Bill Amendment: IL SB0844 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: DRUG COURT PROGRAM-ELIGIBILITY

Status: 2015-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0385 [SB0844 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0844-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 2/18/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 844
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 844 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by
changing Section 20 as follows:
(730 ILCS 166/20)
Sec. 20. Eligibility.
(a) A defendant may be admitted into a drug court program
before adjudication only upon the agreement of the prosecutor
and the defendant and with the approval of the court. A
defendant may be admitted into a drug court program
post-adjudication only with the approval of the court.
(b) A defendant shall be excluded from a drug court program
if any of one of the following apply:
(1) The crime is a crime of violence as set forth in
clause (4) of this subsection (b).

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(2) The defendant denies his or her use of or addiction
to drugs.
(3) The defendant does not demonstrate a willingness to
participate in a treatment program.
(4) The defendant has been convicted of a crime of
violence within the past 10 years excluding incarceration
time, including but not limited to: first degree murder,
second degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault of
a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal
sexual assault, armed robbery, aggravated arson, arson,
aggravated kidnaping, kidnaping, aggravated battery
resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability,
stalking, aggravated stalking, or any offense involving
the discharge of a firearm.
(5) (Blank). The defendant has previously completed or
has been discharged from a drug court program.
(Source: P.A. 92-58, eff. 1-1-02.)".