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    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 15-25 and  by adding Sections 45-67 and 45-70 
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as follows:
 



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    (30 ILCS 500/15-25)



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    Sec. 15-25. Bulletin content. 

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    (a) Invitations for bids.  Notice of each and every contract 
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that is
offered, including renegotiated contracts and change 
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orders,
shall be published in the Bulletin.  The applicable 
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chief procurement officer
may provide by rule an organized 
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format for the publication of this
information, but in any case 
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it must include at least the date first offered,
the date 
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submission of offers is due, the location that offers are to be

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submitted to, the purchasing State agency, the responsible 
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State purchasing
officer, a brief purchase description, the 
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method of source selection, and
information of how to obtain a 
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comprehensive purchase description and any
disclosure and 
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contract forms, and encouragement to  prospective vendors to 
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hire qualified veterans, as defined  by Section 45-67 of this 
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Code, and Illinois residents discharged from any Illinois adult 
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correctional center.

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    (b) Contracts let or awarded.  Notice of each and every 
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contract that is let
or awarded, including renegotiated 
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contracts and change orders, shall be
published in the next 
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available subsequent Bulletin, and
the applicable chief 
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procurement officer may  provide by rule an organized
format for 
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the publication
of
this information, but in any case it must 
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include at least all of the
information specified in subsection 
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(a) as well as the name of the successful
responsible bidder or 
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offeror, the contract price, the number of unsuccessful

 


 






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responsive bidders, and any other disclosure specified in any 
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Section of this
Code.

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    (c) Emergency purchase disclosure.  Any chief procurement 
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officer, State
purchasing officer, or designee exercising 
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emergency purchase authority under
this Code shall publish a 
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written description and reasons and the total cost,
if known, 
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or an estimate if unknown and the name of the responsible chief

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procurement officer and State purchasing officer, and the 
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business or person
contracted with for all emergency purchases 
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in
the next timely, practicable Bulletin.

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    (d) Other required disclosure.  The applicable chief 
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procurement officer
shall provide by rule for the organized 
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publication of all other disclosure
required in other Sections 
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of this Code in a timely manner.

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(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)

 
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    (30 ILCS 500/45-67 new)

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    Sec. 45-67. Encouragement to hire qualified veterans. A 
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chief procurement officer may, as part of any solicitation, 
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encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring qualified 
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veterans and to notify them of any available financial 
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incentives or other advantages associated with hiring such 
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persons.  In establishing internal guidelines in furtherance of 
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this Section, the Department of  Central Management Services may 
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work with an interagency advisory committee consisting of 
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representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 
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Department of Employment Security, the Department of Commerce 
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and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Revenue and 
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consisting of 8 members of the General Assembly, 2 of whom are 
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appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 of 
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whom are appointed by the President of the Senate, 2 of whom 
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are appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
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Representatives, and 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority 
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Leader of the Senate.
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    For the purposes of this Section, "qualified veteran" means 
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an Illinois resident who: (i) was a member of the Armed Forces 
 


 






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of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, 
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or a member of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the 
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United States; (ii) served on active duty in connection with 
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Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, or 
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Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (iii) was honorably discharged.

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    The Department of Central Management Services must report 
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to the Governor and to the General Assembly by December 31 of 
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each year on the activities undertaken by chief procurement 
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officers and the Department of Central Management Services to 
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encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring qualified 
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veterans. The report must include the number of vendors who 
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have hired qualified veterans.
 
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    (30 ILCS 500/45-70  new)
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    Sec. 45-70. Encouragement to hire ex-offenders. A chief 
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procurement officer may, as part of any solicitation, encourage 
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prospective vendors to consider hiring Illinois residents 
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discharged from any Illinois adult correctional center, in 
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appropriate circumstances, and to notify them of any available 
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financial incentives or other advantages associated with 
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hiring such persons.  In establishing internal guidelines in 
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furtherance of this Section, the Department of  Central 
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Management Services may work with an interagency advisory 
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committee consisting of representatives from the Department of 
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Corrections, the Department of Employment Security, the 
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Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Commerce and 
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Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Revenue and 
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consisting of 8 members of the General Assembly, 2 of whom are 
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appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 of 
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whom are appointed by the President of the Senate, 2 of whom 
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are appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
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Representatives, and 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority 
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Leader of the Senate.
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    The Department of Central Management Services must report 
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to the Governor and to the General Assembly by December 31 of 
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each year on the activities undertaken by chief procurement 
 


 






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officers and the Department of Central Management Services to 
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encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring Illinois 
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residents who have been discharged from an Illinois adult 
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correctional center. The report must include the number of 
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vendors who have hired Illinois residents who have been 
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discharged from any Illinois adult correctional center.
 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by 
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adding Sections 216 and 217 as follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 5/216  new)
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    Sec. 216. Credit for wages paid to ex-felons.
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    (a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 
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2007, each taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax 
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imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act 
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in an amount equal to 5% of qualified wages paid by the 
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taxpayer during the taxable year to one or more Illinois 
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residents who are qualified ex-offenders.  The total credit 
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allowed to a taxpayer with respect to each qualified 
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ex-offender may not exceed $600 for all taxable years. For 
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partners, shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, and 
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owners of limited liability companies, if the liability company 
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is treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and State 
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income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under this 
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Section to be determined in accordance with the determination 
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of income and distributive share of income under Sections 702 
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and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section, "qualified wages":
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        (1) includes only wages that are subject to federal 
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    unemployment tax under Section 3306 of the Internal Revenue 
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    Code, without regard to any dollar limitation contained in 
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    that Section;

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        (2) does not include any amounts paid or incurred by an 
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    employer for any period to any qualified ex-offender for 
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    whom the employer receives federally funded payments for 
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    on-the-job training of that qualified ex-offender for that 
 


 






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    period;

and

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        (3) includes only wages attributable to service 
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    rendered during the one-year period beginning with the day 
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    the qualified ex-offender begins work for the employer.

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    If the taxpayer has received any payment from a program 
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established under Section 482(e)(1) of the federal Social 
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Security Act with respect to a qualified ex-offender, then, for 
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purposes of calculating the credit under this Section, the 
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amount of the qualified wages paid to that qualified 
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ex-offender must be reduced   by the amount of the payment.

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    (c) For purposes of this Section, "qualified ex-offender" 
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means any person who:

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        (1) is an eligible offender, as defined under Section 
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    5-5.5-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
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        (2) was sentenced to a period of incarceration in an 
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    Illinois adult correctional center; and
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        (3) was hired by the taxpayer within one year after 
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    being released from an Illinois adult correctional center.
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    (d) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce 
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the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of 
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the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess 
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may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 
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5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax 
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credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is 
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a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year 
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that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit 
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shall be applied first.
 
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    (35 ILCS 5/217 new)

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    Sec. 217. Credit for wages paid to qualified veterans.
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    (a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 
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2007, each taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax 
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imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act 
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in an amount equal to 5%, but in no event to exceed $600, of the 
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gross wages paid by the taxpayer to a qualified veteran in the 
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taxable year. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S 
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corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the 
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liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of 
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federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a 
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credit under this Section to be determined in accordance with 
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the determination of income and distributive share of income 
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under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal 
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Revenue Code.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section:
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    "Qualified veteran" means an Illinois resident who: (i) was 
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a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of 
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the Illinois National Guard, or a member of any reserve 
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component of the Armed Forces of the United States; (ii) served 
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on active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm, 
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Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom; (iii) 
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has provided, to the taxpayer, documentation showing that he or 
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she was honorably discharged; and (iv) was initially hired by 
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the taxpayer on or after January 1, 2007.
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    "Sustained employment" means a period of employment that is 
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not less than 185 days during the taxable year.
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    (c) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce 
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the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of 
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the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess 
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may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 
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5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax 
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credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is 
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a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year 
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that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit 
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shall be applied first.
 
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    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
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changing Sections 3-2-2, 5-5-5, and  5-5.5-5 as follows:
 


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    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)


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    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 94-696)

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    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department. 

 


 






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    (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities 
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which are
otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have 
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the following powers:


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        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of 
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    this State for
care, custody, treatment and 
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    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens 
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    over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is 
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    authorized to exercise the federal detention function for 
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    limited purposes and periods of time.


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        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation 
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    units for purposes
of analyzing the custody and 
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    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to
it and to 
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    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its 
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    control
or transfer them to other appropriate agencies.  In 
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    consultation with the
Department of Alcoholism and 
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    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human
Services), the 
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    Department of Corrections
shall develop a master plan for 
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    the screening and evaluation of persons
committed to its 
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    custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for

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    making appropriate treatment available to such persons; 
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    the Department
shall report to the General Assembly on such 
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    plan not later than April 1,
1987.  The maintenance and 
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    implementation of such plan shall be contingent
upon the 
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    availability of funds.


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        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a 
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    pilot
program to
establish the effectiveness of 
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    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the
pupil's

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    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for 
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    purposes of screening
and evaluating
persons committed to 
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    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The
pilot 
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    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be 
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    used in at
least one Department of
Corrections facility.  
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    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an

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    additional facility or
facilities as he or she deems 
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    appropriate.
A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in 
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    the pilot program.
The
Department must report to the

 


 






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    General Assembly on the
effectiveness of the program by 
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    January 1, 2003.


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        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department 
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    of State Police, a
program for tracking and evaluating each 
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    inmate from commitment through release
for recording his or 
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    her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.


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        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional 
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    institutions and
facilities under its control and to 
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    establish new ones as needed.  Pursuant
to its power to 
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    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department

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    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize 
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    the Department of
Central Management Services to enter into 
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    an agreement of the type
described in subsection (d) of 
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    Section 405-300 of the
Department
of Central Management 
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    Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300).  The Department shall

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    designate those institutions which
shall constitute the 
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    State Penitentiary System.


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        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and 
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    facilities, the
Department may authorize the Department of 
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    Central Management Services to
accept bids from counties 
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    and municipalities for the construction,
remodeling or 
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    conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of

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    Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a 
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    correctional institution
or facility.  Such construction, 
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    remodeling or conversion may be financed
with revenue bonds 
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    issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond
Act 
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    by the municipality or county.  The lease specified in a bid 
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    shall be
for a term of not less than the time needed to 
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    retire any revenue bonds
used to finance the project, but 
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    not to exceed 40 years.  The lease may
grant to the State 
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    the option to purchase the structure outright.


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        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify 
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    one or more of the
bids and shall submit any such bids to 
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    the General Assembly for approval.
Upon approval of a bid 
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    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the
General 
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    Central
Management Services may enter into an agreement 
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    with the county or
municipality pursuant to such bid.


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        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile 
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    detention centers and to
charge a per diem to the counties 
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    as established by the Department to defray
the costs of 
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    housing each minor in a center.  In this subsection (c-5),

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    "juvenile
detention center" means a facility to house 
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    minors during pendency of trial who
have been transferred 
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    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to

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    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in 
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    accordance with Section
5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of 
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    1987, whether the transfer was by operation
of
law or 
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    permissive under that Section.  The Department shall 
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    designate the
counties to be served by each regional 
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    juvenile detention center.


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        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control, 
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    rehabilitation and
employment of committed persons within 
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    its institutions.
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        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program 
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    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.



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        (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance 
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    of committed persons
in the community.


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        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of 
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    Transportation
to supply a sufficient number of prisoners 
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    for use by the Department of
Transportation to clean up the 
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    trash and garbage along State, county,
township, or 
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    municipal highways as designated by the Department of

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    Transportation.  The Department of Corrections, at the 
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    request of the
Department of Transportation, shall furnish 
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    such prisoners at least
annually for a period to be agreed 
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    upon between the Director of
Corrections and the Director 
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    of Transportation.  The prisoners used on this
program shall 
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    be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever 
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    basis
he deems proper in consideration of their term, 
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    behavior and earned eligibility
to participate in such 
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    but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.  
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    Prisoners
convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X 
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    felony, or armed violence, or
aggravated kidnapping,  or 
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    criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
abuse 
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    or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or 
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    forcible
detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a 
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    Habitual Criminal shall not be
eligible for selection to 
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    participate in such program.  The prisoners shall
remain as 
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    prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections 
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    and such
Department shall furnish whatever security is 
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    necessary. The Department of
Transportation shall furnish 
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    trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup
program and 
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    personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the

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    Department of Corrections nor the Department of 
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    Transportation shall replace
any regular employee with a 
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    prisoner.


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        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and 
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    to establish
programs of research, statistics and 
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    planning.


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        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person 
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    committed to the
Department, to inquire into any alleged 
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    misconduct by employees
or committed persons, and to 
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    investigate the assets
of committed persons to implement 
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    Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for
these purposes it may 
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    issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses
and 
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    the production of writings and papers, and may examine 
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    under oath any
witnesses who may appear before it; to also 
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    investigate alleged violations
of a parolee's or 
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    releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this

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    purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of 
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    witnesses and
the production of documents only if there is 
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    reason to believe that such
procedures would provide 
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    evidence that such violations have occurred.


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        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under 
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    this subsection,
the Director may apply to any circuit 
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    to comply with the order of the court issued in
response 
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    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.


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        (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative 
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    officers, and
administer
programs of training and 
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    development of personnel of the Department. Personnel

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    assigned by the Department to be responsible for the

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    custody and control of committed persons or to investigate 
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    the alleged
misconduct of committed persons or employees or 
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    alleged violations of a
parolee's or releasee's conditions 
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    of parole shall be conservators of the peace
for those 
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    purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers 
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    outside
of the facilities of the Department in the 
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    protection, arrest, retaking
and reconfining of committed 
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    persons or where the exercise of such power
is necessary to 
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    the investigation of such misconduct or violations.


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        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies 
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    and with local
communities for the development of standards 
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    and programs for better
correctional services in this 
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    State.


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        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the 
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    Department.


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        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed

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    persons, institutions and programs of the Department.


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        (l-5) In a confidential annual report to the Governor, 
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    the Department
shall
identify all inmate gangs by 
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    specifying each current gang's name, population
and allied 
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    gangs.  The Department shall further specify the number of 
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    top
leaders identified by the Department for each gang 
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    during the past year, and
the measures taken by the 
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    Department to segregate each leader from his or her
gang 
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    and allied gangs.  The Department shall further report the 
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    current status
of leaders identified and segregated in 
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    previous years.  All leaders described
in the report shall 
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    be identified by inmate number or other designation to

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    enable tracking, auditing, and verification without 
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    revealing the names of the
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    contains law enforcement intelligence information

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    collected by the Department, the report is confidential and 
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    not subject to
public disclosure.


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        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all 
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    powers and duties
vested by law in the Department.


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        (n) To establish rules and regulations for 
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    administering a system of
good conduct credits, 
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    established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject
to 
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    review by the Prisoner Review Board.


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        (o) To administer the distribution of funds
from the 
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    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal

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    institutions are located for the payment of assistant 
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    state's attorneys'
salaries under Section 4-2001 of the 
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    Counties Code.


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        (p) To exchange information with the Department of 
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    Human Services and the
Illinois Department of Healthcare 
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    and Family Services
Public Aid
for the purpose of verifying 
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    living arrangements and for other purposes
directly 
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    connected with the administration of this Code and the 
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    Illinois
Public Aid Code.


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        (q) To establish a diversion program.


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        The program shall provide a structured environment for 
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    selected
technical parole or mandatory supervised release 
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    violators and committed
persons who have violated the rules 
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    governing their conduct while in work
release.  This program 
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    shall not apply to those persons who have committed
a new 
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    offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised 
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    release or
while committed to work release.


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        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be 
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    limited to, the
following:


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            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide 
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        supervision in
accordance with required objectives set 
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        by the facility.


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            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain 
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        employment.


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        at the facility on a
sliding-scale basis according to 
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        the participant's income.


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            (4) Each participant shall:


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                (A) provide restitution to victims in 
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            accordance with any court order;


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                (B) provide financial support to his 
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            dependents; and


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                (C) make appropriate payments toward any other 
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            court-ordered
obligations.


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            (5) Each participant shall complete community 
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        service in addition to
employment.


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            (6) Participants shall take part in such 
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        counseling, educational and
other programs as the 
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        Department may deem appropriate.


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            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol 
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        screening.


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            (8) The Department shall promulgate rules 
18
        governing the administration
of the program.


19
        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation 
20
    agreements under which
persons in the custody of the 
21
    Department may participate in a county impact

22
    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or 
23
    3-15003.5 of the
Counties Code.


24
        (r-5) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation 
25
    agreements under which
minors adjudicated delinquent and 
26
    committed to the Department of Corrections,
Juvenile 
27
    Division, may participate in a county juvenile impact 
28
    incarceration
program established under Section 3-6039 of 
29
    the Counties Code.


30
        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with 
31
    respect to each
streetgang active within the correctional 
32
    system: (1) each active gang; (2)
every existing inter-gang 
33
    affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders
in 
34
    each gang.  The Department shall promptly segregate leaders 
35
    from inmates who
belong to their gangs and allied gangs.  
36
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    possible under the conditions and space available at the

2
    correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound 
3
    communication.  For the
purposes of this paragraph (r-10), 
4
    "leaders" means persons who:


5
            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;


6
            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the 
7
        streetgang, occupy a
position of organizer, 
8
        supervisor, or other position of management or

9
        leadership; and


10
            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in 
11
        directing, ordering,
authorizing, or requesting 
12
        commission of criminal acts by others, which are

13
        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang 
14
        related activity both
within and outside of the 
15
        Department of Corrections.


16
    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the 
17
    meanings ascribed to
them in Section 10 of the Illinois 
18
    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
Act.


19
        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution, 
20
    in order to
manage and
supervise inmates who are disruptive 
21
    or dangerous and provide for the safety
and security of the 
22
    staff and the other inmates.


23
        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any 
24
    unprivileged
communication, whether in person or  by mail, 
25
    telephone, or other means,
between an inmate who, before 
26
    commitment to the Department, was a member of an
organized 
27
    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or 
28
    satisfy
any other requirement of law before beginning the 
29
    monitoring, except as
constitutionally required. The 
30
    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other
method of 
31
    recording or by any other means.  As used in this 
32
    subdivision (1)(t),
"organized gang" has the meaning 
33
    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
Streetgang 
34
    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.


35
        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged 
36
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    conversation or communication that is not
protected by any 
2
    privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order 
3
    of
the Illinois Supreme Court.


4
        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release 
5
    Community
Supervision
Program for the purpose of providing 
6
    housing and services to eligible female
inmates, as 
7
    determined by the Department, and their newborn and young

8
    children.


9
        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the 
10
    provisions
of this Chapter.

11
    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, 
12
consider
building and operating a correctional facility within 
13
100 miles of a county of
over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially 
14
a facility designed to house juvenile
participants in the 
15
impact incarceration program.

16
    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical

17
services to be provided to persons committed to Department 
18
facilities by
a health maintenance organization, medical 
19
service corporation, or other
health care provider, the bid may 
20
only be let to a health care provider
that has obtained an 
21
irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond
issued by a 
22
company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating

23
organization.

24
    (4) When the Department lets bids for
contracts for food or 
25
commissary services to be provided to
Department facilities, 
26
the bid may only be let to a food or commissary
services 
27
provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of
credit or 
28
performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated
AAA 
29
by a bond rating organization.

30
(Source: P.A. 92-444, eff. 1-1-02; 92-712, eff. 1-1-03; 93-839, 
31
eff. 7-30-04; revised 12-15-05.)

 
32
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-696)

33
    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department. 

34
    (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities 
35
which are
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the following powers:


2
        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of 
3
    this State for
care, custody, treatment and 
4
    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens 
5
    over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is 
6
    authorized to exercise the federal detention function for 
7
    limited purposes and periods of time.


8
        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation 
9
    units for purposes
of analyzing the custody and 
10
    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to
it and to 
11
    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its 
12
    control
or transfer them to other appropriate agencies.  In 
13
    consultation with the
Department of Alcoholism and 
14
    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human
Services), the 
15
    Department of Corrections
shall develop a master plan for 
16
    the screening and evaluation of persons
committed to its 
17
    custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for

18
    making appropriate treatment available to such persons; 
19
    the Department
shall report to the General Assembly on such 
20
    plan not later than April 1,
1987.  The maintenance and 
21
    implementation of such plan shall be contingent
upon the 
22
    availability of funds.


23
        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a 
24
    pilot
program to
establish the effectiveness of 
25
    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the
pupil's

26
    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for 
27
    purposes of screening
and evaluating
persons committed to 
28
    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The
pilot 
29
    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be 
30
    used in at
least one Department of
Corrections facility.  
31
    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an

32
    additional facility or
facilities as he or she deems 
33
    appropriate.
A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in 
34
    the pilot program.
The
Department must report to the

35
    General Assembly on the
effectiveness of the program by 
36
    January 1, 2003.


 


 






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        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department 
2
    of State Police, a
program for tracking and evaluating each 
3
    inmate from commitment through release
for recording his or 
4
    her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.


5
        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional 
6
    institutions and
facilities under its control and to 
7
    establish new ones as needed.  Pursuant
to its power to 
8
    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department

9
    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize 
10
    the Department of
Central Management Services to enter into 
11
    an agreement of the type
described in subsection (d) of 
12
    Section 405-300 of the
Department
of Central Management 
13
    Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300).  The Department shall

14
    designate those institutions which
shall constitute the 
15
    State Penitentiary System.


16
        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and 
17
    facilities, the
Department may authorize the Department of 
18
    Central Management Services to
accept bids from counties 
19
    and municipalities for the construction,
remodeling or 
20
    conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of

21
    Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a 
22
    correctional institution
or facility.  Such construction, 
23
    remodeling or conversion may be financed
with revenue bonds 
24
    issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond
Act 
25
    by the municipality or county.  The lease specified in a bid 
26
    shall be
for a term of not less than the time needed to 
27
    retire any revenue bonds
used to finance the project, but 
28
    not to exceed 40 years.  The lease may
grant to the State 
29
    the option to purchase the structure outright.


30
        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify 
31
    one or more of the
bids and shall submit any such bids to 
32
    the General Assembly for approval.
Upon approval of a bid 
33
    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the
General 
34
    Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of 
35
    Central
Management Services may enter into an agreement 
36
    with the county or
municipality pursuant to such bid.


 


 






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        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile 
2
    detention centers and to
charge a per diem to the counties 
3
    as established by the Department to defray
the costs of 
4
    housing each minor in a center.  In this subsection (c-5),

5
    "juvenile
detention center" means a facility to house 
6
    minors during pendency of trial who
have been transferred 
7
    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to

8
    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in 
9
    accordance with Section
5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of 
10
    1987, whether the transfer was by operation
of
law or 
11
    permissive under that Section.  The Department shall 
12
    designate the
counties to be served by each regional 
13
    juvenile detention center.


14
        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control, 
15
    rehabilitation and
employment of committed persons within 
16
    its institutions.

17
        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program 
18
    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.


19
        (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance 
20
    of committed persons
in the community.


21
        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of 
22
    Transportation
to supply a sufficient number of prisoners 
23
    for use by the Department of
Transportation to clean up the 
24
    trash and garbage along State, county,
township, or 
25
    municipal highways as designated by the Department of

26
    Transportation.  The Department of Corrections, at the 
27
    request of the
Department of Transportation, shall furnish 
28
    such prisoners at least
annually for a period to be agreed 
29
    upon between the Director of
Corrections and the Director 
30
    of Transportation.  The prisoners used on this
program shall 
31
    be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever 
32
    basis
he deems proper in consideration of their term, 
33
    behavior and earned eligibility
to participate in such 
34
    program - where they will be outside of the prison
facility 
35
    but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.  
36
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    felony, or armed violence, or
aggravated kidnapping,  or 
2
    criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
abuse 
3
    or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or 
4
    forcible
detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a 
5
    Habitual Criminal shall not be
eligible for selection to 
6
    participate in such program.  The prisoners shall
remain as 
7
    prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections 
8
    and such
Department shall furnish whatever security is 
9
    necessary. The Department of
Transportation shall furnish 
10
    trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup
program and 
11
    personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the

12
    Department of Corrections nor the Department of 
13
    Transportation shall replace
any regular employee with a 
14
    prisoner.


15
        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and 
16
    to establish
programs of research, statistics and 
17
    planning.


18
        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person 
19
    committed to the
Department, to inquire into any alleged 
20
    misconduct by employees
or committed persons, and to 
21
    investigate the assets
of committed persons to implement 
22
    Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for
these purposes it may 
23
    issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses
and 
24
    the production of writings and papers, and may examine 
25
    under oath any
witnesses who may appear before it; to also 
26
    investigate alleged violations
of a parolee's or 
27
    releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this

28
    purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of 
29
    witnesses and
the production of documents only if there is 
30
    reason to believe that such
procedures would provide 
31
    evidence that such violations have occurred.


32
        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under 
33
    this subsection,
the Director may apply to any circuit 
34
    court to secure compliance with the
subpoena.  The failure 
35
    to comply with the order of the court issued in
response 
36
    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.


 


 






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        (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative 
2
    officers, and
administer
programs of training and 
3
    development of personnel of the Department. Personnel

4
    assigned by the Department to be responsible for the

5
    custody and control of committed persons or to investigate 
6
    the alleged
misconduct of committed persons or employees or 
7
    alleged violations of a
parolee's or releasee's conditions 
8
    of parole shall be conservators of the peace
for those 
9
    purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers 
10
    outside
of the facilities of the Department in the 
11
    protection, arrest, retaking
and reconfining of committed 
12
    persons or where the exercise of such power
is necessary to 
13
    the investigation of such misconduct or violations.


14
        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies 
15
    and with local
communities for the development of standards 
16
    and programs for better
correctional services in this 
17
    State.


18
        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the 
19
    Department.


20
        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed

21
    persons, institutions and programs of the Department.


22
        (l-5) In a confidential annual report to the Governor, 
23
    the Department
shall
identify all inmate gangs by 
24
    specifying each current gang's name, population
and allied 
25
    gangs.  The Department shall further specify the number of 
26
    top
leaders identified by the Department for each gang 
27
    during the past year, and
the measures taken by the 
28
    Department to segregate each leader from his or her
gang 
29
    and allied gangs.  The Department shall further report the 
30
    current status
of leaders identified and segregated in 
31
    previous years.  All leaders described
in the report shall 
32
    be identified by inmate number or other designation to

33
    enable tracking, auditing, and verification without 
34
    revealing the names of the
leaders.  Because this report 
35
    contains law enforcement intelligence information

36
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    not subject to
public disclosure.


2
        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all 
3
    powers and duties
vested by law in the Department.


4
        (n) To establish rules and regulations for 
5
    administering a system of
good conduct credits, 
6
    established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject
to 
7
    review by the Prisoner Review Board.


8
        (o) To administer the distribution of funds
from the 
9
    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal

10
    institutions are located for the payment of assistant 
11
    state's attorneys'
salaries under Section 4-2001 of the 
12
    Counties Code.


13
        (p) To exchange information with the Department of 
14
    Human Services and the
Illinois Department of Healthcare 
15
    and Family Services
Public Aid
for the purpose of verifying 
16
    living arrangements and for other purposes
directly 
17
    connected with the administration of this Code and the 
18
    Illinois
Public Aid Code.


19
        (q) To establish a diversion program.


20
        The program shall provide a structured environment for 
21
    selected
technical parole or mandatory supervised release 
22
    violators and committed
persons who have violated the rules 
23
    governing their conduct while in work
release.  This program 
24
    shall not apply to those persons who have committed
a new 
25
    offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised 
26
    release or
while committed to work release.


27
        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be 
28
    limited to, the
following:


29
            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide 
30
        supervision in
accordance with required objectives set 
31
        by the facility.


32
            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain 
33
        employment.


34
            (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board 
35
        at the facility on a
sliding-scale basis according to 
36
        the participant's income.


 


 






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            (4) Each participant shall:


2
                (A) provide restitution to victims in 
3
            accordance with any court order;


4
                (B) provide financial support to his 
5
            dependents; and


6
                (C) make appropriate payments toward any other 
7
            court-ordered
obligations.


8
            (5) Each participant shall complete community 
9
        service in addition to
employment.


10
            (6) Participants shall take part in such 
11
        counseling, educational and
other programs as the 
12
        Department may deem appropriate.


13
            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol 
14
        screening.


15
            (8) The Department shall promulgate rules 
16
        governing the administration
of the program.


17
        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation 
18
    agreements under which
persons in the custody of the 
19
    Department may participate in a county impact

20
    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or 
21
    3-15003.5 of the
Counties Code.


22
        (r-5) (Blank).


23
        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with 
24
    respect to each
streetgang active within the correctional 
25
    system: (1) each active gang; (2)
every existing inter-gang 
26
    affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders
in 
27
    each gang.  The Department shall promptly segregate leaders 
28
    from inmates who
belong to their gangs and allied gangs.  
29
    "Segregate" means no physical contact
and, to the extent 
30
    possible under the conditions and space available at the

31
    correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound 
32
    communication.  For the
purposes of this paragraph (r-10), 
33
    "leaders" means persons who:


34
            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;


35
            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the 
36
        streetgang, occupy a
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        supervisor, or other position of management or

2
        leadership; and


3
            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in 
4
        directing, ordering,
authorizing, or requesting 
5
        commission of criminal acts by others, which are

6
        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang 
7
        related activity both
within and outside of the 
8
        Department of Corrections.


9
    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the 
10
    meanings ascribed to
them in Section 10 of the Illinois 
11
    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
Act.


12
        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution, 
13
    in order to
manage and
supervise inmates who are disruptive 
14
    or dangerous and provide for the safety
and security of the 
15
    staff and the other inmates.


16
        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any 
17
    unprivileged
communication, whether in person or  by mail, 
18
    telephone, or other means,
between an inmate who, before 
19
    commitment to the Department, was a member of an
organized 
20
    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or 
21
    satisfy
any other requirement of law before beginning the 
22
    monitoring, except as
constitutionally required. The 
23
    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other
method of 
24
    recording or by any other means.  As used in this 
25
    subdivision (1)(t),
"organized gang" has the meaning 
26
    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
Streetgang 
27
    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.


28
        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged 
29
    conversation" or
"unprivileged communication" means a 
30
    conversation or communication that is not
protected by any 
31
    privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order 
32
    of
the Illinois Supreme Court.


33
        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release 
34
    Community
Supervision
Program for the purpose of providing 
35
    housing and services to eligible female
inmates, as 
36
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    children.


2
        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the 
3
    provisions
of this Chapter.

4
    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998, 
5
consider
building and operating a correctional facility within 
6
100 miles of a county of
over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially 
7
a facility designed to house juvenile
participants in the 
8
impact incarceration program.

9
    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical

10
services to be provided to persons committed to Department 
11
facilities by
a health maintenance organization, medical 
12
service corporation, or other
health care provider, the bid may 
13
only be let to a health care provider
that has obtained an 
14
irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond
issued by a 
15
company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating

16
organization.

17
    (4) When the Department lets bids for
contracts for food or 
18
commissary services to be provided to
Department facilities, 
19
the bid may only be let to a food or commissary
services 
20
provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of
credit or 
21
performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated
AAA 
22
by a bond rating organization.

23
(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 
24
revised 12-15-05.)

 



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26
    Sec. 5-5-5. Loss and Restoration of Rights. 

27
    (a) Conviction and disposition shall not entail the loss by 
28
the
defendant of any civil rights, except under this Section 
29
and Sections 29-6
and 29-10 of The Election Code, as now or 
30
hereafter amended.

31
    (b) A person convicted of a felony shall be ineligible to 
32
hold an office
created by the Constitution of this State until 
33
the completion of his sentence.

34
    (c) A person sentenced to imprisonment shall lose his right 
35
to vote
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    (d) On completion of sentence of imprisonment or upon 
2
discharge from
probation, conditional discharge or periodic 
3
imprisonment, or at any time
thereafter, all license rights and 
4
privileges
granted under the authority of this State which have 
5
been revoked or
suspended because of conviction of an offense 
6
shall be restored unless the
authority having jurisdiction of 
7
such license rights finds after
investigation and hearing that 
8
restoration is not in the public interest.
This paragraph (d) 
9
shall not apply to the suspension or revocation of a
license to 
10
operate a motor vehicle under the Illinois Vehicle Code.

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    (e) Upon a person's discharge from incarceration or parole, 
12
or upon a
person's discharge from probation or at any time 
13
thereafter, the committing
court may enter an order certifying 
14
that the sentence has been
satisfactorily completed when the 
15
court believes it would assist in the
rehabilitation of the 
16
person and be consistent with the public welfare.
Such order 
17
may be entered upon the motion of the defendant or the State or

18
upon the court's own motion.

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    (f) Upon entry of the order, the court shall issue to the 
20
person in
whose favor the order has been entered a certificate 
21
stating that his
behavior after conviction has warranted the 
22
issuance of the order.

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    (g) This Section shall not affect the right of a defendant 
24
to
collaterally attack his conviction or to rely on it in bar 
25
of subsequent
proceedings for the same offense.

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    (h) No application for any license specified in subsection 
27
(i) of this
Section granted under the
authority of this State 
28
shall be denied by reason of an eligible offender who
has 
29
obtained a certificate of relief from disabilities, as
defined 
30
in Article 5.5 of this Chapter, having been previously 
31
convicted of one
or more
criminal offenses, or by reason of a 
32
finding of lack of "good moral
character" when the finding is 
33
based upon the fact that the applicant has
previously been 
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convicted of one or more criminal offenses, unless:


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        (1) there is a direct relationship between one or more 
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    sought; or


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        (2) the issuance of the license would
involve an 
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    unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare 
4
    of
specific individuals or the general public.

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    In making such a determination, the licensing agency shall 
6
consider the
following factors:


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        (1) the public policy of this State, as expressed in 
8
    Article 5.5 of this
Chapter, to encourage the licensure and 
9
    employment of persons previously
convicted of one or more 
10
    criminal offenses;


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        (2) the specific duties and responsibilities 
12
    necessarily related to the
license being sought;


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        (3) the bearing, if any, the criminal offenses or 
14
    offenses for which the
person
was previously convicted will 
15
    have on his or her fitness or ability to perform
one or

16
    more such duties and responsibilities;


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        (4) the time which has elapsed since the occurrence of 
18
    the criminal
offense or offenses;


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        (5) the age of the person at the time of occurrence of 
20
    the criminal
offense or offenses;


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        (6) the seriousness of the offense or offenses;


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        (7) any information produced by the person or produced 
23
    on his or her
behalf in
regard to his or her rehabilitation 
24
    and good conduct, including a certificate
of relief from 
25
    disabilities issued to the applicant, which certificate 
26
    shall
create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to 
27
    the offense or offenses
specified in the certificate; and


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        (8) the legitimate interest of the licensing agency in 
29
    protecting
property, and
the  safety and welfare of specific 
30
    individuals or the general public.

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    (i) A certificate of relief from disabilities shall be 
32
issued only
for a
license or certification issued under the 
33
following Acts:


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        (1) the Animal Welfare Act; except that a certificate 
35
    of relief from
disabilities may not be granted
to provide 
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the
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    Animal Welfare Act for any
person convicted of violating 
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    Section 3, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.03-1, or 4.01 of
the Humane 
3
    Care for Animals Act or Section 26-5 of the Criminal Code 
4
    of
1961;


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        (2) the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act;


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        (3) the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail 
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    Technology Act of 1985;


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        (4) the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation 
9
    Act;


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        (5) the Professional Boxing Act;


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        (6) the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 
12
    1984;


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        (7) the Illinois Farm Labor Contractor Certification 
14
    Act;


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        (8) the Interior Design Title Act;


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        (9) the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 
17
    1989;


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        (10) the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989;


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        (11) the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act;


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        (12) the Private Employment Agency Act;


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        (13) the Professional Counselor and Clinical 
22
    Professional Counselor
Licensing
Act;


23
        (14) the Real Estate License Act of 2000;


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        (15) the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act;
25
        (16) the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 
26
    1989;
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        (17) the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's 
28
    License Act; and
29
        (18) the Electrologist Licensing Act; .

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        (19) the Auction License Act;
31
        (20) Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989;
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        (21) the Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act;
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        (22) the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing 
34
    Act;
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        (23) the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing 
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        (24) the Land Sales Registration Act of 1999;
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        (25) the Professional Geologist Licensing Act;
3
        (26) the Illinois Public Accounting Act; and
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        (27) the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.


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(Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04; 93-914, eff. 1-1-05.)

 



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    (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-5)


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    Sec. 5-5.5-5. Definitions and rules of construction. In 
8
this Article:

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    "Eligible offender" means a person who has been
convicted 
10
of a crime or of an offense that is not a crime of violence as

11
defined in Section 2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act, a 
12
Class X or
a nonprobationable offense, or a violation of 
13
Article 11 or Article 12 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, but who 
14
has not been convicted more than twice
once of a
felony.

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    "Felony" means a conviction of a felony in this State, or

16
of an offense in any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to 
17
a
term of imprisonment in excess of one year, was authorized.

18
    For the purposes of this Article the following rules of 
19
construction apply:


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        (i) two or more convictions of felonies charged in 
21
    separate counts of one
indictment or information shall be 
22
    deemed to be one conviction;


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        (ii) two or more convictions of felonies charged in 2 
24
    or more indictments
or informations, filed in the same 
25
    court prior to entry of judgment under any
of them, shall 
26
    be deemed to be one conviction; and


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        (iii) a plea or a verdict of guilty upon which a 
28
    sentence
of probation, conditional discharge, or 
29
    supervision
has been imposed shall be deemed to be a 
30
    conviction.

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(Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)


 
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    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
33
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
34
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
 


 






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represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
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not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
3
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
4
Public Act.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6
becoming law.