SB3085sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 3/8/2010

09600SB3085sam001 LRB096 19716 RLC 37933 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3085

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3085 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"(705 ILCS 405/5-121 rep.)

Section 5.The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by repealing Section 5-121.

Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-2.5-65 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-65)

Sec. 3-2.5-65. Juvenile Advisory Board.

(a) There is created a Juvenile Advisory Board composed of 11 persons, appointed by the Governor to advise the Director on matters pertaining to juvenile offenders. The members of the Board shall be qualified for their positions by demonstrated interest in and knowledge of juvenile correctional work consistent with the definition of purpose and mission of the Department in Section 3-2.5-5 and shall not be officials of the State in any other capacity. The members under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be appointed as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and be appointed to staggered terms 3 each expiring in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and 2 of the members' terms expiring in 2010. Thereafter all members will serve for a term of 6 years, except that members shall continue to serve until their replacements are appointed. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner for the remainder of the term. The Director of Juvenile Justice shall be an ex officio member of the Board. The Board shall elect a chair from among its appointed members. The Director shall serve as secretary of the Board. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall meet quarterly and at other times at the call of the chair.

(b) The Board shall:

(1) Advise the Director concerning policy matters and programs of the Department with regard to the custody, care, study, discipline, training, and treatment of juveniles in the State juvenile correctional institutions and for the care and supervision of juveniles released on parole.

(2) Establish, with the Director and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor, outcome measures for the Department in order to ascertain that it is successfully fulfilling the mission mandated in Section 3-2.5-5 of this Code. The annual results of the Department's work as defined by those measures shall be approved by the Board and shall be included in an annual report transmitted to the Governor and General Assembly jointly by the Director and the Board.

(3) Study the impact of, develop timelines, and propose a funding structure to accommodate the expansion of the jurisdiction of the Illinois Juvenile Court to include youth age 17 under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The Board shall submit a report by December 1, 2010 to the General Assembly with recommendations on extending juvenile court jurisdiction to youth age 17 charged with felony offenses.

(c) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Illinois Juvenile Jurisdiction Task Force created by Public Act 95-1031 is abolished and its duties are transferred to the Juvenile Advisory Board as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (b).

(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".