Bill Amendment: IL HB0698 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: CD CORR-PRSONR ENTREPRENEUR ED

Status: 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0283 [HB0698 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0698-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 3/24/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 698
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 698 on page 2, line
6, by inserting "pre-release" after "the"; and
on page 2, by replacing lines 13 through 15 with the following:
"(4) the inmate has never been convicted of an offense
described in Subdivision 5 of Article 11 of the Criminal Code
of 2012 (major sex offenses), Subdivision 10 of Article 11 of
the Criminal Code of 2012 (vulnerable victim sex offenses),
Section 11-20.1 of Subdivision 20 of Article 11 of the Criminal
Code of 2012 (child pornography offenses), or similar offenses
under the Criminal Code of 1961;"; and
on page 2, by inserting immediately below line 17 the
following:
"(730 ILCS 5/3-12.5-11 new)
Sec. 3-12.5-11. Curriculum; employment; retention of

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rights; certificate of completion.
(a) The Prisoner Entrepreneur Education Program shall
consist of a rigorous curriculum, and participants shall be
taught business skills, such as computer skills, budgeting,
creating a business plan, public speaking, and realistic goal
setting.
(b) The curriculum shall not include the employment of
participants as employees under the Department of Corrections
or any for-profit or not-for-profit organization unless:
(1) the participant receives a wage equal to or greater
than the prevailing market rate for the services performed
during the course of the employment;
(2) the employment is reasonably related to the purpose
and curriculum of the Prisoner Entrepreneur Education
Program; and
(3) the participant consents in writing to the terms,
provisions, working conditions, and wages of the
employment.
(c) Participants shall retain rights, control, and
possession of all products created by the participant during
the course of the Prisoner Entrepreneur Education Program. Such
rights shall include intellectual property rights and rights in
trade secrets. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th
General Assembly shall be construed to give the Department of
Corrections any right to sell, use, distribute, market,
possess, or otherwise control any product created by a

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participant during the course of the Prisoner Entrepreneur
Education Program, without the participant's written consent.
(d) Participants who successfully complete the Prisoner
Entrepreneur Education Program shall be awarded a Certificate
of Completion."; and
on page 3, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with the following:
"Entrepreneur Education Program shall be subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly.".