95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5239


 
Introduced , by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













730 ILCS 5/3-4-3.1 new











    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections.  Provides that driver's licenses, State issued identification cards, social security account cards, other government issued identification documents, keys, and prescription drugs of a committed person that are in possession of a county sheriff at the time a person is committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections shall be forwarded to the Department.  Provides that the Department shall retain the government issued identification documents, keys, and prescription drugs of a committed person at the institution in which the  person is incarcerated and shall ensure that the documents, keys, and prescription drugs are forwarded to any institution to which the  person is transferred.  Provides that the government issued identification documents, keys, and prescription drugs of a committed person shall be made available to the person upon discharge from the Department.
















LRB095 15703 RLC 41710 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB5239

LRB095 15703 RLC 41710 b






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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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adding Section 3-4-3.1 as follows:
 
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    (730 ILCS 5/3-4-3.1  new)
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    Sec. 3-4-3.1. Identification documents, keys, and 
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prescription drugs of committed persons.
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    (a) Driver's licenses, State issued identification cards, 
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social security account cards, other government issued 
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identification documents, keys, and prescription drugs of a 
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committed person that are in possession of a county sheriff at 
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the time a person is committed to the Illinois Department of 
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Corrections shall be forwarded to the Department.
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    (b) The Department shall retain the government issued 
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identification documents, keys, and prescription drugs of a 
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committed person at the institution in which the  person is 
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incarcerated and shall ensure that the documents, keys, and 
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prescription drugs are forwarded to any institution to which 
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the  person is transferred.
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    (c) The government issued identification documents, keys, 
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and prescription drugs of a committed person shall be made 
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available to the person upon discharge from the Department.