Bill Text: IL HB5003 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit shall (rather than may) establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court program including a format under which it operates under the Act. Effective January 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0807 [HB5003 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB5003-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0807
HB5003 Enrolled LRB099 18946 RLC 43335 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment
Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(730 ILCS 167/15)
Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial
circuit shall may establish a Veterans and Servicemembers Court
program including a format under which it operates under this
Act. The Veterans and Servicemembers Court may, at the
discretion of the Chief Judge, be a separate court or a program
of a problem-solving court, including but not limited to a drug
court or mental health court. At the discretion of the Chief
Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be
operated in one county in the Circuit, and allow veteran and
servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit
to participate.
(Source: P.A. 96-924, eff. 6-14-10; 97-946, eff. 8-13-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2018.