99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0844
 
Introduced 2/11/2015, by Sen. John G. Mulroe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



730 ILCS 166/20

     Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act.  Provides that a defendant may be admitted into a drug court program only before adjudication.  Eliminates provision that a defendant shall be excluded from a drug court program if the defendant has previously completed or has been discharged from a
drug court program.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 



6    (730 ILCS 166/20)



7    Sec. 20. Eligibility. 

8    (a) A defendant may be admitted into a drug court program 
9only upon the
agreement of the prosecutor and the defendant and 
10with the approval of the
court, before adjudication.

11    (b) A defendant shall be excluded from a drug court program 
12if any of one of
the following apply:


13        (1) The crime is a crime of violence as set forth in 
14    clause (4) of this
subsection (b).


15        (2) The defendant denies his or her use of or addiction 
16    to drugs.


17        (3) The defendant does not demonstrate a willingness to 
18    participate in
a treatment program.


19        (4) The defendant has been convicted of a crime of 
20    violence within the
past
10 years excluding incarceration 
21    time, including but not limited to: first
degree murder, 
22    second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of 
23    a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal 
 
 
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1    sexual assault, armed
robbery, aggravated arson, arson, 
2    aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated
battery 
3    resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability, 
4    stalking,
aggravated stalking, or any offense
involving 
5    the discharge of a firearm.


6        (5) (Blank). The defendant has previously completed or 
7    has been discharged from a
drug court program.

8(Source: P.A. 92-58, eff. 1-1-02.)