Bill Text: IL SB2709 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2709 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2709-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning corrections.
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows:
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| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | of duties of the Juvenile Division. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) The
The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | unaffected by this transfer. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | by the Department on or after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who participate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security, | ||||||
| 2 | welfare and development, or participate in the personal | ||||||
| 3 | rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising, | ||||||
| 4 | and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties | ||||||
| 5 | must be over the age of 21 and have any bachelor's or advanced | ||||||
| 6 | degree from an accredited college or university. This | ||||||
| 7 | requirement shall not apply to security, clerical, food | ||||||
| 8 | service, and maintenance staff that do not have direct and | ||||||
| 9 | regular contact with youth. The degree requirements specified | ||||||
| 10 | in this subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide | ||||||
| 11 | vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the | ||||||
| 12 | skill for which they are providing the vocational training. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | ||||||
| 14 | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | ||||||
| 15 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
| 16 | Assembly. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | ||||||
| 18 | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | ||||||
| 20 | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | ||||||
| 21 | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | ||||||
| 22 | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | ||||||
| 23 | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | ||||||
| 24 | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the Department. | ||||||
| 25 | The Director may, with the approval of the Office of the | ||||||
| 26 | Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, duties, and | ||||||
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| 1 | personnel with other State agencies such that administrative | ||||||
| 2 | services and administrative facilities are provided by a shared | ||||||
| 3 | administrative service center. Where possible, shared services | ||||||
| 4 | which impact youth should be done with child-serving agencies. | ||||||
| 5 | These administrative services may include, but are not limited | ||||||
| 6 | to, all of the following functions: budgeting, accounting | ||||||
| 7 | related functions, auditing, human resources, legal, | ||||||
| 8 | procurement, training, data collection and analysis, | ||||||
| 9 | information technology, internal investigations, intelligence, | ||||||
| 10 | legislative services, emergency response capability, statewide | ||||||
| 11 | transportation services, and general office support. | ||||||
| 12 | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | ||||||
| 13 | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | ||||||
| 14 | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | ||||||
| 16 | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | ||||||
| 17 | Counties Code.
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| 18 | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with the | ||||||
| 19 | ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | ||||||
| 20 | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | ||||||
| 21 | (Source: P.A. 100-19, eff. 1-1-18.)
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