94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4466


 
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Milton Patterson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














730 ILCS 5/3-14-4
  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4







    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Provides that before establishing a half-way house for persons on parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall obtain the signature from every resident at least 18 years of age who resides within 250 feet from the front door of the proposed half-way house on a form indicating the location of the proposed half-way house and stating or acknowledging that the half-way house will be established at the stated location.  Effective immediately. 
















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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
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changing Section 3-14-4 as follows:
 



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    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4)



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    Sec. 3-14-4. Half-way Houses. 

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    (a) The Department may establish and
maintain half-way 
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houses for the residence of persons on parole or
mandatory 
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release. Before establishing a half-way house, the Department 
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shall obtain the signature from every resident at least 18 
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years of age who resides within 250 feet from the front door of 
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the proposed half-way house on a form indicating the location 
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of the proposed half-way house and stating or acknowledging 
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that the half-way house will be established at the stated 
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location. Such half-way houses shall be maintained apart from

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security institutions, except that the Director of Corrections 
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is authorized
to designate that any work or day release 
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facility, or any portion thereof,
may be used as a half-way 
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house for the residence of persons on parole or
mandatory 
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supervised release.

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    (b) For those persons to be placed in a half-way house 
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directly upon release
from an institution on parole or 
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mandatory supervised release status,
not less than 15 days 
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prior to the placement of such a person in such a
half-way 
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house, the Department of Corrections shall give written notice

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to the State's Attorney and the Sheriff of the county and the 
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proper law
enforcement agency of the municipality in which the

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half-way house is located of the identity of the person to be 
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placed in
that program.  Such identifying information shall 
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include,
but not be limited to, the name of the individual, 
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age, physical description,
photograph, the crime for which the 
 


 






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person was originally sentenced to
the Department of 
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Corrections, and like information.  The notice
shall be given in 
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all cases, except when placement of an emergency nature
is 
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necessary.  In such emergency cases, oral notice
shall be given 
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to the appropriate parties within 24 hours with written notice

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to follow within 5 days.

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    (c) Persons on parole or mandatory supervised release 
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status who have
been previously released to the community, but 
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who are not currently
residing in a half-way house, may be 
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placed in a half-way house upon the
oral notification of the 
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parties within 24 hours as indicated in subsection
(b) of this 
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Section.  Such oral notification shall be followed with
written 
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notification within 5 days.

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(Source: P.A. 91-695, eff. 4-13-00.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.