SB3259 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3259

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 167/15

Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(730 ILCS 167/15)

Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial circuit may establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program including a format under which it operates under this Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the discretion of the Chief Judge, be a separate court or a program of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties county in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.

(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)