Bill Text: IL HB5041 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB5041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5041-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB5041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5041-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 6-1 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 405/6-1) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-1)
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7 | Sec. 6-1. Probation departments; functions and duties.
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8 | (1) The chief judge of each circuit shall make provision | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | for probation
services for each county in his or her circuit. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | The appointment of officers
to probation or court services | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | departments and the administration of such
departments shall | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | be governed by the provisions of the Probation and
Probation | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Officers Act.
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14 | (2) Every county or every group of counties constituting a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | probation
district shall maintain a court services or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | probation
department subject to the provisions of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Probation and Probation
Officers Act. For the purposes of this | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Act, such a court services or
probation department has, but is | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | not limited to, the following powers and
duties:
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20 | (a) When authorized or directed by the court, to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | receive, investigate
and evaluate complaints indicating | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | dependency, requirement of authoritative
intervention, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | addiction or delinquency within the meaning of Sections |
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1 | 2-3, 2-4,
3-3, 4-3, or 5-105, respectively; to determine | ||||||
2 | or assist the complainant in
determining whether a | ||||||
3 | petition should be filed under Sections 2-13, 3-15, 4-12,
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4 | or 5-520 or whether referral should be made to an agency, | ||||||
5 | association or other
person or whether some other action | ||||||
6 | is advisable; and to see that the
indicating filing, | ||||||
7 | referral or other action is accomplished. However, no such
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8 | investigation, evaluation or supervision by such court | ||||||
9 | services or probation
department is to occur with regard | ||||||
10 | to complaints indicating only that a minor
may be a | ||||||
11 | chronic or habitual truant.
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12 | (a-1) To confer in a preliminary conference, with a | ||||||
13 | view to adjusting suitable cases without
the filing of a | ||||||
14 | petition as provided for in Section 2-12 or Section 5-305. | ||||||
15 | (b) When a petition is filed under Section 2-13, 3-15, | ||||||
16 | 4-15, or 5-520, to
make pre-adjudicatory investigations | ||||||
17 | and formulate recommendations to the court
when the court | ||||||
18 | has authorized or directed the department to do so.
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19 | (b-1) When authorized or directed by the court, and | ||||||
20 | with the consent of the party
respondents and the State's | ||||||
21 | Attorney, to confer in a pre-adjudicatory conference, with | ||||||
22 | a view to
adjusting suitable cases as provided for in | ||||||
23 | Section 2-12 or Section 5-305. | ||||||
24 | (c) To counsel and, by order of the court, to | ||||||
25 | supervise minors referred
to the court; to conduct | ||||||
26 | indicated programs of casework, including
referrals for |
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1 | medical and mental health service, organized recreation
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2 | and job placement for wards of the court and, when | ||||||
3 | appropriate, for
members of the family of a ward; to act as | ||||||
4 | liaison officer between the
court and agencies or | ||||||
5 | associations to which minors are referred or
through which | ||||||
6 | they are placed; when so appointed, to serve as guardian
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7 | of the person of a ward of the court; to provide probation | ||||||
8 | supervision
and protective supervision ordered by the | ||||||
9 | court; and to provide like
services to wards and | ||||||
10 | probationers of courts in other counties or
jurisdictions | ||||||
11 | who have lawfully become local residents.
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12 | (d) To arrange for placements pursuant to court order.
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13 | (e) To assume administrative responsibility for such | ||||||
14 | detention,
shelter care and other institutions for minors | ||||||
15 | as the court may operate.
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16 | (f) To maintain an adequate system of case records, | ||||||
17 | statistical
records, and financial records related to | ||||||
18 | juvenile detention and shelter
care and to make reports to | ||||||
19 | the court and other authorized persons, and to
the Supreme | ||||||
20 | Court pursuant to the Probation and Probation Officers | ||||||
21 | Act.
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22 | (g) To perform such other services as may be | ||||||
23 | appropriate to
effectuate the purposes of this Act or as | ||||||
24 | may be directed by any order
of court made under this Act.
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25 | (3) The court services or probation department in any | ||||||
26 | probation district
or county having less than 1,000,000 |
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1 | inhabitants, or any personnel of the
department, may be | ||||||
2 | required by the circuit court to render services to the
court | ||||||
3 | in other matters as well as proceedings under this Act.
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4 | (4) In any county or probation district, a probation | ||||||
5 | department
may be established as a separate division of a more | ||||||
6 | inclusive department
of court services, with any appropriate | ||||||
7 | divisional designation. The
organization of any such | ||||||
8 | department of court services and the appointment
of officers | ||||||
9 | and other personnel must comply with the Probation and | ||||||
10 | Probation
Officers Act.
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11 | (5) For purposes of this Act only, probation officers | ||||||
12 | appointed to
probation or court services
departments shall be | ||||||
13 | considered peace officers. In the
exercise of their official | ||||||
14 | duties, probation officers, sheriffs, and police
officers may, | ||||||
15 | anywhere within the State, arrest any minor who is in | ||||||
16 | violation
of any of the conditions of his or her probation, | ||||||
17 | continuance under
supervision, or
informal supervision, and it | ||||||
18 | shall be the duty of the officer making the arrest
to take the | ||||||
19 | minor before the court having jurisdiction over the minor for
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20 | further
action. | ||||||
21 | (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, | ||||||
22 | the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall adopt | ||||||
23 | rules to permit the hiring of personnel at a county juvenile | ||||||
24 | detention center that possess less than a bachelor's degree, | ||||||
25 | including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant that | ||||||
26 | possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 |
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1 | credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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