97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3360
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
20 ILCS 1015/1d from Ch. 48, par. 177
 Amends the Public Employment Office Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security in cooperation with the Department of Corrections shall seek to provide proper employment opportunities for discharged convicts or prisoners. Deletes obsolete references to the Department of Public Welfare. Deletes redundant language. Effective immediately.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning State government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Public Employment Office Act is amended by 
5changing Section 1d as follows:




6 (20 ILCS 1015/1d) (from Ch. 48, par. 177)



7 Sec. 1d. It shall be the duty of the Department of 
8Employment Security to
obtain from the Department of Public 
9Welfare, ninety days before the
discharge of any convict from 
10either penitentiary, or the discharge of a
prisoner from the 
11reformatory, the name, occupation, and such other
information 
12as may be of aid in obtaining employment for such discharged

13convict or prisoner.

14 The Department of Employment Security, through the several 
15free employment
offices, in cooperation with the Department of 
16Corrections, shall seek to provide proper employment 
17opportunities for discharged convicts or
prisoners, so that 
18such employment may be available at the time of such
discharge, 
19and shall assist such discharged prisoners to retain suitable

20employment for such reasonable time as will afford such 
21prisoners an
opportunity to become self-reliant, to the end 
22that every man shall be
encouraged in his effort to go 
23straight. In no instance shall there be any
misrepresentation 
 
 
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1as to the records of persons for whom employment is
sought, 
2under the provisions of this Section.

3 The Department of Employment Security through the several 
4free employment
offices shall also co-operate with the 
5Department of Corrections Public Welfare to secure
suitable 
6employment for paroled convicts or prisoners and to help them

7retain such employment during the period of their parole and 
8for such
reasonable time thereafter as shall afford such 
9convicts or prisoners an
opportunity to become self-reliant.

10(Source: P.A. 83-1503.)



11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.