Full Text of HB3927 99th General Assembly
HB3927 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3927 Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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730 ILCS 5/3-3-8 | from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8 |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning length of parole, aftercare release, and mandatory supervised
release and discharge from parole, aftercare release, and mandatory supervised
release.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | | HB3927 | | LRB099 09174 RLC 29373 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-3-8 as follows:
| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-3-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-3-8. Length of parole, aftercare release, and | 8 | | mandatory supervised
release; discharge.) | 9 | | (a) The length of parole
for a person sentenced under the | 10 | | the law in effect prior to
the effective date of this | 11 | | amendatory Act of 1977 and the
length of mandatory supervised | 12 | | release for those sentenced
under the law in effect on and | 13 | | after such effective date
shall be as set out in Section 5-8-1 | 14 | | unless sooner terminated
under paragraph (b) of this Section. | 15 | | The aftercare release period
of a juvenile committed to the | 16 | | Department under the Juvenile
Court Act or the Juvenile Court | 17 | | Act of 1987 shall extend until he or she is 21
years of age | 18 | | unless sooner terminated under paragraph (b) of this Section.
| 19 | | (b) The Prisoner Review Board may enter an order
releasing | 20 | | and discharging one from parole, aftercare release, or | 21 | | mandatory
supervised release, and his or her commitment to the | 22 | | Department,
when it determines that he or she is likely to | 23 | | remain at liberty
without committing another offense.
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| 1 | | (b-1) Provided that the subject is in compliance with the | 2 | | terms and conditions of his or her parole, aftercare release, | 3 | | or mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board may | 4 | | reduce the period of a parolee or releasee's parole, aftercare | 5 | | release, or mandatory supervised release by 90 days upon the | 6 | | parolee or releasee receiving a high school diploma or upon | 7 | | passage of high school equivalency testing during the period of | 8 | | his or her parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised | 9 | | release. This reduction in the period of a subject's term of | 10 | | parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised release | 11 | | shall be available only to subjects who have not previously | 12 | | earned a high school diploma or who have not previously passed | 13 | | high school equivalency testing. | 14 | | (c) The order of discharge shall become effective upon | 15 | | entry of the
order of the Board. The Board shall notify the | 16 | | clerk of the committing
court of the order. Upon receipt of | 17 | | such copy, the clerk shall make an
entry on the record judgment | 18 | | that the sentence or commitment has been
satisfied pursuant to | 19 | | the order.
| 20 | | (d) Rights of the person discharged under this
Section | 21 | | shall be restored under Section 5-5-5. This Section is subject | 22 | | to
Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-531, eff. 1-1-12; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14; 98-718, | 24 | | eff. 1-1-15 .)
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