Full Text of SB2476 95th General Assembly
SB2476eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Commission to Study Disproportionate Justice Impact Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Purpose. There is created a Commission to Study | 7 |
| Disproportionate Justice Impact. The Commission shall: | 8 |
| (1) study the nature and extent of the harm caused to | 9 |
| minority communities through the practical application of | 10 |
| the violation and sentencing provisions of the Illinois | 11 |
| Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code of 1961, the Cannabis | 12 |
| Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the | 13 |
| Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, and | 14 |
| the Unified Code of Corrections; | 15 |
| (2) develop specific findings on the nature and extent | 16 |
| of the harm caused to minority communities; and | 17 |
| (3) offer recommendations for legislation and policy | 18 |
| changes to address the disproportionate impact that even | 19 |
| facially neutral laws can have on minority communities. | 20 |
| Section 10. Composition. The Commission shall be composed | 21 |
| of the following members: | 22 |
| (a) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate |
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| President, one of whom the President shall designate to | 2 |
| serve as co-chair, and two members of the Senate appointed | 3 |
| by the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 4 |
| (b) Two members of the House of Representatives | 5 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | 6 |
| one of whom the Speaker shall designate to serve as | 7 |
| co-chair, and two members of the House of Representatives | 8 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 9 |
| Representatives. | 10 |
| (c) The following persons or their designees: | 11 |
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the Attorney General, | 12 |
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the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook | 13 |
| County, | 14 |
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the Director of State Police, | 15 |
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the Superintendent of the Chicago Police | 16 |
| Department, | 17 |
| (5) the sheriff of Cook County, | 18 |
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the State Appellate Defender, | 19 |
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the Cook County Public Defender, | 20 |
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the Director of the Office of the State's | 21 |
| Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, | 22 |
| (9) the Cook County State's Attorney, | 23 |
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the Executive Director of the Criminal | 24 |
| Justice Information Authority, | 25 |
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the Director of Corrections, | 26 |
| (12) the Director of Juvenile Justice, and |
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the Executive Director of the Illinois | 2 |
| African-American Family Commission.
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| (d) The co-chairs may name up to 8 persons, | 4 |
| representing minority communities within Illinois, groups | 5 |
| involved in the improvement of the administration of | 6 |
| justice, behavioral health, criminal justice, law | 7 |
| enforcement, and the rehabilitation of former inmates, | 8 |
| community groups, and other interested parties.
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| Section 15. Compensation; support. The members of the | 10 |
| Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be | 11 |
| reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred as a result of | 12 |
| their duties as members of the Commission from funds | 13 |
| appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose. The | 14 |
| Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide staff and | 15 |
| administrative support services to the Commission. | 16 |
| Section 20. Meetings; report. The Commission shall hold | 17 |
| one or more public hearings, at which public testimony shall be | 18 |
| heard. The Commission shall report its findings and | 19 |
| recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December | 20 |
| 31, 2009, after which the Commission shall dissolve.
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