Public Act 90-0402 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0402

SB171 Enrolled                                 LRB9001868RCks

    AN ACT to  amend  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  by
changing Section 5-6.

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

    Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended  by
changing Section 5-6 as follows:

    (705 ILCS 405/5-6) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-6)
    Sec.  5-6.   Duty of officer; admissions by minor.  (1) A
law enforcement officer who takes a minor into custody with a
warrant shall immediately make a reasonable attempt to notify
the parent  or  other  person  legally  responsible  for  the
minor's  care  or the person with whom the minor resides that
the minor has been taken into custody and where he or she  is
being  held;  and the officer shall without unnecessary delay
take  the  minor  to  the  nearest  juvenile  police  officer
designated for such purposes in the county of venue or  shall
surrender  the minor to a juvenile police officer in the city
or  village  where  the  offense  is  alleged  to  have  been
committed.
    The minor shall be delivered without unnecessary delay to
the court or to the place designated  by  rule  or  order  of
court for the reception of minors.
    (2)  A  law  enforcement  officer  who takes a minor into
custody without a warrant under Section  5-5  shall,  if  the
minor  is not released, immediately make a reasonable attempt
to notify the parent or other person legally responsible  for
the  minor's  care  or the person with whom the minor resides
that the minor has been taken  into  custody  and  where  the
minor  is  being  held; and the law enforcement officer shall
without unnecessary delay  take  the  minor  to  the  nearest
juvenile  police  officer designated for such purposes in the
county of venue or shall surrender the minor  to  a  juvenile
police  officer  in  the city or village where the offense is
alleged to have been committed.
    (3)  The juvenile police officer  may  take  one  of  the
following actions:
    (a)  station adjustment with release of the minor;
    (b)  station  adjustment  with  release of the minor to a
parent;
    (c)  station  adjustment,  release  of  the  minor  to  a
parent, and referral of the case to community services;
    (d)  station  adjustment,  release  of  the  minor  to  a
parent, and referral of the case to community  services  with
informal monitoring by a juvenile police officer;
    (e)  station  adjustment  and  release  of the minor to a
third person pursuant to agreement of the minor and parents;
    (f)  station adjustment, release of the minor to a  third
person  pursuant  to  agreement of the minor and parents, and
referral of the case to community services;
    (g)  station adjustment, release of the minor to a  third
person  pursuant  to  agreement  of the minor and parent, and
referral to community services with informal monitoring by  a
juvenile police officer;
    (h)  release  of  the  minor  to  his  or her parents and
referral of the case to a county juvenile  probation  officer
or such other public officer designated by the court;
    (i)  if  the  juvenile police officer reasonably believes
that there is an urgent and immediate necessity to  keep  the
minor  in  custody, the juvenile police officer shall deliver
the minor without unnecessary delay to the court  or  to  the
place  designated by rule or order of court for the reception
of minors;
    (j)  if the minor and a parent  or  guardian  consent  in
writing,  the  juvenile  police  officer  may  condition  the
minor's  release  upon his or her agreement to perform public
or community service subject to Sections  1-12  and  1-13  of
this Act or to make restitution for damages; and
    (k)  any  other  appropriate  action  with consent of the
minor and a parent.
    (3.5)  (a)  The county board or corporate authorities  of
    a  municipality,  or  both, may create or contract with a
    community based organization for teen court  programs  so
    that  private  or  public  funds could be solicited for a
    teen court program. A minor who is taken into custody for
    an act that if committed by an adult would  constitute  a
    misdemeanor may be referred to a teen court by the Office
    of  the  State's Attorney as a diversion from prosecution
    or    by  the  juvenile  police  officer  as  a   station
    adjustment  if  a teen court program has been established
    in the county or municipality where the act was committed
    by  the  minor,  the  minor  has  not   been   previously
    adjudicated  a  delinquent  minor,  and the minor has not
    previously been referred to the teen  court.   The  minor
    and the minor's parent or legal guardian must approve, in
    writing,  the  minor's  participation  in  the teen court
    program and shall be informed of the  possible  penalties
    the court may impose.
         (b)  The  county  or  municipality  that created the
    teen court program shall appoint a  person  to  supervise
    the program.
         (c)  The teen court shall consist of a jury composed
    of  12 persons who are at least 10 years of age but under
    19 years of age.
         (d)  The teen court shall  be  presided  over  by  a
    licensed  attorney-at-law  of  this State or by a student
    attending a law school approved by the  Illinois  Supreme
    Court  who  has  completed at least 1/3 of the curriculum
    required for graduation who shall act as a judge.
         (e)  The prosecutor in the case shall be a person at
    least 10 years of age but under 19  years  of  age.   The
    minor may be represented by a person at least 10 years of
    age but under 19 years of age.
         (f)  A  person who personally knows the minor who is
    being tried by the teen court may not serve on  the  teen
    court  jury.   With  the consent of the supervisor of the
    teen court program, a person  who  personally  knows  the
    minor  who  is being tried may prosecute or represent the
    minor at the proceedings.
         (g)  All  teen  court  jury  members,   teen   court
    attorneys, judges, and observers are required to sign the
    following  oath  of  confidentiality  prior to commencing
    teen court proceedings:
              "I solemnly swear or affirm  that  I  will  not
         divulge,  either  by words or signs, any information
         about actual cases which comes to  my  knowledge  in
         the  course  of  a  teen court case presentation and
         that I will keep secret all proceedings which may be
         held in my presence.
              Further,  I  understand   that   if   I   break
         confidentiality  by telling anyone else the names of
         teen court defendants or any other specific  details
         of the case which may identify that juvenile, I will
         no   longer  be  able  to  serve  as  a  teen  court
         participant."
         (h)  A parent or legal guardian of the minor must be
    present at the teen court proceeding.
         (i)  The teen court jury shall only be a  sentencing
    jury,  in  that it may order the minor to pay restitution
    or perform community service or  any  other  requirements
    set  out  in  writing  by  the  program in advance of the
    minor's participation.
         (j)  No  person  shall  be  liable  for  any  injury
    occurring to any person performing community  service  or
    other  activities  ordered  by the teen court, except for
    willful or wanton conduct.
    (4)  The factors to be considered in determining  whether
to release or keep a minor in custody shall include:
    (a)  the nature of the allegations against the minor;
    (b)  the minor's history and present situation;
    (c)  the  history  of the minor's family and the family's
present situation;
    (d)  the educational and employment status of the minor;
    (e)  the availability of special  resource  or  community
services to aid or counsel the minor;
    (f)  the  minor's  past  involvement with and progress in
social programs;
    (g)  the attitude of complainant and community toward the
minor; and
    (h)  the present attitude of the minor and family.
    (5)  The records of law enforcement  officers  concerning
all  minors  taken  into  custody  under  this  Act  shall be
maintained separate from the records of arrests and  may  not
be inspected by or disclosed to the public except by order of
the court.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

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