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| 1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5-750 as follows:
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| 6 | (705 ILCS 405/5-750)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-750. Commitment to the Department of Juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Justice.
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| 9 | (1) Except as provided in subsections subsection (2) and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (2.5) of this Section, when any
delinquent has been adjudged a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | ward of the court under this Act, the court may
commit him or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | her to the Department of Juvenile Justice, if it
finds
that (a) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | his or her parents, guardian or legal custodian are unfit or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | are
unable, for
some reason other than financial circumstances | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | alone, to care for, protect,
train or discipline the minor, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | are unwilling to do so,
and the best interests of the minor and
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| 17 | the public will not be served by placement under Section 5-740
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| 18 | or; (b) it is
necessary to ensure the protection of the public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | from the consequences of
criminal activity of the delinquent.
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| 20 | (2) When a minor of the age of at least 13 years is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | adjudged delinquent
for the offense of first degree murder, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | court shall declare the minor a
ward of the court and order the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | minor committed to the Department of
Juvenile Justice until the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | minor's 21st birthday, without the
possibility of parole, | ||||||
| 2 | furlough, or non-emergency authorized absence for a
period of 5 | ||||||
| 3 | years from the date the minor was committed to the Department | ||||||
| 4 | of
Juvenile Justice, except that the time that a minor spent in | ||||||
| 5 | custody for the instant
offense before being committed to the | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Juvenile Justice shall be considered as time
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| 7 | credited towards that 5 year period. Nothing in this subsection | ||||||
| 8 | (2) shall
preclude the State's Attorney from seeking to | ||||||
| 9 | prosecute a minor as an adult as
an alternative to proceeding | ||||||
| 10 | under this Act.
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| 11 | (2.5) The court may not commit to the Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Juvenile Justice a delinquent who has been adjudged a ward of | ||||||
| 13 | the court under this Act for an act that if committed by an | ||||||
| 14 | adult would be a misdemeanor. If a minor has been adjudged a | ||||||
| 15 | ward of the court under this Act for an act that if committed | ||||||
| 16 | by an adult would be a Class 4 or Class 3 felony, the court | ||||||
| 17 | shall, in addition to the factors and review in Section 5-750 | ||||||
| 18 | and elsewhere in this Act, evaluate whether the best interests | ||||||
| 19 | of the minor and the public will be served by placing the minor | ||||||
| 20 | in a community based alternative program instead of commitment | ||||||
| 21 | to the Department of Juvenile Justice. | ||||||
| 22 | (3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the commitment of | ||||||
| 23 | a
delinquent to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be for | ||||||
| 24 | an indeterminate term
which shall automatically terminate upon | ||||||
| 25 | the delinquent attaining the age of 21
years unless the | ||||||
| 26 | delinquent is sooner discharged from parole or custodianship
is | ||||||
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| 1 | otherwise terminated in accordance with this Act or as | ||||||
| 2 | otherwise provided
for by law.
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| 3 | (4) When the court commits a minor to the Department of | ||||||
| 4 | Juvenile Justice, it
shall order him or her conveyed forthwith | ||||||
| 5 | to the appropriate reception station
or
other place designated | ||||||
| 6 | by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and shall appoint the
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| 7 | Director of Juvenile Justice legal custodian of the
minor. The | ||||||
| 8 | clerk of the court shall issue to the
Director of Juvenile | ||||||
| 9 | Justice a certified copy of the order,
which constitutes proof | ||||||
| 10 | of the Director's authority. No other process need
issue to
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| 11 | warrant the keeping of the minor.
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| 12 | (5) If a minor is committed to the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
| 13 | Justice, the clerk of the court shall forward to the | ||||||
| 14 | Department:
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| 15 | (a) the disposition ordered;
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| 16 | (b) all reports;
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| 17 | (c) the court's statement of the basis for ordering the | ||||||
| 18 | disposition; and
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| 19 | (d) all additional matters which the court directs the | ||||||
| 20 | clerk to transmit.
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| 21 | (6) Whenever the Department of Juvenile Justice lawfully | ||||||
| 22 | discharges from its
custody and
control a minor committed to | ||||||
| 23 | it, the Director of Juvenile Justice shall petition the court | ||||||
| 24 | for an order terminating his or her
custodianship. The | ||||||
| 25 | custodianship shall terminate automatically 30 days after
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| 26 | receipt of the petition unless the court orders otherwise.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
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