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 1        AN ACT in relation to probation officers.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 110/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 204-2)
 7        Sec. 10. Before entering upon the duties of  his  or  her
 8    office, each probation officer shall take and subscribe to an
 9    oath  before  the  Chief  Judge  county  clerk  of his or her
10    circuit  or  his  or  her  designee  county  to  support  the
11    constitution and laws of the United States and of  the  State
12    of  Illinois,  and faithfully to perform the duties of his or
13    her office.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-692.)

15        (730 ILCS 110/15) (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7)
16        Sec. 15.  (1) The Supreme Court of Illinois may establish
17    a Division of Probation Services whose purpose shall  be  the
18    development,  establishment, promulgation, and enforcement of
19    uniform standards for probation services in this  State,  and
20    to  otherwise carry out the intent of this Act.  The Division
21    may:
22             (a)  establish qualifications  for  chief  probation
23        officers and other probation and court services personnel
24        as to hiring, promotion, and training.
25             (b)  make  available,  on  a  timely basis, lists of
26        those   applicants   whose   qualifications   meet    the
27        regulations  referred  to herein, including on said lists
28        all candidates found qualified.
29             (c)  establish a means of verifying  the  conditions
30        for reimbursement under this Act and develop criteria for
 
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 1        approved costs for reimbursement.
 2             (d)  develop    standards   and   approve   employee
 3        compensation schedules for probation and  court  services
 4        departments.
 5             (e)  employ  sufficient personnel in the Division to
 6        carry out the functions of the Division.
 7             (f)  establish a system of  training  and  establish
 8        standards for personnel orientation and training.
 9             (g)  develop   standards  for  a  system  of  record
10        keeping  for  cases  and  programs,  gather   statistics,
11        establish a system of uniform forms, and develop research
12        for planning of Probation Services.
13             (h)  develop  standards  to  assure adequate support
14        personnel, office space, equipment and  supplies,  travel
15        expenses,   and   other  essential  items  necessary  for
16        Probation and Court Services  Departments  to  carry  out
17        their duties.
18             (i)  review  and  approve  annual plans submitted by
19        Probation and Court Services Departments.
20             (j)  monitor and evaluate all programs  operated  by
21        Probation and Court Services Departments, and may include
22        in  the  program  evaluation criteria such factors as the
23        percentage of Probation sentences for felons convicted of
24        Probationable offenses.
25             (k)  seek  the  cooperation  of  local   and   State
26        government and private agencies to improve the quality of
27        probation and court services.
28             (l)  where   appropriate,   establish  programs  and
29        corresponding standards designed to generally improve the
30        quality of probation and court services  and  reduce  the
31        rate  of  adult  or  juvenile  offenders committed to the
32        Department of Corrections.
33             (m)  establish such other standards and  regulations
34        and  do  all  acts  necessary to carry out the intent and
 
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 1        purposes of this Act.
 2        The Division shall establish a model list  of  structured
 3    intermediate  sanctions  that  may  be imposed by a probation
 4    agency for violations of terms and conditions of  a  sentence
 5    of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision.
 6        The  State  of  Illinois  shall  provide for the costs of
 7    personnel, travel,  equipment,  telecommunications,  postage,
 8    commodities,  printing, space, contractual services and other
 9    related costs necessary to carry out the intent of this Act.
10        (2) (a)  The chief judge of each  circuit  shall  provide
11    full-time  probation  services  for  all  counties within the
12    circuit, in a manner consistent  with  the  annual  probation
13    plan, the standards, policies, and regulations established by
14    the  Supreme  Court.  A  probation  district  of  two or more
15    counties within a circuit may be created for the purposes  of
16    providing full-time probation services. Every county or group
17    of  counties  within  a  circuit  shall  maintain a probation
18    department which shall be under the authority  of  the  Chief
19    Judge  of  the  circuit or some other judge designated by the
20    Chief Judge. The Chief Judge, through the Probation and Court
21    Services Department shall submit annual plans to the Division
22    for probation and related services.
23        (b)  The Chief Judge of each circuit  shall  appoint  the
24    Chief  Probation Officer and all other probation officers for
25    his  or  her  circuit  from  lists  of  qualified  applicants
26    supplied by the Supreme Court. Candidates for chief  managing
27    officer and other probation officer positions must apply with
28    both the Chief Judge of the circuit and the Supreme Court.
29        (3)  A Probation and Court Service Department shall apply
30    to  the  Supreme  Court for funds for basic services, and may
31    apply  for  funds  for   new   and   expanded   programs   or
32    Individualized   Services   and   Programs.  Costs  shall  be
33    reimbursed monthly based on a plan and budget approved by the
34    Supreme Court. No Department  may  be  reimbursed  for  costs
 
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 1    which  exceed  or are not provided for in the approved annual
 2    plan and budget. After the effective date of this  amendatory
 3    Act  of  1985,  each  county  must  provide basic services in
 4    accordance with the annual plan and standards created by  the
 5    division. No department may receive funds for new or expanded
 6    programs  or individualized services and programs unless they
 7    are in compliance with standards as enumerated  in  paragraph
 8    (h)  of  subsection (1) of this Section, the annual plan, and
 9    standards for basic services.
10        (4)  The Division shall reimburse the county or  counties
11    for probation services as follows:
12             (a)  100%  of  the  salary  of  all  chief  managing
13        officers  designated  as  such by the Chief Judge and the
14        division.
15             (b)  100% of the salary for  all  probation  officer
16        and  supervisor  positions  approved for reimbursement by
17        the division  after  April  1,  1984,  to  meet  workload
18        standards   and   to  implement  intensive  sanction  and
19        probation supervision programs and other  basic  services
20        as defined in this Act.
21             (c)  100%  of  the  salary  for all secure detention
22        personnel and non-secure group  home  personnel  approved
23        for  reimbursement  after  December 1, 1990. For all such
24        positions approved for reimbursement before  December  1,
25        1990,  the  counties shall be reimbursed $1,250 per month
26        beginning July 1, 1995, and an additional $250 per  month
27        beginning  each  July  1st thereafter until the positions
28        receive 100% salary  reimbursement.  Allocation  of  such
29        positions  will  be based on comparative need considering
30        capacity,  staff/resident  ratio,  physical   plant   and
31        program.
32             (d)  $1,000 per month for salaries for the remaining
33        probation officer positions engaged in basic services and
34        new  or  expanded  services.  All such positions shall be
 
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 1        approved by the division in accordance with this Act  and
 2        division standards.
 3             (e)  100%  of the travel expenses in accordance with
 4        Division standards for all Probation  positions  approved
 5        under paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of this Section.
 6             (f)  If the amount of funds reimbursed to the county
 7        under  paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection 4 of this
 8        Section on an annual basis is less than  the  amount  the
 9        county   had   received   during   the  12  month  period
10        immediately  prior  to  the  effective   date   of   this
11        amendatory Act of 1985, then the Division shall reimburse
12        the amount of the difference to the county. The effect of
13        paragraph  (b)  of  subsection 7 of this Section shall be
14        considered    in    implementing    this     supplemental
15        reimbursement provision.
16        (5)  The  Division shall provide funds beginning on April
17    1, 1987 for the counties to provide  Individualized  Services
18    and Programs as provided in Section 16 of this Act.
19        (6)  A  Probation  and Court Services Department in order
20    to be eligible for  the  reimbursement  must  submit  to  the
21    Supreme  Court an application containing such information and
22    in such a form and by such dates as  the  Supreme  Court  may
23    require.  Departments to be eligible for funding must satisfy
24    the following conditions:
25             (a)  The Department shall  have  on  file  with  the
26        Supreme  Court  an  annual Probation plan for continuing,
27        improved, and new Probation and Court  Services  Programs
28        approved  by the Supreme Court or its designee. This plan
29        shall indicate the manner in which  Probation  and  Court
30        Services  will be delivered and improved, consistent with
31        the minimum standards and regulations for  Probation  and
32        Court  Services,  as established by the Supreme Court. In
33        counties with more than one Probation and Court  Services
34        Department  eligible  to  receive  funds, all Departments
 
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 1        within that county must submit plans which  are  approved
 2        by the Supreme Court.
 3             (b)  The   annual   probation  plan  shall  seek  to
 4        generally improve the quality of probation  services  and
 5        to  reduce the commitment of adult and juvenile offenders
 6        to the Department of Corrections and shall require,  when
 7        appropriate,   coordination   with   the   Department  of
 8        Corrections and the Department  of  Children  and  Family
 9        Services   in   the  development  and  use  of  community
10        resources,   information   systems,   case   review   and
11        permanency planning systems to avoid the  duplication  of
12        services.
13             (c)  The  Department  shall  be  in  compliance with
14        standards developed by the Supreme Court for  basic,  new
15        and  expanded  services,  training,  personnel hiring and
16        promotion.
17             (d)  The  Department  shall  in  its   annual   plan
18        indicate  the  manner in which it will support the rights
19        of crime victims and in which manner  it  will  implement
20        Article  I,  Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution and
21        in what manner it will coordinate crime victims'  support
22        services  with other criminal justice agencies within its
23        jurisdiction, including but not limited to,  the  State's
24        Attorney,   the   Sheriff   and   any   municipal  police
25        department.
26        (7)  No statement shall be verified by the Supreme  Court
27    or  its  designee or vouchered by the Comptroller unless each
28    of the following conditions have been met:
29             (a)  The  probation  officer  is  an   a   full-time
30        employee   appointed   by  the  Chief  Judge  to  provide
31        probation services.
32             (b)  The probation officer, in order to be  eligible
33        for  State  reimbursement,  is  receiving  a salary of at
34        least $17,000 per year.
 
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 1             (c)  The  probation  officer  is  appointed  or  was
 2        reappointed in accordance with minimum qualifications  or
 3        criteria  established  by the Supreme Court; however, all
 4        probation officers appointed prior to  January  1,  1978,
 5        shall   be   exempted   from   the  minimum  requirements
 6        established by the Supreme Court. Payments shall be  made
 7        to  counties  employing these exempted probation officers
 8        as long as they are employed in the position held on  the
 9        effective   date   of   this   amendatory  Act  of  1985.
10        Promotions shall be governed  by  minimum  qualifications
11        established by the Supreme Court.
12             (d)  The  Department has an established compensation
13        schedule approved by the Supreme Court. The  compensation
14        schedule  shall  include  salary  ranges  with  necessary
15        increments  to  compensate  each employee. The increments
16        shall, within the salary ranges, be based on such factors
17        as bona fide  occupational  qualifications,  performance,
18        and  length  of  service. Each position in the Department
19        shall be placed on the compensation schedule according to
20        job duties and responsibilities  of  such  position.  The
21        policy  and procedures of the compensation schedule shall
22        be made available to each employee.
23        (8)  In  order  to  obtain  full  reimbursement  of   all
24    approved  costs,  each  Department must continue to employ at
25    least the same number of  probation  officers  and  probation
26    managers  as  were  authorized  for employment for the fiscal
27    year which includes January 1, 1985.  This  number  shall  be
28    designated as the base amount of the Department. No positions
29    approved  by the Division under paragraph (b) of subsection 4
30    will be included in the base amount. In the  event  that  the
31    Department  employs  fewer  Probation  officers and Probation
32    managers than the base  amount  for  a  period  of  90  days,
33    funding received by the Department under subsection 4 of this
34    Section  may  be  reduced on a monthly basis by the amount of
 
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 1    the current salaries of any positions below the base amount.
 2        (9)  Before the 15th day of each month, the treasurer  of
 3    any   county   which  has  a  Probation  and  Court  Services
 4    Department, or the treasurer of the most populous county,  in
 5    the  case  of a Probation or Court Services Department funded
 6    by more than one county, shall submit an  itemized  statement
 7    of  all  approved  costs  incurred  in  the delivery of Basic
 8    Probation and Court Services under this Act  to  the  Supreme
 9    Court. The treasurer may also submit an itemized statement of
10    all  approved  costs  incurred  in  the  delivery  of new and
11    expanded  Probation   and   Court   Services   as   well   as
12    Individualized  Services  and  Programs. The Supreme Court or
13    its designee shall verify compliance with  this  Section  and
14    shall  examine  and  audit  the  monthly  statement and, upon
15    finding them  to  be  correct,  shall  forward  them  to  the
16    Comptroller  for payment to the county treasurer. In the case
17    of payment to a treasurer of  a  county  which  is  the  most
18    populous  of  counties  sharing  the salary and expenses of a
19    Probation and Court Services Department, the treasurer  shall
20    divide  the  money  between  the  counties  in  a manner that
21    reflects each county's share of  the  cost  incurred  by  the
22    Department.
23        (10)  The   county  treasurer  must  certify  that  funds
24    received under this Section shall be used solely to  maintain
25    and  improve  Probation  and  Court  Services.  The county or
26    circuit  shall  remain  in  compliance  with  all  standards,
27    policies and regulations established by the Supreme Court. If
28    at any time the Supreme Court determines  that  a  county  or
29    circuit  is  not  in  compliance,  the  Supreme  Court  shall
30    immediately notify the Chief Judge, county board chairman and
31    the  Director  of  Court Services Chief Probation Officer. If
32    after 90 days  of  written  notice  the  noncompliance  still
33    exists,  the  Supreme  Court  shall be required to reduce the
34    amount of monthly reimbursement by  10%.  An  additional  10%
 
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 1    reduction  of  monthly  reimbursement  shall  occur  for each
 2    consecutive month of noncompliance.  Except  as  provided  in
 3    subsection  5  of  Section  15,  funding  to  counties  shall
 4    commence  on  April  1,  1986.  Funds received under this Act
 5    shall be used to provide for  Probation  Department  expenses
 6    including those required under Section 13 of this Act.
 7        (11)  The  respective  counties  shall be responsible for
 8    capital and space costs,  fringe  benefits,  clerical  costs,
 9    equipment,   telecommunications,   postage,  commodities  and
10    printing.
11        (12)  Probation  officers  shall  be   considered   peace
12    officers  in the exercise of their official duties. Probation
13    officers, sheriffs and police officers may,  anywhere  within
14    the  State, arrest any probationer who is in violation of any
15    of the conditions of his probation, and it shall be the  duty
16    of  the  officer  making such arrest to take said probationer
17    before the Court having jurisdiction  over  him  for  further
18    order.
19    (Source:  P.A.  89-198,  eff.  7-21-95; 89-390, eff. 8-20-95;
20    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

21        Section 10.  The Adoption  Act  is  amended  by  changing
22    Section 6 as follows:

23        (750 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 40, par. 1508)
24        Sec.  6.  A.  Investigation;  all  cases.  Within 10 days
25    after the filing of a petition for the adoption  of  a  child
26    other  than  a related child, the court shall appoint a child
27    welfare agency approved by the  Department  of  Children  and
28    Family  Services  or  a probation officer of the court, or in
29    Cook County the Court Services Division of  the  Cook  County
30    Department  of  Public Aid, or the Department of Children and
31    Family Services if the court determines that no child welfare
32    agency is available or that  the  petitioner  is  financially
 
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 1    unable   to   pay   for  the  investigation,  to  investigate
 2    accurately, fully and promptly, the allegations contained  in
 3    the  petition;  the character, reputation, health and general
 4    standing in the community of the petitioners;  the  religious
 5    faith  of the petitioners and, if ascertainable, of the child
 6    sought to be adopted; and whether the petitioners are  proper
 7    persons  to adopt the child and whether the child is a proper
 8    subject of adoption. The investigation  required  under  this
 9    Section  shall  include  a  criminal  background check with a
10    review of fingerprints by State and federal authorities.  The
11    criminal background check  required  by  this  Section  shall
12    include  a  listing  of  when, where and by whom the criminal
13    background check was prepared.  The criminal background check
14    required by this Section shall not be  more  than  two  years
15    old.
16        Neither  a  clerk  of  the  circuit court nor a judge may
17    require that  a  criminal  background  check  or  fingerprint
18    review  be  filed  with,  or  at the same time as, an initial
19    petition for adoption.
20        B.  Investigation; foreign-born child.  In the case of  a
21    child  born outside the United States or a territory thereof,
22    in addition to the investigation  required  under  subsection
23    (A)  of this Section, a post-placement investigation shall be
24    conducted in accordance with the requirements  of  the  Child
25    Care  Act of 1969, the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
26    Children, and regulations of the foreign placing  agency  and
27    the supervising agency.
28        The  requirements of a post-placement investigation shall
29    be deemed to have been satisfied if a valid  final  order  or
30    judgment of adoption has been entered by a court of competent
31    jurisdiction  in  a country other than the United States or a
32    territory  thereof  with  respect  to  such  child  and   the
33    petitioners.
34        C.  Report  of  investigation.  The court shall determine
 
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 1    whether the costs of the investigation shall  be  charged  to
 2    the petitioners. The information obtained as a result of such
 3    investigation  shall  be  presented to the court in a written
 4    report. The results of the criminal background check required
 5    under subsection (A) shall be provided to the court  for  its
 6    review.    The  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  weigh  the
 7    significance of the results of the criminal background  check
 8    against  the  entirety  of the background of the petitioners.
 9    The Court, in its discretion, may accept the  report  of  the
10    investigation  previously  made  by  a licensed child welfare
11    agency, if made within one year prior to  the  entry  of  the
12    judgment.  Such  report  shall be treated as confidential and
13    withheld from  inspection  unless  findings  adverse  to  the
14    petitioners  or  to  the  child  sought  to  be  adopted  are
15    contained  therein,  and in that event the court shall inform
16    the petitioners of the relevant portions  pertaining  to  the
17    adverse  findings.  In  no event shall any facts set forth in
18    the report be considered at the hearing  of  the  proceeding,
19    unless established by competent evidence. The report shall be
20    filed  with  the  record  of  the  proceeding.   If  the file
21    relating to the proceeding is not impounded, the report shall
22    be impounded by the clerk of the  court  and  shall  be  made
23    available for inspection only upon order of the court.
24        D.  Related  adoption.  Such  investigation  shall not be
25    made when the petition seeks to adopt a related child  or  an
26    adult unless the court, in its discretion, shall so order. In
27    such an event the court may appoint a person deemed competent
28    by the court.
29    (Source: P.A. 87-1129; 88-148.)

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