HB4266 EnrolledLRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 3. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is
5amended by changing Section 8.5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 120/8.5)
7    Sec. 8.5. Statewide victim and witness notification
8system.
9    (a) The Attorney General may establish a crime victim and
10witness notification system to assist public officials in
11carrying out their duties to notify and inform crime victims
12and witnesses under Section 4.5 of this Act or under
13subsections (a), (a-2), and (a-3) of Section 120 of the Sex
14Offender Community Notification Law as the Attorney General
15specifies by rule. The system shall download necessary
16information from participating officials into its computers,
17where it shall be maintained, updated, and automatically
18transmitted to victims and witnesses by telephone, computer, or
19written notice.
20    (b) The Illinois Department of Corrections, the Department
21of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services, and the
22Prisoner Review Board shall cooperate with the Attorney General
23in the implementation of this Section and shall provide

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 2 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1information as necessary to the effective operation of the
2system.
3    (c) State's attorneys, circuit court clerks, and local law
4enforcement and correctional authorities may enter into
5agreements with the Attorney General for participation in the
6system. The Attorney General may provide those who elect to
7participate with the equipment, software, or training
8necessary to bring their offices into the system.
9    (d) The provision of information to crime victims and
10witnesses through the Attorney General's notification system
11satisfies a given State or local official's corresponding
12obligation to provide the information.
13    (e) The Attorney General may provide for telephonic,
14electronic, or other public access to the database established
15under this Section.
16    (f) The Attorney General shall adopt rules as necessary to
17implement this Section. The rules shall include, but not be
18limited to, provisions for the scope and operation of any
19system the Attorney General may establish and procedures,
20requirements, and standards for entering into agreements to
21participate in the system and to receive equipment, software,
22or training.
23    (g) There is established in the Office of the Attorney
24General a Crime Victim and Witness Notification Advisory
25Committee consisting of those victims advocates, sheriffs,
26State's Attorneys, circuit court clerks, Illinois Department

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 3 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and
2Prisoner Review Board employees that the Attorney General
3chooses to appoint. The Attorney General shall designate one
4member to chair the Committee.
5        (1) The Committee shall consult with and advise the
6    Attorney General as to the exercise of the Attorney
7    General's authority under this Section, including, but not
8    limited to:
9            (i) the design, scope, and operation of the
10        notification system;
11            (ii) the content of any rules adopted to implement
12        this Section;
13            (iii) the procurement of hardware, software, and
14        support for the system, including choice of supplier or
15        operator; and
16            (iv) the acceptance of agreements with and the
17        award of equipment, software, or training to officials
18        that seek to participate in the system.
19        (2) The Committee shall review the status and operation
20    of the system and report any findings and recommendations
21    for changes to the Attorney General and the General
22    Assembly by November 1 of each year.
23        (3) The members of the Committee shall receive no
24    compensation for their services as members of the
25    Committee, but may be reimbursed for their actual expenses
26    incurred in serving on the Committee.

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 4 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1    (h) The Attorney General shall not release the names,
2addresses, phone numbers, personal identification numbers, or
3email addresses of any person registered to receive
4notifications to any other person except State or local
5officials using the notification system to satisfy the
6official's obligation to provide the information. The Attorney
7General may grant limited access to the Automated Victim
8Notification system (AVN) to law enforcement, prosecution, and
9other agencies that provide service to victims of violent crime
10to assist victims in enrolling and utilizing the AVN system.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1092, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
12    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
13changing Section 3-3-4 as follows:
 
14    (730 ILCS 5/3-3-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-4)
15    Sec. 3-3-4. Preparation for Parole Hearing.
16    (a) The Prisoner Review Board shall consider the parole of
17each eligible person committed to the Department of Corrections
18at least 30 days prior to the date he or she shall first become
19eligible for parole, and shall consider the aftercare release
20of each person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice
21as a delinquent at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the
22first year of confinement.
23    (b) A person eligible for parole or aftercare release
24shall, no less than 15 days in advance of his or her parole

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 5 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1interview, prepare a parole or aftercare release plan in
2accordance with the rules of the Prisoner Review Board. The
3person shall be assisted in preparing his or her parole or
4aftercare release plan by personnel of the Department of
5Corrections, or the Department of Juvenile Justice in the case
6of a person committed to that Department, and may, for this
7purpose, be released on furlough under Article 11 or on
8authorized absence under Section 3-9-4. The appropriate
9Department shall also provide assistance in obtaining
10information and records helpful to the individual for his or
11her parole hearing. If the person eligible for parole or
12aftercare release has a petition or any written submissions
13prepared on his or her behalf by an attorney or other
14representative, the attorney or representative for the person
15eligible for parole or aftercare release must serve by
16certified mail the State's Attorney of the county where he or
17she was prosecuted with the petition or any written submissions
1815 days after his or her parole interview. The State's Attorney
19shall provide the attorney for the person eligible for parole
20or aftercare release with a copy of his or her letter in
21opposition to parole or aftercare release via certified mail
22within 5 business days of the en banc hearing.
23    (c) Any member of the Board shall have access at all
24reasonable times to any committed person and to his or her
25master record file within the Department, and the Department
26shall furnish such a report to the Board concerning the conduct

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 6 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1and character of any such person prior to his or her parole
2interview.
3    (d) In making its determination of parole or aftercare
4release, the Board shall consider:
5        (1) material transmitted to the Department of Juvenile
6    Justice by the clerk of the committing court under Section
7    5-4-1 or Section 5-10 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section
8    5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
9        (2) the report under Section 3-8-2 or 3-10-2;
10        (3) a report by the Department and any report by the
11    chief administrative officer of the institution or
12    facility;
13        (4) a parole or aftercare release progress report;
14        (5) a medical and psychological report, if requested by
15    the Board;
16        (6) material in writing, or on film, video tape or
17    other electronic means in the form of a recording submitted
18    by the person whose parole or aftercare release is being
19    considered;
20        (7) material in writing, or on film, video tape or
21    other electronic means in the form of a recording or
22    testimony submitted by the State's Attorney and the victim
23    or a concerned citizen pursuant to the Rights of Crime
24    Victims and Witnesses Act; and
25        (8) the person's eligibility for commitment under the
26    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 7 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1    (e) The prosecuting State's Attorney's office shall
2receive from the Board reasonable written notice not less than
330 days prior to the parole or aftercare release interview and
4may submit relevant information by oral argument or testimony
5of victims and concerned citizens, or both, in writing, or on
6film, video tape or other electronic means or in the form of a
7recording to the Board for its consideration. Upon written
8request of the State's Attorney's office, the Prisoner Review
9Board shall hear protests to parole, or aftercare release,
10except in counties of 1,500,000 or more inhabitants where there
11shall be standing objections to all such petitions. If a
12State's Attorney who represents a county of less than 1,500,000
13inhabitants requests a protest hearing, the inmate's counsel or
14other representative shall also receive notice of such request.
15This hearing shall take place the month following the inmate's
16parole or aftercare release interview. If the inmate's parole
17or aftercare release interview is rescheduled then the Prisoner
18Review Board shall promptly notify the State's Attorney of the
19new date. The person eligible for parole or aftercare release
20shall be heard at the next scheduled en banc hearing date. If
21the case is to be continued, the State's Attorney's office and
22the attorney or representative for the person eligible for
23parole or aftercare release will be notified of any continuance
24within 5 business days. The State's Attorney may waive the
25written notice.
26    (f) The victim of the violent crime for which the prisoner

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 8 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1has been sentenced shall receive notice of a parole or
2aftercare release hearing as provided in paragraph (4) of
3subsection (d) of Section 4.5 of the Rights of Crime Victims
4and Witnesses Act.
5    (g) Any recording considered under the provisions of
6subsection (d)(6), (d)(7) or (e) of this Section shall be in
7the form designated by the Board. Such recording shall be both
8visual and aural. Every voice on the recording and person
9present shall be identified and the recording shall contain
10either a visual or aural statement of the person submitting
11such recording, the date of the recording and the name of the
12person whose parole or aftercare release eligibility is being
13considered. Such recordings shall be retained by the Board and
14shall be deemed to be submitted at any subsequent parole or
15aftercare release hearing if the victim or State's Attorney
16submits in writing a declaration clearly identifying such
17recording as representing the present position of the victim or
18State's Attorney regarding the issues to be considered at the
19parole or aftercare release hearing.
20    (h) The Board shall not release any material to the inmate,
21the inmate's attorney, any third party, or any other person
22containing any information from the victim or from a person
23related to the victim by blood, adoption, or marriage who has
24written objections, testified at any hearing, or submitted
25audio or visual objections to the inmate's parole, or aftercare
26release, unless provided with a waiver from that objecting

 

 

HB4266 Enrolled- 9 -LRB098 16014 RLC 51066 b

1party. The Board shall not release the names or addresses of
2any person on its victim registry to any other person except
3the victim, a law enforcement agency, or other victim
4notification system.
5(Source: P.A. 97-523, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1075, eff. 8-24-12;
697-1083, eff. 8-24-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-558, eff.
71-1-14.)