95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5182

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/Act title   Unified Code of Corrections.
730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-40
730 ILCS 110/9b   from Ch. 38, par. 204-1b
730 ILCS 110/13   from Ch. 38, par. 204-5
730 ILCS 110/14   from Ch. 38, par. 204-6
730 ILCS 110/15   from Ch. 38, par. 204-7
730 ILCS 110/15.1   from Ch. 38, par. 204-7.1
730 ILCS 110/16   from Ch. 38, par. 204-8
730 ILCS 110/16.1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Abolishes the Division of Probation Services of the Illinois Supreme Court. Transfers the Division's powers and duties to the Illinois Office of Probation Services. Transfers various functions relating to probation services from the chief judge of the circuit court or his or her designee to the county board or the county board chairman or president.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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 the title of the Act and Section 5-5.5-40 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/Act title)  (Unified Code of Corrections.)
7 An Act to create a comprehensive Code of Corrections in
8 relation to the diagnosis and evaluation of offenders and
9 persons charged with offenses, the sentencing, correction and
10 parole of offenders, the establishment of the Illinois Office
11 of Probation Services a Division of Probation Services within
12 the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to be
13 administered by it, and to repeal certain Acts and parts of
14 Acts herein named.
 
15     (730 ILCS 5/5-5.5-40)
16     Sec. 5-5.5-40. Forms and filing.
17     (a) All applications, certificates, and orders of
18 revocation necessary for the purposes of this Article shall be
19 upon forms prescribed under an agreement among the Director of
20 Corrections and the Chairman of the Prisoner Review Board and
21 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or his or her designee.
22 The forms relating to certificates of relief from disabilities

 

 

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1 shall be distributed by the Director of the Illinois Office of
2 Probation Services Division of Probation Services and forms
3 relating to certificates of good conduct shall be distributed
4 by the Chairman of the Prisoner Review Board.
5     (b) Any court or board issuing or revoking any certificate
6 under this Article shall immediately file a copy of the
7 certificate or of the order of revocation with the Director of
8 State Police.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-207, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
10     Section 10. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
11 amended by changing Sections 9b, 13, 14, 15, 15.1, 16, and 16.1
12 as follows:
 
13     (730 ILCS 110/9b)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-1b)
14     Sec. 9b. For the purposes of this Act, the words and
15 phrases described in this Section have the meanings designated
16 in this Section, except when a particular context clearly
17 requires a different meaning.
18     (1) "Agency" means the Illinois Office of Probation
19 Services "Division" means the Division of Probation Services of
20 the Supreme Court.
21     (2) "Department" means a probation or court services
22 department that provides probation or court services and such
23 other related services assigned to it by the circuit court or
24 by law.

 

 

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1     (3) "Probation Officer" means a person employed full time
2 in a probation or court services department providing services
3 to a court under this Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. A
4 probation officer includes detention staff, non-secure group
5 home staff and management personnel who meet minimum standards
6 established by the Agency Supreme Court and who are hired under
7 the direction of the county board circuit court. These
8 probation officers are judicial employees designated on a
9 circuit wide or county basis and compensated by the appropriate
10 county board or boards.
11     (4) "Basic Services" means the number of personnel
12 determined by the Agency Division as necessary to comply with
13 adult, juvenile, and detention services workload standards and
14 to operate authorized programs of intermediate sanctions,
15 intensive probation supervision, public or community service,
16 intake services, secure detention services, non-secure group
17 home services and home confinement.
18     (5) "New or Expanded Services" means personnel necessary to
19 operate pretrial programs, victim and restitution programs,
20 psychological services, drunk driving programs, specialized
21 caseloads, community resource coordination programs, and other
22 programs designed to generally improve the quality of probation
23 and court services.
24     (6) "Individualized Services and Programs" means
25 individualized services provided through purchase of service
26 agreements with individuals, specialists, and local public or

 

 

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1 private agencies providing non-residential services for the
2 rehabilitation of adult and juvenile offenders as an
3 alternative to local or state incarceration.
4     (7) "Jurisdiction" means the geographical area of
5 authority of a probation department as designated by the county
6 board chief judge of each circuit court under Section 15 of
7 this Act.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-198, eff. 7-21-95.)
 
9     (730 ILCS 110/13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-5)
10     Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the director of the court
11 services department or the chief probation officer, appointed
12 as provided in this act, to supervise and control the work of
13 all subordinate court services or probation officers under his
14 or her jurisdiction subject to the general administrative and
15 supervisory authority of the Chief Circuit Judge or another
16 judge designated by the Chief Circuit Judge, and to control and
17 supervise, as herein provided, the conduct of probationers to
18 such extent as the court may direct.
19     The county board Chief Circuit Judge, or another judge
20 designated by the Chief Circuit Judge to have general
21 administrative and supervisory authority over the director of
22 the court services department or the chief probation officer,
23 may authorize the director or chief probation officer to
24 appoint all subordinate court services department officers or
25 probation officers, who shall serve at the pleasure of the

 

 

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1 director or chief probation officer.
2     In addition to the authority to discharge such subordinate
3 officers, the director or chief probation officer may impose
4 lesser disciplinary sanctions as the circumstances warrant in
5 the judgment of the director or chief probation officer. Any
6 disciplinary action taken by the director or chief probation
7 officer shall be in accordance with any State or federal laws
8 that may be applicable.
9     It shall be the duty of the county board to furnish
10 suitable rooms and accommodations, equipment and supplies for
11 probation officers and clerical assistants in that
12 jurisdiction and for the keeping of the records, equipment and
13 supplies of the office. The number of clerical assistants shall
14 be determined by the county board Chief Circuit Judge or
15 another judge designated by the Chief Circuit Judge to have
16 general administrative and supervisory authority over the
17 director of the court services department or the chief
18 probation officer and shall be appointed by the director or
19 chief probation officer. Salaries of clerical assistants shall
20 be fixed by the county board.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
22     (730 ILCS 110/14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-6)
23     Sec. 14. The amount of compensation to be paid any court
24 services or probation officer, including a director of a court
25 services department or a chief probation officer appointed by

 

 

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1 any circuit court, shall be determined by the county boards of
2 the several counties in which such officers, respectively, are
3 appointed, and shall be paid by the county treasurer on the
4 warrant of the county comptroller or other person authorized to
5 issue warrants on the county treasurer; and such salary and
6 reimbursement for expenses of such chiefs and probation
7 officers serving throughout such circuit or probation officer
8 district shall be apportioned between such counties on the
9 basis of their population as determined by the last national
10 census, and the respective portions thereof shall be paid by
11 the county treasurer upon warrants issued by the chairman or
12 president of the county board Chief Circuit Judge. All such
13 expenses after being certified by the chairman or president of
14 the county board Chief Circuit Judge, and approved by the board
15 of such county, shall be paid by the county treasurer on
16 warrant by the proper county officer. No probation officer
17 receiving compensation from any public funds under the
18 provisions of this Act shall receive any compensation, gift or
19 gratuity whatsoever from any person, firm or corporation for
20 doing or refraining from doing any official act in any way
21 connected with any proceeding then pending or about to be
22 instituted in any court with which the probation officer has to
23 do. Any probation officer receiving compensation from any
24 public funds under this Act, who receives any compensation,
25 gift or gratuity whatever from any person, firm or corporation
26 for doing or refraining from doing any official act in any way

 

 

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1 connected with any proceeding then pending or about to be
2 instituted in any court with which the probation officer has to
3 do, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished
4 accordingly, and shall be immediately removed.
5 (Source: P.A. 84-692.)
 
6     (730 ILCS 110/15)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7)
7     Sec. 15. (1) The State Supreme Court of Illinois may
8 establish an Office a Division of Probation Services whose
9 purpose shall be the development, establishment, promulgation,
10 and enforcement of uniform standards for probation services in
11 this State, and to otherwise carry out the intent of this Act.
12 The Agency Division may:
13         (a) establish qualifications for chief probation
14     officers and other probation and court services personnel
15     as to hiring, promotion, and training.
16         (b) make available, on a timely basis, lists of those
17     applicants whose qualifications meet the regulations
18     referred to herein, including on said lists all candidates
19     found qualified.
20         (c) establish a means of verifying the conditions for
21     reimbursement under this Act and develop criteria for
22     approved costs for reimbursement.
23         (d) develop standards and approve employee
24     compensation schedules for probation and court services
25     departments.

 

 

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1         (e) employ sufficient personnel in the Agency Division
2     to carry out the functions of the Agency Division.
3         (f) establish a system of training and establish
4     standards for personnel orientation and training.
5         (g) develop standards for a system of record keeping
6     for cases and programs, gather statistics, establish a
7     system of uniform forms, and develop research for planning
8     of Probation Services.
9         (h) develop standards to assure adequate support
10     personnel, office space, equipment and supplies, travel
11     expenses, and other essential items necessary for
12     Probation and Court Services Departments to carry out their
13     duties.
14         (i) review and approve annual plans submitted by
15     Probation and Court Services Departments.
16         (j) monitor and evaluate all programs operated by
17     Probation and Court Services Departments, and may include
18     in the program evaluation criteria such factors as the
19     percentage of Probation sentences for felons convicted of
20     Probationable offenses.
21         (k) seek the cooperation of local and State government
22     and private agencies to improve the quality of probation
23     and court services.
24         (l) where appropriate, establish programs and
25     corresponding standards designed to generally improve the
26     quality of probation and court services and reduce the rate

 

 

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1     of adult or juvenile offenders committed to the Department
2     of Corrections.
3         (m) establish such other standards and regulations and
4     do all acts necessary to carry out the intent and purposes
5     of this Act.
6     The Agency Division shall establish a model list of
7 structured intermediate sanctions that may be imposed by a
8 probation agency for violations of terms and conditions of a
9 sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision.
10     The State of Illinois shall provide for the costs of
11 personnel, travel, equipment, telecommunications, postage,
12 commodities, printing, space, contractual services and other
13 related costs necessary to carry out the intent of this Act.
14     (2) (a) Each county The chief judge of each circuit shall
15 provide full-time probation services for its county all
16 counties within the circuit, in a manner consistent with the
17 annual probation plan, the standards, policies, and
18 regulations established by the Agency Supreme Court. A
19 probation district of two or more counties within a circuit may
20 be created for the purposes of providing full-time probation
21 services. Every county or group of counties within a circuit
22 shall maintain a probation department which shall be under the
23 authority of the county board Chief Judge of the circuit or
24 some other judge designated by the Chief Judge. The county
25 board Chief Judge, through the Probation and Court Services
26 Department shall submit annual plans to the Agency Division for

 

 

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1 probation and related services.
2     (b) The county board Chief Judge of each circuit shall
3 appoint the Chief Probation Officer and all other probation
4 officers for its county in the his or her circuit from lists of
5 qualified applicants supplied by the Agency Supreme Court.
6 Candidates for chief managing officer and other probation
7 officer positions must apply with both the county and the
8 Agency Chief Judge of the circuit and the Supreme Court.
9     (3) A Probation and Court Service Department shall apply to
10 the Agency Supreme Court for funds for basic services, and may
11 apply for funds for new and expanded programs or Individualized
12 Services and Programs. Costs shall be reimbursed monthly based
13 on a plan and budget approved by the Agency Supreme Court. No
14 Department may be reimbursed for costs which exceed or are not
15 provided for in the approved annual plan and budget. After the
16 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985, each county must
17 provide basic services in accordance with the annual plan and
18 standards created by the Agency division. No department may
19 receive funds for new or expanded programs or individualized
20 services and programs unless they are in compliance with
21 standards as enumerated in paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of
22 this Section, the annual plan, and standards for basic
23 services.
24     (4) The Agency Division shall reimburse the county or
25 counties for probation services as follows:
26         (a) 100% of the salary of all chief managing officers

 

 

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1     designated as such by the county and the Agency Chief Judge
2     and the division.
3         (b) 100% of the salary for all probation officer and
4     supervisor positions approved for reimbursement by the
5     Agency division after April 1, 1984, to meet workload
6     standards and to implement intensive sanction and
7     probation supervision programs and other basic services as
8     defined in this Act.
9         (c) 100% of the salary for all secure detention
10     personnel and non-secure group home personnel approved for
11     reimbursement after December 1, 1990. For all such
12     positions approved for reimbursement before December 1,
13     1990, the counties shall be reimbursed $1,250 per month
14     beginning July 1, 1995, and an additional $250 per month
15     beginning each July 1st thereafter until the positions
16     receive 100% salary reimbursement. Allocation of such
17     positions will be based on comparative need considering
18     capacity, staff/resident ratio, physical plant and
19     program.
20         (d) $1,000 per month for salaries for the remaining
21     probation officer positions engaged in basic services and
22     new or expanded services. All such positions shall be
23     approved by the Agency division in accordance with this Act
24     and Agency division standards.
25         (e) 100% of the travel expenses in accordance with
26     Agency Division standards for all Probation positions

 

 

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1     approved under paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of this
2     Section.
3         (f) If the amount of funds reimbursed to the county
4     under paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection 4 of this
5     Section on an annual basis is less than the amount the
6     county had received during the 12 month period immediately
7     prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985,
8     then the Agency Division shall reimburse the amount of the
9     difference to the county. The effect of paragraph (b) of
10     subsection 7 of this Section shall be considered in
11     implementing this supplemental reimbursement provision.
12     (5) The Agency Division shall provide funds beginning on
13 April 1, 1987 for the counties to provide Individualized
14 Services and Programs as provided in Section 16 of this Act.
15     (6) A Probation and Court Services Department in order to
16 be eligible for the reimbursement must submit to the Agency
17 Supreme Court an application containing such information and in
18 such a form and by such dates as the Agency Supreme Court may
19 require. Departments to be eligible for funding must satisfy
20 the following conditions:
21         (a) The Department shall have on file with the Agency
22     Supreme Court an annual Probation plan for continuing,
23     improved, and new Probation and Court Services Programs
24     approved by the Agency Supreme Court or its designee. This
25     plan shall indicate the manner in which Probation and Court
26     Services will be delivered and improved, consistent with

 

 

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1     the minimum standards and regulations for Probation and
2     Court Services, as established by the Agency Supreme Court.
3     In counties with more than one Probation and Court Services
4     Department eligible to receive funds, all Departments
5     within that county must submit plans which are approved by
6     the Agency Supreme Court.
7         (b) The annual probation plan shall seek to generally
8     improve the quality of probation services and to reduce the
9     commitment of adult offenders to the Department of
10     Corrections and to reduce the commitment of juvenile
11     offenders to the Department of Juvenile Justice and shall
12     require, when appropriate, coordination with the
13     Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile
14     Justice, and the Department of Children and Family Services
15     in the development and use of community resources,
16     information systems, case review and permanency planning
17     systems to avoid the duplication of services.
18         (c) The Department shall be in compliance with
19     standards developed by the Agency Supreme Court for basic,
20     new and expanded services, training, personnel hiring and
21     promotion.
22         (d) The Department shall in its annual plan indicate
23     the manner in which it will support the rights of crime
24     victims and in which manner it will implement Article I,
25     Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution and in what manner
26     it will coordinate crime victims' support services with

 

 

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1     other criminal justice agencies within its jurisdiction,
2     including but not limited to, the State's Attorney, the
3     Sheriff and any municipal police department.
4     (7) No statement shall be verified by the Agency Supreme
5 Court or its designee or vouchered by the Comptroller unless
6 each of the following conditions have been met:
7         (a) The probation officer is a full-time employee
8     appointed by the Agency Chief Judge to provide probation
9     services.
10         (b) The probation officer, in order to be eligible for
11     State reimbursement, is receiving a salary of at least
12     $17,000 per year.
13         (c) The probation officer is appointed or was
14     reappointed in accordance with minimum qualifications or
15     criteria established by the Agency Supreme Court; however,
16     all probation officers appointed prior to January 1, 1978,
17     shall be exempted from the minimum requirements
18     established by the Agency Supreme Court. Payments shall be
19     made to counties employing these exempted probation
20     officers as long as they are employed in the position held
21     on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985.
22     Promotions shall be governed by minimum qualifications
23     established by the Agency Supreme Court.
24         (d) The Department has an established compensation
25     schedule approved by the Agency Supreme Court. The
26     compensation schedule shall include salary ranges with

 

 

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1     necessary increments to compensate each employee. The
2     increments shall, within the salary ranges, be based on
3     such factors as bona fide occupational qualifications,
4     performance, and length of service. Each position in the
5     Department shall be placed on the compensation schedule
6     according to job duties and responsibilities of such
7     position. The policy and procedures of the compensation
8     schedule shall be made available to each employee.
9     (8) In order to obtain full reimbursement of all approved
10 costs, each Department must continue to employ at least the
11 same number of probation officers and probation managers as
12 were authorized for employment for the fiscal year which
13 includes January 1, 1985. This number shall be designated as
14 the base amount of the Department. No positions approved by the
15 Agency Division under paragraph (b) of subsection 4 will be
16 included in the base amount. In the event that the Department
17 employs fewer Probation officers and Probation managers than
18 the base amount for a period of 90 days, funding received by
19 the Department under subsection 4 of this Section may be
20 reduced on a monthly basis by the amount of the current
21 salaries of any positions below the base amount.
22     (9) Before the 15th day of each month, the treasurer of any
23 county which has a Probation and Court Services Department, or
24 the treasurer of the most populous county, in the case of a
25 Probation or Court Services Department funded by more than one
26 county, shall submit an itemized statement of all approved

 

 

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1 costs incurred in the delivery of Basic Probation and Court
2 Services under this Act to the Agency Supreme Court. The
3 treasurer may also submit an itemized statement of all approved
4 costs incurred in the delivery of new and expanded Probation
5 and Court Services as well as Individualized Services and
6 Programs. The Agency Supreme Court or its designee shall verify
7 compliance with this Section and shall examine and audit the
8 monthly statement and, upon finding them to be correct, shall
9 forward them to the Comptroller for payment to the county
10 treasurer. In the case of payment to a treasurer of a county
11 which is the most populous of counties sharing the salary and
12 expenses of a Probation and Court Services Department, the
13 treasurer shall divide the money between the counties in a
14 manner that reflects each county's share of the cost incurred
15 by the Department.
16     (10) The county treasurer must certify that funds received
17 under this Section shall be used solely to maintain and improve
18 Probation and Court Services. The county or circuit shall
19 remain in compliance with all standards, policies and
20 regulations established by the Agency Supreme Court. If at any
21 time the Agency Supreme Court determines that a county or
22 circuit is not in compliance, the Agency Supreme Court shall
23 immediately notify the Chief Judge, county board chairman or
24 president and the Director of Court Services Chief Probation
25 Officer. If after 90 days of written notice the noncompliance
26 still exists, the Agency Supreme Court shall be required to

 

 

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1 reduce the amount of monthly reimbursement by 10%. An
2 additional 10% reduction of monthly reimbursement shall occur
3 for each consecutive month of noncompliance. Except as provided
4 in subsection 5 of Section 15, funding to counties shall
5 commence on April 1, 1986. Funds received under this Act shall
6 be used to provide for Probation Department expenses including
7 those required under Section 13 of this Act. The Mandatory
8 Arbitration Fund may be used to provide for Probation
9 Department expenses, including those required under Section 13
10 of this Act.
11     (11) The respective counties shall be responsible for
12 capital and space costs, fringe benefits, clerical costs,
13 equipment, telecommunications, postage, commodities and
14 printing.
15     (12) For purposes of this Act only, probation officers
16 shall be considered peace officers. In the exercise of their
17 official duties, probation officers, sheriffs, and police
18 officers may, anywhere within the State, arrest any probationer
19 who is in violation of any of the conditions of his or her
20 probation, conditional discharge, or supervision, and it shall
21 be the duty of the officer making the arrest to take the
22 probationer before the Court having jurisdiction over the
23 probationer for further order.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 94-839,
25 eff. 6-6-06; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 

 

 

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1     (730 ILCS 110/15.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7.1)
2     Sec. 15.1. Probation and Court Services Fund.
3     (a) The county treasurer in each county shall establish a
4 probation and court services fund consisting of fees collected
5 pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5-6-3 and subsection (i)
6 of Section 5-6-3.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
7 subsection (10) of Section 5-615 and subsection (5) of Section
8 5-715 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and paragraph 14.3 of
9 subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal
10 Procedure of 1963. The county treasurer shall disburse monies
11 from the fund only at the direction of the county board chief
12 judge of the circuit court in such circuit where the county is
13 located. The county treasurer of each county shall, on or
14 before January 10 of each year, submit an annual report to the
15 Agency Supreme Court.
16     (b) Monies in the probation and court services fund shall
17 be appropriated by the county board to be used within the
18 county or jurisdiction where collected in accordance with
19 policies and guidelines approved by the Agency Supreme Court
20 for the costs of operating the probation and court services
21 department or departments; however, except as provided in
22 subparagraph (g), monies in the probation and court services
23 fund shall not be used for the payment of salaries of probation
24 and court services personnel.
25     (c) Monies expended from the probation and court services
26 fund shall be used to supplement, not supplant, county

 

 

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1 appropriations for probation and court services.
2     (d) Interest earned on monies deposited in a probation and
3 court services fund may be used by the county for its ordinary
4 and contingent expenditures.
5     (e) The county board may appropriate moneys from the
6 probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
7 county board chief judge, to support programs that are part of
8 the continuum of juvenile delinquency intervention programs
9 which are or may be developed within the county. The grants
10 from the probation and court services fund shall be for no more
11 than one year and may be used for any expenses attributable to
12 the program including administration and oversight of the
13 program by the probation department.
14     (f) The county board may appropriate moneys from the
15 probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
16 county board chief judge, to support practices endorsed or
17 required under the Sex Offender Management Board Act, including
18 but not limited to sex offender evaluation, treatment, and
19 monitoring programs that are or may be developed within the
20 county.
21     (g) (Blank) For the State Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007
22 only, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
23 permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court
24 services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers
25 and other court services personnel whose salaries are
26 reimbursed under this Act if the State's FY2005, FY2006, or

 

 

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1 FY2007 appropriation to the Supreme Court for reimbursement to
2 counties for probation salaries and services is less than the
3 amount appropriated to the Supreme Court for these purposes for
4 State Fiscal Year 2004. The Administrative Office of the
5 Illinois Courts shall take into account each county's or
6 circuit's probation fee collections and expenditures when
7 apportioning the total reimbursement for each county or
8 circuit.
9     (h) The Agency Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
10 may permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court
11 services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers
12 and other court services personnel whose salaries are
13 reimbursed under this Act in any State fiscal year that the
14 appropriation for reimbursement to counties for probation
15 salaries and services is less than the amount appropriated to
16 the Agency Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal
17 Year 2002. The Agency Administrative Office of the Illinois
18 Courts shall take into account each county's or circuit's
19 probation fee collections and expenditures when appropriating
20 the total reimbursement for each county or circuit. Any amount
21 appropriated to the Agency Supreme Court in any State fiscal
22 year for the purpose of reimbursing Cook County for the
23 salaries and operations of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary
24 Detention Center shall not be counted in the total
25 appropriation to the Agency Supreme Court in that State fiscal
26 year for reimbursement to counties for probation salaries and

 

 

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1 services, for the purposes of this paragraph (h).
2 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707,
3 eff. 1-11-08.)
 
4     (730 ILCS 110/16)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-8)
5     Sec. 16. (1) The purpose of the Section is to encourage the
6 development of a coordinated justice system. It is the
7 legislative policy of the State to more effectively protect
8 society, to promote efficiency and economy in the delivery of
9 services to offenders and to encourage utilization of
10 appropriate sentencing alternatives to imprisonment in State
11 operated institutions. This Section shall be construed to
12 support the development of local individualized programs which
13 will:
14     (a) Provide a continuum of sanctions to increase sentencing
15 options to the judiciary of the State;
16     (b) Enable the Courts to utilize programs which enhance the
17 offender's ability to become a contributing member to his or
18 her community and which will increase the benefits to victims
19 and the communities through restitution;
20     (c) Increase sentencing alternatives for less serious
21 felony offenders and delinquent juveniles in order to reserve
22 prisons and jail beds for serious violent offenders.
23     (2) Any local plan for implementation of individualized
24 services and programs may include but are not limited to the
25 following:

 

 

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1     (a) Direct offender services - those services applied
2 directly to offenders, including job readiness, educational,
3 vocational, drug or alcohol treatment services; and
4     (b) Nonresidential rehabilitation programs - those
5 programs which comprise a coordinated network within the
6 justice system which expand sentencing options for the
7 judiciary, including drunk driver diversion programs, public
8 services employment, restitution collection; and
9     (c) Emergency services - including detoxification,
10 emergency shelter and support; and
11     (d) Assessment and evaluation services - reports or
12 diagnostic recommendations to provide the justice system with
13 accurate individualized case information, including mental
14 health, drug, alcohol, and living situation information; and
15     (e) Residential alternative sentencing programs - those
16 programs which provide expanded sentencing options for less
17 serious felony offenders and delinquent juveniles, including
18 mother and child unification programs.
19     The local plan must be directed in such a manner as to
20 emphasize an individualized approach to servicing offenders in
21 a strong community based system including probation as the
22 broker of services.
23     The local plan shall be limited to services and shall not
24 include costs for:
25     (a) capital expenditures;
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1     (c) personnel costs for Probation.
2     (3) A county may make application to the Agency Supreme
3 Court for funds to provide for Individualized Services and
4 Programs. The Department shall be in compliance with all
5 standards and regulations established by the Agency Division
6 for the delivery of basic Services and application shall be
7 part of the Department's annual Probation plan and shall set
8 forth the following:
9     (a) a statement of objectives for which said funds shall be
10 used;
11     (b) a statement of service needs based upon persons under
12 supervision of the Department;
13     (c) a statement of the type of services and programs to
14 provide for the individual needs of offenders;
15     (d) a budget indicating the costs of each service or
16 program to be funded under the plan;
17     (e) a summary of contracts and service agreements
18 indicating the treatment goals and number of offenders to be
19 served by each service provider; and
20     (f) a statement indicating that the individualized
21 services and programs will not be duplicating existing services
22 and programs.
23     Funds for this plan shall not supplant existing county
24 funded programs. The allocation of payments for adult and
25 juvenile services under the local plan shall be based on the
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1 departments covered by the local plan.
2     (4) A county or group of counties shall be eligible to
3 apply for an amount of funding not to exceed the same
4 proportionate share of total appropriations for Individualized
5 Services and Programs as the county or group of counties
6 received of total State reimbursements under subsection 4 of
7 Section 15 of this Act or previous Probation subsidy programs
8 in the prior State fiscal year. However the Agency Supreme
9 Court may waive this limitation to encourage the participation
10 of rural counties.
11     The Agency Supreme Court shall forward Individualized
12 Services and Programs allocations to the county treasurer as
13 provided in Section 15 of this Act. Each county shall receive,
14 maintain, and appropriate said funds in a separate line item
15 account of the probation department budget. In addition, the
16 Agency Supreme Court shall, upon approval of the annual plan,
17 forward 20% of the approved Individualized Services and
18 Programs allocations to the county treasurer to be deposited in
19 said line item account. Subsequent allocations shall be made to
20 the county on a monthly basis.
21     It shall be the responsibility of the county through the
22 probation budget and in accordance with county policy and
23 procedure to make payments for Individualized Services and
24 Programs.
25     At the end of the State of Illinois fiscal year, the county
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1 this account.
2     (5) The Agency Supreme Court shall be responsible for the
3 following:
4     (a) The Agency Supreme Court may review each Individualized
5 Services and Programs plan for compliance with standards
6 established for such plans. A plan may be approved as
7 submitted, approved with modifications, or rejected. No plan
8 shall be considered for approval if the circuit or county is
9 not in full compliance with all regulations, standards and
10 guidelines pertaining to the delivery of basic probation
11 services as established by the Agency Supreme Court.
12     (b) The Agency Supreme Court shall monitor on a continual
13 basis and shall evaluate annually both the program and its
14 fiscal activities in all counties receiving an allocation under
15 Individualized Services and Programs. Any program or service
16 which has not met the goals and objectives of its contract or
17 service agreement shall be subject to denial for funding in
18 subsequent years. The Agency Supreme Court shall evaluate the
19 effectiveness of Individualized Services and Programs in each
20 circuit or county. In determining the future funding for
21 Individualized Services and Programs under this Act, such
22 evaluation shall include, as a primary indicator of success, an
23 increased or maintained percentage of probation sentences for
24 felons convicted of probationable offenses.
25     (c) Any Individualized Services and Programs allocations
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1 be available for redistribution to approved plans for the
2 remainder of that fiscal year. Any county that invests local
3 moneys in the Individualized Services and Programs shall be
4 given first consideration for any redistribution of
5 allocations.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-639.)
 
7     (730 ILCS 110/16.1)
8     Sec. 16.1. Redeploy Illinois Program.
9     (a) The purpose of this Section is to encourage the
10 deinstitutionalization of juvenile offenders establishing
11 pilot projects in counties or groups of counties that
12 reallocate State funds from juvenile correctional confinement
13 to local jurisdictions, which will establish a continuum of
14 local, community-based sanctions and treatment alternatives
15 for juvenile offenders who would be incarcerated if those local
16 services and sanctions did not exist. The allotment of funds
17 will be based on a formula that rewards local jurisdictions for
18 the establishment or expansion of local alternatives to
19 incarceration, and requires them to pay for utilization of
20 incarceration as a sanction. This redeployment of funds shall
21 be made in a manner consistent with the Juvenile Court Act of
22 1987 and the following purposes and policies:
23         (1) The juvenile justice system should protect the
24     community, impose accountability to victims and
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1     offenders with competencies to live responsibly and
2     productively.
3         (2) Juveniles should be treated in the least
4     restrictive manner possible while maintaining the safety
5     of the community.
6         (3) A continuum of services and sanctions from least
7     restrictive to most restrictive should be available in
8     every community.
9         (4) There should be local responsibility and authority
10     for planning, organizing, and coordinating service
11     resources in the community. People in the community can
12     best choose a range of services which reflect community
13     values and meet the needs of their own youth.
14         (5) Juveniles who pose a threat to the community or
15     themselves need special care, including secure settings.
16     Such services as detention, long-term incarceration, or
17     residential treatment are too costly to provide in each
18     community and should be coordinated and provided on a
19     regional or Statewide basis.
20         (6) The roles of State and local government in creating
21     and maintaining services to youth in the juvenile justice
22     system should be clearly defined. The role of the State is
23     to fund services, set standards of care, train service
24     providers, and monitor the integration and coordination of
25     services. The role of local government should be to oversee
26     the provision of services.

 

 

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1     (b) Each county or circuit participating in the pilot
2 program must create a local plan demonstrating how it will
3 reduce the county or circuit's utilization of secure
4 confinement of juvenile offenders in the Illinois Department of
5 Juvenile Justice or county detention centers by the creation or
6 expansion of individualized services or programs that may
7 include but are not limited to the following:
8         (1) Assessment and evaluation services to provide the
9     juvenile justice system with accurate individualized case
10     information on each juvenile offender including mental
11     health, substance abuse, educational, and family
12     information;
13         (2) Direct services to individual juvenile offenders
14     including educational, vocational, mental health,
15     substance abuse, supervision, and service coordination;
16     and
17         (3) Programs that seek to restore the offender to the
18     community, such as victim offender panels, teen courts,
19     competency building, enhanced accountability measures,
20     restitution, and community service. The local plan must be
21     directed in such a manner as to emphasize an individualized
22     approach to providing services to juvenile offenders in an
23     integrated community based system including probation as
24     the broker of services. The plan must also detail the
25     reduction in utilization of secure confinement. The local
26     plan shall be limited to services and shall not include

 

 

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1     costs for:
2             (i) capital expenditures;
3             (ii) renovations or remodeling;
4             (iii) personnel costs for probation.
5     The local plan shall be submitted to the Department of
6 Human Services.
7     (c) A county or group of counties may develop an agreement
8 with the Department of Human Services to reduce their number of
9 commitments of juvenile offenders, excluding minors sentenced
10 based upon a finding of guilt of first degree murder or an
11 offense which is a Class X forcible felony as defined in the
12 Criminal Code of 1961, to the Department of Juvenile Justice,
13 and then use the savings to develop local programming for youth
14 who would otherwise have been committed to the Department of
15 Juvenile Justice. A county or group of counties shall agree to
16 limit their commitments to 75% of the level of commitments from
17 the average number of juvenile commitments for the past 3
18 years, and will receive the savings to redeploy for local
19 programming for juveniles who would otherwise be held in
20 confinement. For any county or group of counties with a
21 decrease of juvenile commitments of at least 25%, based on the
22 average reductions of the prior 3 years, which are chosen to
23 participate or continue as pilot sites, the Redeploy Illinois
24 Oversight Board has the authority to reduce the required
25 percentage of future commitments to achieve the purpose of this
26 Section. The agreement shall set forth the following:

 

 

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1         (1) a Statement of the number and type of juvenile
2     offenders from the county who were held in secure
3     confinement by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
4     or in county detention the previous year, and an
5     explanation of which, and how many, of these offenders
6     might be served through the proposed Redeploy Illinois
7     Program for which the funds shall be used;
8         (2) a Statement of the service needs of currently
9     confined juveniles;
10         (3) a Statement of the type of services and programs to
11     provide for the individual needs of the juvenile offenders,
12     and the research or evidence base that qualifies those
13     services and programs as proven or promising practices;
14         (4) a budget indicating the costs of each service or
15     program to be funded under the plan;
16         (5) a summary of contracts and service agreements
17     indicating the treatment goals and number of juvenile
18     offenders to be served by each service provider; and
19         (6) a Statement indicating that the Redeploy Illinois
20     Program will not duplicate existing services and programs.
21     Funds for this plan shall not supplant existing county
22     funded programs.
23     (d) (Blank).
24     (e) The Department of Human Services shall be responsible
25 for the following:
26         (1) Reviewing each Redeploy Illinois Program plan for

 

 

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1     compliance with standards established for such plans. A
2     plan may be approved as submitted, approved with
3     modifications, or rejected. No plan shall be considered for
4     approval if the circuit or county is not in full compliance
5     with all regulations, standards and guidelines pertaining
6     to the delivery of basic probation services as established
7     by the Agency Supreme Court.
8         (2) Monitoring on a continual basis and evaluating
9     annually both the program and its fiscal activities in all
10     counties receiving an allocation under the Redeploy
11     Illinois Program. Any program or service that has not met
12     the goals and objectives of its contract or service
13     agreement shall be subject to denial for funding in
14     subsequent years. The Department of Human Services shall
15     evaluate the effectiveness of the Redeploy Illinois
16     Program in each circuit or county. In determining the
17     future funding for the Redeploy Illinois Program under this
18     Act, the evaluation shall include, as a primary indicator
19     of success, a decreased number of confinement days for the
20     county's juvenile offenders.
21     (f) Any Redeploy Illinois Program allocations not applied
22 for and approved by the Department of Human Services shall be
23 available for redistribution to approved plans for the
24 remainder of that fiscal year. Any county that invests local
25 moneys in the Redeploy Illinois Program shall be given first
26 consideration for any redistribution of allocations.

 

 

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1 Jurisdictions participating in Redeploy Illinois that exceed
2 their agreed upon level of commitments to the Department of
3 Juvenile Justice shall reimburse the Department of Corrections
4 for each commitment above the agreed upon level.
5     (g) Implementation of Redeploy Illinois.
6         (1) Planning Phase.
7             (i) Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board. The
8         Department of Human Services shall convene an
9         oversight board to develop plans for a pilot Redeploy
10         Illinois Program. The Board shall include, but not be
11         limited to, designees from the Department of Juvenile
12         Justice, the Illinois Office of Probation Services
13         Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, the Illinois
14         Juvenile Justice Commission, the Illinois Criminal
15         Justice Information Authority, the Department of
16         Children and Family Services, the State Board of
17         Education, the Cook County State's Attorney, and a
18         State's Attorney selected by the President of the
19         Illinois State's Attorney's Association.
20             (ii) Responsibilities of the Redeploy Illinois
21         Oversight Board. The Oversight Board shall:
22                 (A) Identify jurisdictions to be invited in
23             the initial pilot program of Redeploy Illinois.
24                 (B) Develop a formula for reimbursement of
25             local jurisdictions for local and community-based
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1             Department of Juvenile Justice, as well as for any
2             charges for local jurisdictions for commitments
3             above the agreed upon limit in the approved plan.
4                 (C) Identify resources sufficient to support
5             the administration and evaluation of Redeploy
6             Illinois.
7                 (D) Develop a process and identify resources
8             to support on-going monitoring and evaluation of
9             Redeploy Illinois.
10                 (E) Develop a process and identify resources
11             to support training on Redeploy Illinois.
12                 (F) Report to the Governor and the General
13             Assembly on an annual basis on the progress of
14             Redeploy Illinois.
15             (iii) Length of Planning Phase. The planning phase
16         may last up to, but may in no event last longer than,
17         July 1, 2004.
18         (2) Pilot Phase. In the second phase of the Redeploy
19     Illinois program, the Department of Human Services shall
20     implement several pilot programs of Redeploy Illinois in
21     counties or groups of counties as identified by the
22     Oversight Board. Annual review of the Redeploy Illinois
23     program by the Oversight Board shall include
24     recommendations for future sites for Redeploy Illinois.
25 (Source: P.A. 93-641, eff. 12-31-03; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06;
26 94-1032, eff. 1-1-07.)