Bill Text: IL HR0747 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Second Chance Task Force to study the feasibility of proposed legislation to give persons who commit crimes that would otherwise result in their imprisonment to be given the opportunity to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Illinois National Guard. Provides that the Task Force shall receive the assistance of the Department of Military Affairs and such other persons as it deems appropriate and shall report its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives by December 31, 2012.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0747 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0747-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The costs of housing prisoners in the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Penitentiary System and county jails are a tremendous burden on | ||||||
| 4 | the Illinois taxpayers; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The recidivism rate among prisoners in the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois correctional system is about 54%; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Many persons sentenced to prison or jail have the | ||||||
| 8 | potential of rehabilitation; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Service in the Armed Forces of the United States | ||||||
| 10 | and the Illinois National Guard by persons who would otherwise | ||||||
| 11 | be sentenced to prison or jail would be a more productive | ||||||
| 12 | alternative for these persons; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Armed Forces of the United States and the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois National Guard promote self-respect and enhance a | ||||||
| 15 | person's ability to serve the remainder of his or her life as a | ||||||
| 16 | productive citizen; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, A Second Chance Task Force should be created to | ||||||
| 18 | study military service as an alternative to imprisonment; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | the House create the Second Chance Task Force to study military | ||||||
| 4 | service as an alternative to imprisonment; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of 8 members as | ||||||
| 6 | follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) 4 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 8 | Representatives; and | ||||||
| 9 | (2) 4 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 10 | House of Representatives; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall choose its chair and | ||||||
| 12 | other officers and shall meet at the call of the chair; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | ||||||
| 15 | without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | ||||||
| 16 | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for | ||||||
| 17 | that purpose; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall receive the assistance | ||||||
| 19 | of the Department of Military Affairs and such other persons as | ||||||
| 20 | it deems appropriate and shall report its findings and | ||||||
| 21 | recommendations to the House of Representatives by December 31, | ||||||
| 22 | 2012.
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