94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4466

 

Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Milton Patterson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-14-4   from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that before establishing a half-way house for persons on parole or mandatory supervised release, the Department of Corrections shall obtain the signature from every resident at least 18 years of age who resides within 250 feet from the front door of the proposed half-way house on a form indicating the location of the proposed half-way house and stating or acknowledging that the half-way house will be established at the stated location. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-14-4 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-14-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-4)
7     Sec. 3-14-4. Half-way Houses.
8     (a) The Department may establish and maintain half-way
9 houses for the residence of persons on parole or mandatory
10 release. Before establishing a half-way house, the Department
11 shall obtain the signature from every resident at least 18
12 years of age who resides within 250 feet from the front door of
13 the proposed half-way house on a form indicating the location
14 of the proposed half-way house and stating or acknowledging
15 that the half-way house will be established at the stated
16 location. Such half-way houses shall be maintained apart from
17 security institutions, except that the Director of Corrections
18 is authorized to designate that any work or day release
19 facility, or any portion thereof, may be used as a half-way
20 house for the residence of persons on parole or mandatory
21 supervised release.
22     (b) For those persons to be placed in a half-way house
23 directly upon release from an institution on parole or
24 mandatory supervised release status, not less than 15 days
25 prior to the placement of such a person in such a half-way
26 house, the Department of Corrections shall give written notice
27 to the State's Attorney and the Sheriff of the county and the
28 proper law enforcement agency of the municipality in which the
29 half-way house is located of the identity of the person to be
30 placed in that program. Such identifying information shall
31 include, but not be limited to, the name of the individual,
32 age, physical description, photograph, the crime for which the

 

 

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1 person was originally sentenced to the Department of
2 Corrections, and like information. The notice shall be given in
3 all cases, except when placement of an emergency nature is
4 necessary. In such emergency cases, oral notice shall be given
5 to the appropriate parties within 24 hours with written notice
6 to follow within 5 days.
7     (c) Persons on parole or mandatory supervised release
8 status who have been previously released to the community, but
9 who are not currently residing in a half-way house, may be
10 placed in a half-way house upon the oral notification of the
11 parties within 24 hours as indicated in subsection (b) of this
12 Section. Such oral notification shall be followed with written
13 notification within 5 days.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-695, eff. 4-13-00.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.