Full Text of HJR0090 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It has been many years since there has been a | 3 | | systematic study of Illinois' correctional and criminal | 4 | | justice system and there exists a need for that study; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A study of Illinois' criminal justice and | 6 | | correctional system is necessary to enhance public safety, | 7 | | reduce victimization, reduce recidivism, hold offenders more | 8 | | accountable, enhance probation, mandatory supervised release, | 9 | | and parole supervision, and better manage a growing prison | 10 | | population through increasing public safety, improving | 11 | | rehabilitation, and lowering State expense; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, A study and formulation of recommendations for | 13 | | criminal justice structural changes can be best carried out | 14 | | through an established Task Force; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Enactment of Task Force recommendations, if | 16 | | deemed appropriate at the 2013 session of the General Assembly, | 17 | | is best carried out through a deliberative and specific | 18 | | legislative process; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 21 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created a Task Force on |
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| 1 | | Criminal Justice Reform (hereinafter referred to as the Task | 2 | | Force); and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed as follows: | 4 | | (1) the Governor or his or her designee; | 5 | | (2) two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | 6 | | of Representatives; | 7 | | (3) two members appointed by the President of the | 8 | | Senate; | 9 | | (4) one member of the House of Representatives | 10 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 11 | | Representatives; | 12 | | (5) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | 13 | | Leader of the Senate; | 14 | | (6) a representative from the Illinois Supreme Court | 15 | | appointed by the Chief Justice; | 16 | | (7) a representative from the Illinois Sheriffs' | 17 | | Association appointed by the President of the Illinois | 18 | | Sheriffs' Association; | 19 | | (8) a representative of the Department of State Police | 20 | | appointed by the Director of State Police; | 21 | | (9) a representative from a State's Attorney's Office, | 22 | | other than Cook County, appointed by the Director of the | 23 | | Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor; | 24 | | (10) a representative from the Cook County State's | 25 | | Attorney's Office appointed by the Cook County State's |
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| 1 | | Attorney; | 2 | | (11) a representative from a Public Defender's Office | 3 | | in a county other than Cook County appointed by the State | 4 | | Appellate Defender; | 5 | | (12) a representative from the Cook County Public | 6 | | Defender's Office appointed by the Cook County Public | 7 | | Defender; | 8 | | (13) a representative of the State Appellate Defender | 9 | | appointed by the State Appellate Defender; | 10 | | (14) a representative from the Cook County Circuit | 11 | | Court Clerk's Office appointed by the Cook County Circuit | 12 | | Court Clerk; | 13 | | (15) a representative of the Administrative Office of | 14 | | the Illinois Courts appointed by the Director of that | 15 | | Office; | 16 | | (16) a representative of the Cook County Chief Judge's | 17 | | Office appointed by the Chief Judge of the Cook County | 18 | | Circuit; | 19 | | (17) a representative from each department and agency | 20 | | of the State having involvement with the State criminal | 21 | | justice system appointed by the Governor; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall: | 23 | | (1) choose its chair and other officers as it deems | 24 | | appropriate; | 25 | | (2) hold hearings from persons involved or impacted by |
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| 1 | | the criminal justice system; and | 2 | | (3) study the Illinois criminal justice and | 3 | | correctional system and make recommendations to the | 4 | | General Assembly for structural changes in the Illinois | 5 | | criminal justice and correctional system with the goals of | 6 | | enhancing public safety, reducing victimization and | 7 | | recidivism, holding offenders more accountable, enhancing | 8 | | probation, mandatory supervised release, and parole | 9 | | supervision, and better managing a growing prison | 10 | | population through increasing public safety, improving | 11 | | rehabilitation, and lowering State expense; and be it | 12 | | further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That members of the Task Force shall receive no | 14 | | additional compensation for their services on the Task Force | 15 | | but may be reimbursed by appropriations made by the General | 16 | | Assembly for their ordinary and necessary expenses; and be it | 17 | | further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall complete its work and | 19 | | report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | 20 | | no later than November 1, 2012.
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