after the |
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| adoption of licensure rules during which time the facility |
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| shall apply for a transitional housing license. ".
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