SB3361 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 17619 RLC 62826 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3361

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. William R. Haine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 4026/15

Amends the Sex Offender Management Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation and duties of the Sex Offender Management Board.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Sex Offender Management Board Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(20 ILCS 4026/15)

Sec. 15. Sex Offender Management Board; creation; duties.

(a) There is created created the Sex Offender Management Board, which shall consist of 20 members. The membership of the Board shall consist of the following persons:

(1) Two members appointed by the Governor representing the judiciary, one representing juvenile court matters and one representing adult criminal court matters;

(2) One member appointed by the Governor representing Probation Services based on the recommendation of the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association;

(3) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Corrections;

(4) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Human Services;

(5) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Illinois State Police;

(6) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Department of Children and Family Services;

(7) One member appointed by the Attorney General representing the Office of the Attorney General;

(8) One member appointed by the Attorney General who is a licensed mental health professional with documented expertise in the treatment of sex offenders;

(9) Two members appointed by the Attorney General who are State's Attorneys or assistant State's Attorneys, one representing juvenile court matters and one representing felony court matters;

(10) One member being the Cook County State's Attorney or his or her designee;

(11) One member being the Director of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or his or her designee;

(12) One member being the Cook County Public Defender or his or her designee;

(13) Two members appointed by the Governor who are representatives of law enforcement, one juvenile officer and one sex crime investigator;

(14) Two members appointed by the Attorney General who are recognized experts in the field of sexual assault and who can represent sexual assault victims and victims' rights organizations;

(15) One member being the State Appellate Defender or his or her designee; and

(16) One member being the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Information Authority or his or her designee.

(b) The Governor and the Attorney General shall appoint a presiding officer for the Board from among the board members appointed under subsection (a) of this Section, which presiding officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and the Attorney General.

(c) Each member of the Board shall demonstrate substantial expertise and experience in the field of sexual assault.

(d) (1) Any member of the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section who is appointed under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of this Section shall serve at the pleasure of the official who appointed that member, for a term of 5 years and may be reappointed. The members shall serve without additional compensation.

(2) Any member of the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section who is appointed under paragraphs (8) through (14) of subsection (a) of this Section shall serve for a term of 5 years and may be reappointed. However, the terms of the members appointed under paragraphs (8) of subsection (a) of this Section shall end on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Attorney General shall appoint a member under paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this Section to fill the vacancy created by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. A person who has previously served as a member of the Board may be reappointed. The terms of the President of the Illinois Polygraph Society or his or her designee, the President of the Illinois Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers or his or her designee, and the member representing the Illinois Principal Association end on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The members shall serve without compensation.

(3) The travel costs associated with membership on the Board created in subsection (a) of this Section will be reimbursed subject to availability of funds.

(e) The first meeting of this Board shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this Act.

(f) The Board shall carry out the following duties:

(1) Not later than December 31, 2001, the Board shall develop and prescribe separate standardized procedures for the evaluation and identification of the offender and recommend behavior management, monitoring, and treatment based upon the knowledge that sex offenders are extremely habituated and that there is no known cure for the propensity to commit sex abuse. The Board shall develop and implement measures of success based upon a no-cure policy for intervention. The Board shall develop and implement methods of intervention for sex offenders which have as a priority the physical and psychological safety of victims and potential victims and which are appropriate to the needs of the particular offender, so long as there is no reduction of the safety of victims and potential victims.

(2) Not later than December 31, 2001, the Board shall develop separate guidelines and standards for a system of programs for the evaluation and treatment of both juvenile and adult sex offenders which shall be utilized by offenders who are placed on probation, committed to the Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services, or placed on mandatory supervised release or parole. The programs developed under this paragraph (f) shall be as flexible as possible so that the programs may be utilized by each offender to prevent the offender from harming victims and potential victims. The programs shall be structured in such a manner that the programs provide a continuing monitoring process as well as a continuum of counseling programs for each offender as that offender proceeds through the justice system. Also, the programs shall be developed in such a manner that, to the extent possible, the programs may be accessed by all offenders in the justice system.

(3) There is established the Sex Offender Management Board Fund in the State Treasury into which funds received under any provision of law or from public or private sources shall be deposited, and from which funds shall be appropriated for the purposes set forth in Section 19 of this Act, Section 5-6-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections, and Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the remainder shall be appropriated to the Sex Offender Management Board for planning and research.

(4) The Board shall develop and prescribe a plan to research and analyze the effectiveness of the evaluation, identification, and counseling procedures and programs developed under this Act. The Board shall also develop and prescribe a system for implementation of the guidelines and standards developed under paragraph (2) of this subsection (f) and for tracking offenders who have been subjected to evaluation, identification, and treatment under this Act. In addition, the Board shall develop a system for monitoring offender behaviors and offender adherence to prescribed behavioral changes. The results of the tracking and behavioral monitoring shall be a part of any analysis made under this paragraph (4).

(g) The Board may promulgate rules as are necessary to carry out the duties of the Board.

(h) The Board and the individual members of the Board shall be immune from any liability, whether civil or criminal, for the good faith performance of the duties of the Board as specified in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-257, eff. 1-1-12.)