HB4446 Engrossed LRB094 17024 RLC 52305 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 adding Section 3-14-4.5 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-14-4.5 new)
7     Sec. 3-14-4.5. Private half-way houses.
8     (a) Any person or entity who intends to establish a
9 half-way house for the residence of persons on parole or
10 mandatory release from the Department of Corrections shall
11 comply with all applicable local zoning laws.
12     (b) Establishment or maintenance of a half-way house, other
13 than by the Department of Corrections, without complying with
14 all applicable local zoning laws is a Class A misdemeanor for
15 which the offender shall be fined $1,000 for every week that
16 the half-way house is in violation, in addition to any other
17 locally imposed fines.
18     (c) Not less than 15 days prior to the placement of a
19 person in such a half-way house, the half-way house shall give
20 written notice to the State's Attorney and the sheriff of the
21 county and the proper law enforcement agency of the
22 municipality in which the half-way house is located of the
23 identity of the person to be placed in that program. The
24 identifying information shall include, but not be limited to,
25 the name of the individual, age, physical description,
26 photograph, and the crime for which the person was originally
27 sentenced to the Department of Corrections. The notice shall be
28 given in all cases.
29     (d) Failure to comply with the notification requirements of
30 subsection (c) is a petty offense for which a $1,000 fine shall
31 be imposed for each offense.