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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0722
Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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730 ILCS 125/5 |
from Ch. 75, par. 105 |
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Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that if a person who has been convicted of a felony and has violated mandatory supervised release for that felony is incarcerated in a county jail pending the resolution of the violation of mandatory supervised release, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall pay the county in which that jail is located one-half of the cost of incarceration, as calculated by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the county's chief financial officer, for each day that the person remains in the county jail. Provides that calculation of the per diem cost shall be agreed upon prior to the passage of the annual State budget.
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HB0722 |
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LRB094 07693 RLC 37869 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to incarceration.
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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 County Jail Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 5 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 125/5) (from Ch. 75, par. 105)
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| Sec. 5. Costs of maintaining prisoners.
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all costs of |
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| maintaining persons
committed for violations of Illinois law, |
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| shall be the responsibility of the
county. Except as provided |
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| in subsection (b), all costs of maintaining
persons committed |
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| under any ordinance or resolution of a unit of local
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| government, including medical costs, is the responsibility of |
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| the unit of local
government enacting the ordinance or |
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| resolution, and arresting the person.
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| (b) If a person who has been convicted of a felony and has |
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| violated
mandatory supervised release for that felony is |
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| incarcerated in a county jail
pending the resolution of the |
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| violation of mandatory supervised release, the
Illinois |
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| Department of Corrections shall pay the county in which that |
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| jail is
located one-half of the cost of incarceration, as |
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| calculated by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget |
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| and the county's chief financial officer, for each day
that the |
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| person remains in the county jail. Calculation of the per diem |
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| cost
shall be agreed upon prior to the passage of the annual |
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| State budget.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1073.)
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