Bill Text: IL SB3533 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in community-based programs that are alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the court may place pretrial detainees or sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff based on available program space.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3533 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3533-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3533 Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 125/27 new
Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in community-based programs that are alternatives to incarceration. Provides that the court may place pretrial detainees or sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff based on available program space.
LRB096 16750 RLC 32043 b
CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
SB3533 LRB096 16750 RLC 32043 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 County Jail Act is amended by adding Section
27 as follows:
(730 ILCS 125/27 new)
Sec. 27. Community-based alternatives to incarceration. In
counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the sheriff or his
or her designee may place inmates who are pre-trial detainees
or who are serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense in
community-based programs that are alternatives to
incarceration. The court may place pretrial detainees or
sentence convicted offenders to the sheriff's community-based
alternatives to incarceration in consultation with the sheriff
based on available program space.