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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 18

 
2     WHEREAS, On January 1, 2009, Public Act 95-773, known as
3 the Cindy Bischof Law, took effect; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The Law requires that when a person is charged
5 with a violation of an order of protection, the court shall
6 order the respondent to undergo a risk assessment and based on
7 the results of the risk assessment and the other circumstances
8 of the violation, it permits the court to order that the
9 person, as a condition of bail, be placed under electronic
10 surveillance and it permits the court to order an offender who
11 is sentenced to probation or conditional discharge for a
12 violation of an order of protection to be placed under
13 electronic surveillance; and the Law requires that, as a
14 condition of parole or mandatory supervised release, a person
15 convicted of a violation of an order of protection must be
16 placed under electronic surveillance; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The Law requires the supervising authority to use
18 the best available global positioning technology to track
19 domestic violence offenders; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that a Task Force to
21 facilitate the implementation of the Cindy Bischof Law is
22 necessary; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
3 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Cindy Bischof Law
4 Implementation Task Force is created within the Illinois
5 Department of Corrections; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of 22 members
7 appointed as follows:
8         (1) 2 members appointed by the President of the Senate
9     of which one member shall be a Senator and one shall be a
10     member of the public;    
11         (2) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
12     Senate of which one member shall be a Senator and one shall
13     be a member of the public;
14         (3) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
15     Representatives of which one member shall be a
16     Representative and one shall be a member of the public;
17         (4) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
18     House of Representatives of which one member shall be a
19     Representative and one shall be a member of the public;
20         (5) one member representing the Illinois Attorney
21     General appointed by the Attorney General;
22         (6) one member representing the Administrative Office
23     of the Illinois Courts appointed by the Director of the
24     Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts;

 

 

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1         (7) one member representing the Office of the Governor
2     appointed by the Governor;
3         (8) one member representing the Illinois Family
4     Violence Coordinating Council appointed by that Council;
5         (9) one member representing the Illinois Department of
6     Human Services, Bureau of Domestic & Sexual Violence
7     Prevention appointed by the Secretary of Human Services;
8         (10) one member representing the Illinois Department
9     of Corrections-Parole Division appointed by the Director
10     of Corrections;
11         (11) one member representing the Illinois State's
12     Attorneys Association appointed by that Association;
13         (12) one member representing the Illinois Association
14     of Chiefs of Police appointed by that Association;
15         (13) one member representing the Illinois Sheriffs'
16     Association appointed by that Association;
17         (14) one member representing the Chicago Metropolitan
18     Battered Women's Network appointed by that Network;
19         (15) one member representing the Illinois Coalition
20     Against Domestic Violence appointed by that Coalition;
21         (16) one member representing the Office of the Cook
22     County State's Attorney appointed by the Cook County
23     State's Attorney;
24         (17) one member representing the Illinois Probation
25     and Court Services Departments appointed by the Director of
26     the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts; and

 

 

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1         (18) one member representing the Cook County Adult
2     Probation Services Department appointed by the chief
3     probation officer of Cook County; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall choose its chairperson
5 and such other officers as it deems necessary; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall facilitate the
8 implementation of the Cindy Bischof Law and study the progress
9 of implementation of the Cindy Bischof Law; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall receive
11 no compensation as members of the Task Force but may be
12 reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by the members in
13 performance of their duties as members of the Task Force from
14 appropriations made for such purpose; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall make its
16 recommendations on the progress of implementation of the Cindy
17 Bischof Law and shall submit a report of its findings to the
18 Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2009 and
19 shall make quarterly reports to the Governor and the General
20 Assembly thereafter.