Rep. Julie Hamos
Filed: 4/30/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4988
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4988, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)
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8 | Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board. | ||||||
9 | (a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of | ||||||
10 | 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on | ||||||
11 | matters pertaining to juvenile offenders , provided that one | ||||||
12 | member shall be from among nominations received from | ||||||
13 | organizations representing a community in Chicago with the | ||||||
14 | highest number of juveniles remanded to the Department of | ||||||
15 | Juvenile Justice . | ||||||
16 | The members of the Board shall be qualified for their |
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1 | positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of | ||||||
2 | juveniles in the justice system juvenile correctional work | ||||||
3 | consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the | ||||||
4 | Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the | ||||||
5 | State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory | ||||||
6 | Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as | ||||||
7 | soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
8 | Act of the 95th 94th General Assembly . All and be appointed to | ||||||
9 | staggered terms 3 each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 | ||||||
10 | of the members' terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members | ||||||
11 | will serve for a term of 3 6 years, except that members shall | ||||||
12 | continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Any | ||||||
13 | vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the | ||||||
14 | remainder of the term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall | ||||||
15 | be an ex officio member of the Board. The Board shall elect a | ||||||
16 | chair from among its appointed members. The Director shall | ||||||
17 | serve as secretary of the Board. Members of the Board shall | ||||||
18 | serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses | ||||||
19 | necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The | ||||||
20 | Board may begin to conduct business upon appointment of a | ||||||
21 | majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least | ||||||
22 | quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair. The | ||||||
23 | Board may conduct meetings by telecommunication where possible | ||||||
24 | to minimize travel expenses, and shall utilize existing | ||||||
25 | resources, including existing data from JMIS and from the | ||||||
26 | juvenile justice reports from the Illinois Criminal Justice |
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1 | Information Authority, as well as reports from the Department | ||||||
2 | of Juvenile Justice. The Board may receive administrative | ||||||
3 | support and funding through specific appropriations available | ||||||
4 | for its purposes made to the Department of Juvenile Justice or | ||||||
5 | through private grants specified for the purposes of this | ||||||
6 | Section, or both. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Board shall: | ||||||
8 | (1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and | ||||||
9 | programs of the Department with regard to the custody, | ||||||
10 | care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of | ||||||
11 | juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions | ||||||
12 | and for the care and supervision of juveniles released on | ||||||
13 | parole.
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14 | (2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction | ||||||
15 | with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the | ||||||
16 | Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully | ||||||
17 | fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this | ||||||
18 | Code. The annual results of the Department's work as | ||||||
19 | defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board | ||||||
20 | and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to | ||||||
21 | the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director | ||||||
22 | and the Board.
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23 | (3) By December 30, 2010, conduct a study and make | ||||||
24 | recommendations to the Director, Governor, and General | ||||||
25 | Assembly concerning: | ||||||
26 | (A) appropriateness of confinement of youth guilty |
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1 | of misdemeanor offenses; | ||||||
2 | (B) appropriateness of confinement of youth based | ||||||
3 | on technical probation and parole violations; | ||||||
4 | (C) appropriateness of parole system for youths, | ||||||
5 | and average length of parole; | ||||||
6 | (D) availability of alternative placements for | ||||||
7 | youth who have served their time but have no placement; | ||||||
8 | (E) availability of community based programming | ||||||
9 | for youth or low level offenders, or both, including | ||||||
10 | technical violators; | ||||||
11 | (F) funding of confinement and of alternative | ||||||
12 | community based programming for young or low level | ||||||
13 | offenders, or both; and | ||||||
14 | (G) appropriateness of the minimum age of | ||||||
15 | detention. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .) | ||||||
17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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