Bill Text: IL SB3259 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3259 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3259-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3259 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 167/15
Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Provides that at the discretion of the Chief Judge, the Veterans and Servicemembers Court program may be operated in one or more counties in the Circuit, and allow veteran and servicemember defendants from all counties within the Circuit to participate.
LRB099 19971 SLF 44370 b
A BILL FOR
SB3259 LRB099 19971 SLF 44370 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 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 or more counties 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.)