Bill Text: IL SB3603 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the members of the Prisoner Review Board who have experience in juvenile matters must undergo annual training in juvenile issues.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3603 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3603-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 3-3-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-3-1. Establishment and Appointment of Prisoner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Review Board.
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| 9 | (a) There shall be a Prisoner Review Board independent of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the Department
of Corrections which shall be:
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| 11 | (1) the paroling authority for persons sentenced under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | the
law in effect prior to the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | amendatory
Act of 1977;
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| 14 | (2) the board of review for cases involving the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | revocation
of good conduct credits or a suspension or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | reduction in the
rate of accumulating such credit;
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| 17 | (3) the board of review and recommendation for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | exercise
of executive clemency by the Governor;
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| 19 | (4) the authority for establishing release dates for
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| 20 | certain prisoners sentenced under the law in existence | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | prior
to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | in
accordance with Section 3-3-2.1 of this Code;
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| 23 | (5) the authority for setting conditions for parole,
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| 1 | mandatory supervised release under Section 5-8-1(a) of | ||||||
| 2 | this
Code, and determining whether a violation of those | ||||||
| 3 | conditions
warrant revocation of parole or mandatory | ||||||
| 4 | supervised release
or the imposition of other sanctions.
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| 5 | (b) The Board shall consist of 15 persons appointed by
the | ||||||
| 6 | Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
One | ||||||
| 7 | member of the Board shall be designated by the Governor
to be | ||||||
| 8 | Chairman and shall serve as Chairman at the pleasure of
the | ||||||
| 9 | Governor. The members of the Board shall have had at
least 5 | ||||||
| 10 | years of actual experience in the fields of penology,
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| 11 | corrections work, law enforcement, sociology, law, education,
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| 12 | social work, medicine, psychology, other behavioral sciences,
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| 13 | or a combination thereof. At least 6 members so appointed
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| 14 | have had at least 3 years experience in the field of
juvenile | ||||||
| 15 | matters and must undergo annual training in juvenile issues. No | ||||||
| 16 | more than 8 Board members may be members
of the same political | ||||||
| 17 | party.
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| 18 | Each member of the Board shall serve on a full-time basis
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| 19 | and shall not hold any other salaried public office, whether | ||||||
| 20 | elective or
appointive, nor any other office or position of | ||||||
| 21 | profit, nor engage in any
other business, employment, or | ||||||
| 22 | vocation. The Chairman of the Board shall
receive $35,000 a | ||||||
| 23 | year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review Board,
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| 24 | whichever is greater, and each other member $30,000, or an | ||||||
| 25 | amount set by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever is | ||||||
| 26 | greater.
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| 1 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
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| 2 | the term of each member of the Board
who was appointed by the | ||||||
| 3 | Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall
terminate at | ||||||
| 4 | the close of business on that date or when all of the successor
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| 5 | members to be appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 6 | 93rd General
Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, | ||||||
| 7 | whichever occurs later. As soon
as possible, the Governor shall | ||||||
| 8 | appoint persons to fill the vacancies created
by this | ||||||
| 9 | amendatory Act.
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| 10 | Of the initial members appointed under this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 11 | of the 93rd
General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 5 | ||||||
| 12 | members whose terms shall expire
on the third Monday
in January | ||||||
| 13 | 2005, 5 members whose terms shall expire on the
third Monday in | ||||||
| 14 | January 2007, and 5 members whose terms
shall expire on the | ||||||
| 15 | third Monday in January 2009. Their respective successors
shall | ||||||
| 16 | be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday
in | ||||||
| 17 | January of the year of appointment. Each member shall
serve | ||||||
| 18 | until his successor is appointed and qualified.
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| 19 | Any member may be removed by the Governor for incompetence, | ||||||
| 20 | neglect of duty,
malfeasance or inability to serve.
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| 21 | (d) The Chairman of the Board shall be its chief executive | ||||||
| 22 | and
administrative officer. The Board may have an Executive | ||||||
| 23 | Director; if so,
the Executive Director shall be appointed by | ||||||
| 24 | the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate. The | ||||||
| 25 | salary and duties of the Executive Director shall
be fixed by | ||||||
| 26 | the Board.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 93-509, eff. 8-11-03; 94-165, eff. 7-11-05.)
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