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Public Act 094-0156
Public Act 0156 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0156 |
SB2090 Enrolled |
LRB094 11335 RLC 42178 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | changing Sections 3-6-3 and 5-4-1 as follows:
| (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
| Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and Regulations for Early Release.
| (a) (1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe | rules
and regulations for the early release on account of | good
conduct of persons committed to the Department which | shall
be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
| (2) The rules and regulations on early release shall | provide, with
respect to offenses committed on or after | June 19, 1998, the following:
| (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of | imprisonment for first
degree murder or for the offense | of terrorism shall receive no good conduct
credit and | shall serve the entire
sentence imposed by the court;
| (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt | to commit first
degree murder, solicitation of murder, | solicitation of murder for hire,
intentional homicide | of an unborn child, predatory criminal sexual assault | of a
child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, | criminal sexual assault, aggravated
kidnapping, | aggravated battery with a firearm, heinous battery, | aggravated
battery of a senior citizen, or aggravated | battery of a child shall receive no
more than 4.5 days | of good conduct credit for each month of his or her | sentence
of imprisonment; and
| (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence
for home | invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular | hijacking,
aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed |
| violence with a category I weapon
or category II | weapon, when the court
has made and entered a finding, | pursuant to subsection (c-1) of Section 5-4-1
of this | Code, that the conduct leading to conviction for the | enumerated offense
resulted in great bodily harm to a | victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days
of good | conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of | imprisonment.
| (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in | subdivision (a)(2)
committed on or after June 19, 1998, and | other than the offense of reckless
homicide as defined in | subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of
1961 | committed on or after January 1, 1999,
or aggravated | driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or | drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any | combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| Illinois Vehicle Code,
the rules and regulations shall
| provide that a prisoner who is serving a term of
| imprisonment shall receive one day of good conduct credit | for each day of
his or her sentence of imprisonment or | recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
Each day of good conduct | credit shall reduce by one day the prisoner's period
of | imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
| (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life | imprisonment or a
prisoner who has been sentenced to death | shall receive no good conduct
credit.
| (2.3) The rules and regulations on early release shall | provide that
a prisoner who is serving a sentence for | reckless homicide as defined in
subsection (e) of Section | 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 committed on or
after | January 1, 1999, or aggravated driving under the influence | of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound | or compounds, or any combination
thereof as defined in | subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
| Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive |
| no more than 4.5
days of good conduct credit for each month | of his or her sentence of
imprisonment.
| (2.4) The rules and regulations on early release shall | provide with
respect to the offenses of aggravated battery | with a machine gun or a firearm
equipped with any device or | attachment designed or used for silencing the
report of a | firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a | firearm
equipped with any device or attachment designed or | used for silencing the
report of a firearm, committed on or | after
July 15, 1999 ( the effective date of Public Act | 91-121)
this
amendatory Act of 1999 ,
that a prisoner | serving a sentence for any of these offenses shall receive | no
more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month | of his or her sentence
of imprisonment.
| (2.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | provide that a
prisoner who is serving a sentence for | aggravated arson committed on or after
July 27, 2001 ( the | effective date of Public Act 92-176)
this
amendatory Act of | the 92nd 93rd General Assembly shall receive no more than
| 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or | her sentence of
imprisonment.
| (3) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
| the Director may award up to 180 days additional good | conduct
credit for meritorious service in specific | instances as the
Director deems proper; except that no more | than 90 days
of good conduct credit for meritorious service
| shall be awarded to any prisoner who is serving a sentence | for
conviction of first degree murder, reckless homicide | while under the
influence of alcohol or any other drug,
or | aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other | drug or drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or | any combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| Illinois Vehicle Code, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping,
| predatory criminal sexual assault of a child,
aggravated | criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, deviate |
| sexual
assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, | aggravated indecent liberties
with a child, indecent | liberties with a child, child pornography, heinous
| battery, aggravated battery of a spouse, aggravated | battery of a spouse
with a firearm, stalking, aggravated | stalking, aggravated battery of a child,
endangering the | life or health of a child, cruelty to a child, or narcotic
| racketeering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, good conduct | credit for
meritorious service shall not be awarded on a
| sentence of imprisonment imposed for conviction of: (i) one | of the offenses
enumerated in subdivision (a)(2) when the | offense is committed on or after
June 19, 1998, (ii) | reckless homicide as
defined in subsection (e) of Section | 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 when
the offense is | committed on or after January 1, 1999,
or aggravated | driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or | drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any | combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| Illinois Vehicle Code, (iii) one of the offenses enumerated | in subdivision
(a)(2.4) when the offense is committed on or | after
July 15, 1999 ( the effective date of Public Act | 91-121)
this
amendatory Act of 1999 ,
or (iv) aggravated | arson when the offense is committed
on or after July 27, | 2001 ( the effective date of Public Act 92-176)
this | amendatory Act of the 92nd 93rd General Assembly .
| (4) The rules and regulations shall also provide that | the good conduct
credit accumulated and retained under | paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) of
this Section by any | inmate during specific periods of time in which such
inmate | is engaged full-time in substance abuse programs, | correctional
industry assignments, or educational programs | provided by the Department
under this paragraph (4) and | satisfactorily completes the assigned program as
| determined by the standards of the Department, shall be | multiplied by a factor
of 1.25 for program participation |
| before August 11, 1993
and 1.50 for program participation | on or after that date.
However, no inmate shall be eligible | for the additional good conduct credit
under this paragraph | (4) while assigned to a boot camp, mental health unit,
or | electronic detention, or if convicted of an offense | enumerated in
paragraph (a)(2) of this Section that is | committed on or after June 19,
1998, or if convicted of | reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of
Section | 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense is | committed on or
after January 1, 1999,
or aggravated | driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or | drugs, or
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any | combination thereof as defined in
subparagraph (F) of | paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
| Illinois Vehicle Code, or if convicted of an offense | enumerated in paragraph
(a)(2.4) of this Section that is | committed on or after
July 15, 1999 ( the effective date of | Public Act 91-121)
this
amendatory Act of 1999 ,
or first | degree murder, a Class X felony, criminal sexual
assault, | felony criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual | abuse,
aggravated battery with a firearm, or any | predecessor or successor offenses
with the same or | substantially the same elements, or any inchoate offenses
| relating to the foregoing offenses. No inmate shall be | eligible for the
additional good conduct credit under this | paragraph (4) who (i) has previously
received increased | good conduct credit under this paragraph (4) and has
| subsequently been convicted of a
felony, or (ii) has | previously served more than one prior sentence of
| imprisonment for a felony in an adult correctional | facility.
| Educational, vocational, substance abuse and | correctional
industry programs under which good conduct | credit may be increased under
this paragraph (4) shall be | evaluated by the Department on the basis of
documented | standards. The Department shall report the results of these
|
| evaluations to the Governor and the General Assembly by | September 30th of each
year. The reports shall include data | relating to the recidivism rate among
program | participants.
| Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
| limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General | Assembly for these
purposes. Eligible inmates who are | denied immediate admission shall be
placed on a waiting | list under criteria established by the Department.
The | inability of any inmate to become engaged in any such | programs
by reason of insufficient program resources or for | any other reason
established under the rules and | regulations of the Department shall not be
deemed a cause | of action under which the Department or any employee or
| agent of the Department shall be liable for damages to the | inmate.
| (4.5) The rules and regulations on early release shall | also provide that
when the court's sentencing order | recommends a prisoner for substance abuse treatment
a | prisoner who is serving a sentence for a crime committed as | a result of the
use of, abuse of, or addiction to alcohol | or a controlled substance and the
crime was committed on or | after September 1, 2003 ( the effective date of
Public Act | 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no good conduct credit | awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
this | Amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
shall receive | no good conduct credit until he or she participates in and
| completes a substance abuse treatment program. The | Director may waive the requirement to participate in or | complete a substance abuse treatment program and award the | good conduct credit in specific instances if the prisoner | is not a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment | program for medical, programming or operational reasons.
| Good conduct credit awarded
under clauses (2), (3), and (4) | of this subsection (a) for crimes committed on
or after
the | effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General |
| Assembly is subject to the provisions of this clause (4.5).
| If the prisoner completes a substance abuse treatment | program, the Department
may award good conduct credit for | the time spent in treatment. Availability of
substance | abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of fiscal | resources
appropriated by the General Assembly for these | purposes. If treatment is not
available and the requirement | to participate and complete the treatment has not been | waived by the Director , the prisoner shall be placed on a | waiting list under criteria
established by the Department. | The Director
Department may allow
require a prisoner placed | on
a waiting list to participate in and complete
attend a | substance abuse education class or attend substance
abuse | self-help meetings in lieu of a substance abuse treatment | program. A prisoner on a waiting list who is not placed in | a substance abuse program prior to release may be eligible | for a waiver and receive good conduct credit under clause | (3) of this subsection (a) at the discretion of the | Director . A prisoner may not lose good conduct credit as a
| result of being placed on a waiting list. A prisoner placed | on a waiting list
remains eligible for increased good | conduct credit for participation in an
educational, | vocational, or correctional industry program under clause | (4) of
subsection (a) of this Section.
| (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate | earlier than it
otherwise would because of a grant of good | conduct credit for meritorious
service given at any time | during the term, the Department shall give
reasonable | advance notice of the impending release to the State's
| Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate | took place.
| (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
| several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
| shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
| forfeiting of good time.
| (c) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
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| for revoking good conduct credit, or suspending or reducing
the | rate of accumulation of good conduct credit for specific
rule | violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
| shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
| year of good conduct credit for any one infraction.
| When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce
the | rate of accumulation of any good conduct credits for
an alleged | infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
therefor | against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
good conduct | credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
provided in | subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this
Code, if the | amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or
when during any 12 | month period, the cumulative amount of
credit revoked exceeds | 30 days except where the infraction is committed
or discovered | within 60 days of scheduled release. In those cases,
the | Department of Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of good | conduct credit.
The Board may subsequently approve the | revocation of additional good
conduct credit, if the Department | seeks to revoke good conduct credit in
excess of 30 days. | However, the Board shall not be empowered to review the
| Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30 days of | good conduct
credit within any calendar year for any prisoner | or to increase any penalty
beyond the length requested by the | Department.
| The Director of the Department of Corrections, in | appropriate cases, may
restore up to 30 days good conduct | credits which have been revoked, suspended
or reduced. Any | restoration of good conduct credits in excess of 30 days shall
| be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board. However, the | Board may not
restore good conduct credit in excess of the | amount requested by the Director.
| Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | Prisoner Review Board
from ordering, pursuant to Section | 3-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up
to one year of the | sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
| accumulation of good conduct credit.
|
| (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or | federal court
against the State, the Department of Corrections, | or the Prisoner Review Board,
or against any of
their officers | or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a
| pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is | frivolous, the
Department of Corrections shall conduct a | hearing to revoke up to
180 days of good conduct credit by | bringing charges against the prisoner
sought to be deprived of | the good conduct credits before the Prisoner Review
Board as | provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
| If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of good conduct | credit at the
time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review | Board may revoke all
good conduct credit accumulated by the | prisoner.
| For purposes of this subsection (d):
| (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other | filing which
purports to be a legal document filed by a | prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets
any or all of the | following criteria:
| (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in | fact;
| (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose, | such as to harass or
to cause unnecessary delay or | needless increase in the cost of litigation;
| (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal | contentions therein are not
warranted by existing law | or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
| modification, or reversal of existing law or the | establishment of new law;
| (D) the allegations and other factual contentions | do not have
evidentiary
support or, if specifically so | identified, are not likely to have evidentiary
support | after a reasonable opportunity for further | investigation or discovery;
or
| (E) the denials of factual contentions are not | warranted on the
evidence, or if specifically so |
| identified, are not reasonably based on a lack
of | information or belief.
| (2) "Lawsuit" means a petition for post-conviction | relief under Article
122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure | of 1963, a motion pursuant to Section
116-3 of the Code of | Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus action under
| Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or under federal | law (28 U.S.C. 2254),
a petition for claim under the Court | of Claims Act or an action under the
federal Civil Rights | Act (42 U.S.C. 1983).
| (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593
this amendatory | Act of
1998 affects the validity of Public Act 89-404.
| (Source: P.A. 92-176, eff. 7-27-01; 92-854, eff. 12-5-02; | 93-213, eff.
7-18-03; 93-354, eff. 9-1-03; revised 10-15-03.)
| (730 ILCS 5/5-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1)
| Sec. 5-4-1. Sentencing Hearing.
| (a) Except when the death penalty is
sought under hearing | procedures otherwise specified, after a
determination of | guilt, a hearing shall be held to impose the sentence.
However, | prior to the imposition of sentence on an individual being
| sentenced for an offense based upon a charge for a violation of | Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar | provision of a local
ordinance, the individual must undergo a | professional evaluation to
determine if an alcohol or other | drug abuse problem exists and the extent
of such a problem. | Programs conducting these evaluations shall be
licensed by the | Department of Human Services. However, if the individual is
not | a resident of Illinois, the court
may, in its discretion, | accept an evaluation from a program in the state of
such | individual's residence. The court may in its sentencing order | approve an
eligible defendant for placement in a Department of | Corrections impact
incarceration program as provided in | Section 5-8-1.1 or 5-8-1.3. The court may in its sentencing | order recommend a defendant for placement in a Department of | Corrections substance abuse treatment program as provided in |
| paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of Section 3-2-2 conditioned | upon the defendant being accepted in a program by the | Department of Corrections. At the
hearing the court
shall:
| (1) consider the evidence, if any, received upon the | trial;
| (2) consider any presentence reports;
| (3) consider the financial impact of incarceration | based on the
financial impact statement filed with the | clerk of the court by the
Department of Corrections;
| (4) consider evidence and information offered by the | parties in
aggravation and mitigation; | (4.5) consider substance abuse treatment, eligibility | screening, and an assessment, if any, of the defendant by | an agent designated by the State of Illinois to provide | assessment services for the Illinois courts;
| (5) hear arguments as to sentencing alternatives;
| (6) afford the defendant the opportunity to make a | statement in his
own behalf;
| (7) afford the victim of a violent crime or a violation | of Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a | similar provision of a local
ordinance, or a qualified | individual affected by: (i) a violation of Section
405, | 405.1, 405.2, or 407 of the Illinois Controlled Substances | Act,
or (ii) a Class 4 felony violation of Section 11-14, | 11-15, 11-17, 11-18,
11-18.1, or 11-19 of the Criminal Code | of 1961,
committed by the defendant the opportunity to make | a statement
concerning the impact on the victim and to | offer evidence in aggravation or
mitigation; provided that | the statement and evidence offered in aggravation
or | mitigation must first be prepared in writing in conjunction | with the
State's Attorney before it may be presented orally | at the hearing. Any
sworn testimony offered by the victim | is subject to the defendant's right
to cross-examine. All | statements and evidence offered under this paragraph
(7) | shall become part of the record of the court. For the | purpose of this
paragraph (7), "qualified individual" |
| means any person who (i) lived or worked
within the | territorial jurisdiction where the offense took place when | the
offense took place;
and (ii) is familiar with various | public places within the territorial
jurisdiction where
| the offense took place when the offense took place. For the | purposes of
this paragraph (7), "qualified individual" | includes any peace officer,
or any member of any duly | organized State, county, or municipal peace unit
assigned | to the territorial jurisdiction where the offense took | place when the
offense took
place;
| (8) in cases of reckless homicide afford the victim's | spouse,
guardians, parents or other immediate family | members an opportunity to make
oral statements; and
| (9) in cases involving a felony sex offense as defined | under the Sex
Offender
Management Board Act, consider the | results of the sex offender evaluation
conducted pursuant | to Section 5-3-2 of this Act.
| (b) All sentences shall be imposed by the judge based upon | his
independent assessment of the elements specified above and | any agreement
as to sentence reached by the parties. The judge | who presided at the
trial or the judge who accepted the plea of | guilty shall impose the
sentence unless he is no longer sitting | as a judge in that court. Where
the judge does not impose | sentence at the same time on all defendants
who are convicted | as a result of being involved in the same offense, the
| defendant or the State's Attorney may advise the sentencing | court of the
disposition of any other defendants who have been | sentenced.
| (c) In imposing a sentence for a violent crime or for an | offense of
operating or being in physical control of a vehicle | while under the
influence of alcohol, any other drug or any | combination thereof, or a
similar provision of a local | ordinance, when such offense resulted in the
personal injury to | someone other than the defendant, the trial judge shall
specify | on the record the particular evidence, information, factors in
| mitigation and aggravation or other reasons that led to his |
| sentencing
determination. The full verbatim record of the | sentencing hearing shall be
filed with the clerk of the court | and shall be a public record.
| (c-1) In imposing a sentence for the offense of aggravated | kidnapping for
ransom, home invasion, armed robbery, | aggravated vehicular hijacking,
aggravated discharge of a | firearm, or armed violence with a category I weapon
or category | II weapon,
the trial judge shall make a finding as to whether | the conduct leading to
conviction for the offense resulted in | great bodily harm to a victim, and
shall enter that finding and | the basis for that finding in the record.
| (c-2) If the defendant is sentenced to prison, other than | when a sentence of
natural life imprisonment or a sentence of | death is imposed, at the time
the sentence is imposed the judge | shall
state on the record in open court the approximate period | of time the defendant
will serve in custody according to the | then current statutory rules and
regulations for early release | found in Section 3-6-3 and other related
provisions of this | Code. This statement is intended solely to inform the
public, | has no legal effect on the defendant's actual release, and may | not be
relied on by the defendant on appeal.
| The judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the | sentence, other than
when the sentence is imposed for one of | the offenses enumerated in paragraph
(a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, | shall include the following:
| "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of | the actual period
of time this defendant is likely to spend in | prison as a result of this
sentence. The actual period of | prison time served is determined by the
statutes of Illinois as | applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of
| Corrections and
the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this | case, assuming the defendant
receives all of his or her good | conduct credit, the period of estimated actual
custody is ... | years and ... months, less up to 180 days additional good
| conduct credit for meritorious service. If the defendant, | because of his or
her own misconduct or failure to comply with |
| the institutional regulations,
does not receive those credits, | the actual time served in prison will be
longer. The defendant | may also receive an additional one-half day good conduct
credit | for each day of participation in vocational, industry, | substance abuse,
and educational programs as provided for by | Illinois statute."
| When the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses | enumerated in paragraph
(a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, other than | when the sentence is imposed for one of the
offenses enumerated | in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3 committed on or after
June | 19, 1998, and other than when the sentence is imposed for
| reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3 | of the Criminal
Code of 1961 if the offense was committed on or | after January 1, 1999, and
other than when the sentence is | imposed for aggravated arson if the offense was
committed on or | after July 27, 2001 ( the effective date of Public Act
92-176)
| this amendatory Act of the 92nd 93rd General Assembly , the
| judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the sentence, | shall include
the following:
| "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of | the actual period
of time this defendant is likely to spend in | prison as a result of this
sentence. The actual period of | prison time served is determined by the
statutes of Illinois as | applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of
| Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this | case,
assuming the defendant
receives all of his or her good | conduct credit, the period of estimated actual
custody is ... | years and ... months, less up to 90 days additional good
| conduct credit for meritorious service. If the defendant, | because of his or
her own misconduct or failure to comply with | the institutional regulations,
does not receive those credits, | the actual time served in prison will be
longer. The defendant | may also receive an additional one-half day good conduct
credit | for each day of participation in vocational, industry, | substance abuse,
and educational programs as provided for by | Illinois statute."
|
| When the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses | enumerated in paragraph
(a)(2) of Section 3-6-3, other than | first degree murder, and the offense was
committed on or after | June 19, 1998, and when the sentence is imposed for
reckless | homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3 of the | Criminal
Code of 1961 if the offense was committed on or after | January 1, 1999,
and when the sentence is imposed for | aggravated driving under the influence
of alcohol, other drug | or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or
any | combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph | (1) of
subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle | Code, and when
the sentence is imposed for aggravated arson if | the offense was committed
on or after July 27, 2001 ( the | effective date of Public Act 92-176)
this amendatory Act of the | 92nd 93rd General Assembly , the judge's
statement, to be given | after pronouncing the sentence, shall include the
following:
| "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of | the actual period
of time this defendant is likely to spend in | prison as a result of this
sentence. The actual period of | prison time served is determined by the
statutes of Illinois as | applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of
| Corrections and
the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this | case,
the defendant is entitled to no more than 4 1/2 days of | good conduct credit for
each month of his or her sentence of | imprisonment. Therefore, this defendant
will serve at least 85% | of his or her sentence. Assuming the defendant
receives 4 1/2 | days credit for each month of his or her sentence, the period
| of estimated actual custody is ... years and ... months. If the | defendant,
because of his or her own misconduct or failure to | comply with the
institutional regulations receives lesser | credit, the actual time served in
prison will be longer."
| When a sentence of imprisonment is imposed for first degree | murder and
the offense was committed on or after June 19, 1998, | the judge's statement,
to be given after pronouncing the | sentence, shall include the following:
| "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of |
| the actual period
of time this defendant is likely to spend in | prison as a result of this
sentence. The actual period of | prison time served is determined by the
statutes of Illinois as | applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department
of | Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this | case, the
defendant is not entitled to good conduct credit. | Therefore, this defendant
will serve 100% of his or her | sentence."
| When the sentencing order recommends placement in a | substance abuse program
sentence is imposed for any offense | that results in incarceration
in a Department of Corrections | facility committed as a result of the use of,
abuse of, or | addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance and the crime | was
committed on or after September 1, 2003 ( the effective date | of Public Act
93-354)
this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | Assembly , the judge's
statement, in addition to any other | judge's statement required under this
Section, to be given | after pronouncing the sentence, shall include the
following:
| "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of
| the actual period of time this defendant is likely to spend in
| prison as a result of this sentence. The actual period of
| prison time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois as
| applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of
| Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this
| case, the defendant shall receive no good conduct credit under | clause (3) of subsection (a) of Section 3-6-3 until he or
she | participates in and completes a substance abuse treatment | program or receives a waiver from the Director of Corrections | pursuant to clause (4.5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-6-3 ."
| (d) When the defendant is committed to the Department of
| Corrections, the State's Attorney shall and counsel for the | defendant
may file a statement with the clerk of the court to | be transmitted to
the department, agency or institution to | which the defendant is
committed to furnish such department, | agency or institution with the
facts and circumstances of the | offense for which the person was
committed together with all |
| other factual information accessible to them
in regard to the | person prior to his commitment relative to his habits,
| associates, disposition and reputation and any other facts and
| circumstances which may aid such department, agency or | institution
during its custody of such person. The clerk shall | within 10 days after
receiving any such statements transmit a | copy to such department, agency
or institution and a copy to | the other party, provided, however, that
this shall not be | cause for delay in conveying the person to the
department, | agency or institution to which he has been committed.
| (e) The clerk of the court shall transmit to the | department,
agency or institution, if any, to which the | defendant is committed, the
following:
| (1) the sentence imposed;
| (2) any statement by the court of the basis for | imposing the sentence;
| (3) any presentence reports;
| (3.5) any sex offender evaluations;
| (3.6) any substance abuse treatment eligibility | screening and assessment of the defendant by an agent | designated by the State of Illinois to provide assessment | services for the Illinois courts;
| (4) the number of days, if any, which the defendant has | been in
custody and for which he is entitled to credit | against the sentence,
which information shall be provided | to the clerk by the sheriff;
| (4.1) any finding of great bodily harm made by the | court with respect
to an offense enumerated in subsection | (c-1);
| (5) all statements filed under subsection (d) of this | Section;
| (6) any medical or mental health records or summaries | of the defendant;
| (7) the municipality where the arrest of the offender | or the commission
of the offense has occurred, where such | municipality has a population of
more than 25,000 persons;
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| (8) all statements made and evidence offered under | paragraph (7) of
subsection (a) of this Section; and
| (9) all additional matters which the court directs the | clerk to
transmit.
| (Source: P.A. 92-176, eff. 7-27-01; 92-806, eff. 1-1-03; | 93-213, eff.
7-18-03; 93-317, eff. 1-1-04; 93-354, eff. 9-1-03; | 93-616, eff. 1-1-04; revised 12-9-03.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 7/8/2005
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