100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0487

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-715

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if a minor has previously been placed on probation for an offense that involves the use or possession of a firearm, the court may not place the minor on probation for any subsequent offense involving the use or possession of a firearm.    


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-715 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-715)
7    Sec. 5-715. Probation.
8    (1) The period of probation or conditional discharge shall
9not exceed 5 years or until the minor has attained the age of
1021 years, whichever is less, except as provided in this Section
11for a minor who is found to be guilty for an offense which is
12first degree murder. The juvenile court may terminate probation
13or conditional discharge and discharge the minor at any time if
14warranted by the conduct of the minor and the ends of justice;
15provided, however, that the period of probation for a minor who
16is found to be guilty for an offense which is first degree
17murder shall be at least 5 years.
18    (1.5) The period of probation for a minor who is found
19guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
20assault, or aggravated battery with a firearm shall be at least
2136 months. The period of probation for a minor who is found to
22be guilty of any other Class X felony shall be at least 24
23months. The period of probation for a Class 1 or Class 2

 

 

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1forcible felony shall be at least 18 months. Regardless of the
2length of probation ordered by the court, for all offenses
3under this paragraph (1.5), the court shall schedule hearings
4to determine whether it is in the best interest of the minor
5and public safety to terminate probation after the minimum
6period of probation has been served. In such a hearing, there
7shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best
8interest of the minor and public safety to terminate probation.
9    (2) The court may as a condition of probation or of
10conditional discharge require that the minor:
11        (a) not violate any criminal statute of any
12    jurisdiction;
13        (b) make a report to and appear in person before any
14    person or agency as directed by the court;
15        (c) work or pursue a course of study or vocational
16    training;
17        (d) undergo medical or psychiatric treatment, rendered
18    by a psychiatrist or psychological treatment rendered by a
19    clinical psychologist or social work services rendered by a
20    clinical social worker, or treatment for drug addiction or
21    alcoholism;
22        (e) attend or reside in a facility established for the
23    instruction or residence of persons on probation;
24        (f) support his or her dependents, if any;
25        (g) refrain from possessing a firearm or other
26    dangerous weapon, or an automobile;

 

 

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1        (h) permit the probation officer to visit him or her at
2    his or her home or elsewhere;
3        (i) reside with his or her parents or in a foster home;
4        (j) attend school;
5        (j-5) with the consent of the superintendent of the
6    facility, attend an educational program at a facility other
7    than the school in which the offense was committed if he or
8    she committed a crime of violence as defined in Section 2
9    of the Crime Victims Compensation Act in a school, on the
10    real property comprising a school, or within 1,000 feet of
11    the real property comprising a school;
12        (k) attend a non-residential program for youth;
13        (l) make restitution under the terms of subsection (4)
14    of Section 5-710;
15        (m) contribute to his or her own support at home or in
16    a foster home;
17        (n) perform some reasonable public or community
18    service;
19        (o) participate with community corrections programs
20    including unified delinquency intervention services
21    administered by the Department of Human Services subject to
22    Section 5 of the Children and Family Services Act;
23        (p) pay costs;
24        (q) serve a term of home confinement. In addition to
25    any other applicable condition of probation or conditional
26    discharge, the conditions of home confinement shall be that

 

 

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1    the minor:
2            (i) remain within the interior premises of the
3        place designated for his or her confinement during the
4        hours designated by the court;
5            (ii) admit any person or agent designated by the
6        court into the minor's place of confinement at any time
7        for purposes of verifying the minor's compliance with
8        the conditions of his or her confinement; and
9            (iii) use an approved electronic monitoring device
10        if ordered by the court subject to Article 8A of
11        Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections;
12        (r) refrain from entering into a designated geographic
13    area except upon terms as the court finds appropriate. The
14    terms may include consideration of the purpose of the
15    entry, the time of day, other persons accompanying the
16    minor, and advance approval by a probation officer, if the
17    minor has been placed on probation, or advance approval by
18    the court, if the minor has been placed on conditional
19    discharge;
20        (s) refrain from having any contact, directly or
21    indirectly, with certain specified persons or particular
22    types of persons, including but not limited to members of
23    street gangs and drug users or dealers;
24        (s-5) undergo a medical or other procedure to have a
25    tattoo symbolizing allegiance to a street gang removed from
26    his or her body;

 

 

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1        (t) refrain from having in his or her body the presence
2    of any illicit drug prohibited by the Cannabis Control Act,
3    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or the
4    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
5    unless prescribed by a physician, and shall submit samples
6    of his or her blood or urine or both for tests to determine
7    the presence of any illicit drug; or
8        (u) comply with other conditions as may be ordered by
9    the court.
10    (3) The court may as a condition of probation or of
11conditional discharge require that a minor found guilty on any
12alcohol, cannabis, methamphetamine, or controlled substance
13violation, refrain from acquiring a driver's license during the
14period of probation or conditional discharge. If the minor is
15in possession of a permit or license, the court may require
16that the minor refrain from driving or operating any motor
17vehicle during the period of probation or conditional
18discharge, except as may be necessary in the course of the
19minor's lawful employment.
20    (3.5) The court shall, as a condition of probation or of
21conditional discharge, require that a minor found to be guilty
22and placed on probation for reasons that include a violation of
23Section 3.02 or Section 3.03 of the Humane Care for Animals Act
24or paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 21-1 of the
25Criminal Code of 2012 undergo medical or psychiatric treatment
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1by a clinical psychologist. The condition may be in addition to
2any other condition.
3    (3.10) The court shall order that a minor placed on
4probation or conditional discharge for a sex offense as defined
5in the Sex Offender Management Board Act undergo and
6successfully complete sex offender treatment. The treatment
7shall be in conformance with the standards developed under the
8Sex Offender Management Board Act and conducted by a treatment
9provider approved by the Board. The treatment shall be at the
10expense of the person evaluated based upon that person's
11ability to pay for the treatment.
12    (4) A minor on probation or conditional discharge shall be
13given a certificate setting forth the conditions upon which he
14or she is being released.
15    (5) The court shall impose upon a minor placed on probation
16or conditional discharge, as a condition of the probation or
17conditional discharge, a fee of $50 for each month of probation
18or conditional discharge supervision ordered by the court,
19unless after determining the inability of the minor placed on
20probation or conditional discharge to pay the fee, the court
21assesses a lesser amount. The court may not impose the fee on a
22minor who is made a ward of the State under this Act while the
23minor is in placement. The fee shall be imposed only upon a
24minor who is actively supervised by the probation and court
25services department. The court may order the parent, guardian,
26or legal custodian of the minor to pay some or all of the fee on

 

 

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1the minor's behalf.
2    (5.5) Jurisdiction over an offender may be transferred from
3the sentencing court to the court of another circuit with the
4concurrence of both courts. Further transfers or retransfers of
5jurisdiction are also authorized in the same manner. The court
6to which jurisdiction has been transferred shall have the same
7powers as the sentencing court. The probation department within
8the circuit to which jurisdiction has been transferred, or
9which has agreed to provide supervision, may impose probation
10fees upon receiving the transferred offender, as provided in
11subsection (i) of Section 5-6-3 of the Unified Code of
12Corrections. For all transfer cases, as defined in Section 9b
13of the Probation and Probation Officers Act, the probation
14department from the original sentencing court shall retain all
15probation fees collected prior to the transfer. After the
16transfer, all probation fees shall be paid to the probation
17department within the circuit to which jurisdiction has been
18transferred.
19    If the transfer case originated in another state and has
20been transferred under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles to
21the jurisdiction of an Illinois circuit court for supervision
22by an Illinois probation department, probation fees may be
23imposed only if permitted by the Interstate Commission for
24Juveniles.
25    (6) The General Assembly finds that in order to protect the
26public, the juvenile justice system must compel compliance with

 

 

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1the conditions of probation by responding to violations with
2swift, certain, and fair punishments and intermediate
3sanctions. The Chief Judge of each circuit shall adopt a system
4of structured, intermediate sanctions for violations of the
5terms and conditions of a sentence of supervision, probation or
6conditional discharge, under this Act.
7    The court shall provide as a condition of a disposition of
8probation, conditional discharge, or supervision, that the
9probation agency may invoke any sanction from the list of
10intermediate sanctions adopted by the chief judge of the
11circuit court for violations of the terms and conditions of the
12sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision,
13subject to the provisions of Section 5-720 of this Act.
14    (7) If a minor has previously been placed on probation for
15an offense that involves the use or possession of a firearm,
16the court may not place the minor on probation for any
17subsequent offense involving the use or possession of a
18firearm.
19(Source: P.A. 98-575, eff. 1-1-14; 99-879, eff. 1-1-17.)