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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  by
 2    changing Sections 5-130 and 5-805.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended  by
 6    changing Sections 5-130 and 5-805 as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 405/5-130)
 8        Sec.  5-130.  Excluded jurisdiction.
 9        (1) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
10    5-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
11    time  of  an  offense was at least 15 years of age and who is
12    charged with first degree murder, aggravated criminal  sexual
13    assault,  aggravated  battery  with  a firearm committed in a
14    school, on the real  property  comprising  a  school,  within
15    1,000  feet  of  the  real property comprising a school, at a
16    school related activity, or on or within 1,000  feet  of  any
17    conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school
18    district  to transport students to or from school or a school
19    related activity regardless of the time of  day  or  time  of
20    year  that  the offense was committed, armed robbery when the
21    armed robbery was committed with  a  firearm,  or  aggravated
22    vehicular  hijacking  when the hijacking was committed with a
23    firearm.
24        These charges and all other charges arising  out  of  the
25    same  incident shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of
26    this State.
27        For purposes of this paragraph (a) of subsection (l):
28        "School"  means  a  public  or  private   elementary   or
29    secondary school, community college, college, or university.
30        "School  related  activity"  means  any sporting, social,
31    academic or other activity for which students' attendance  or
 
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 1    participation  is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or
 2    in part by a school or school district.
 3        (b) (i)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
 4    indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
 5    in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) the State's  Attorney
 6    may  proceed  on  any  lesser  charge or charges, but only in
 7    Juvenile Court under the provisions  of  this  Article.   The
 8    State's  Attorney may proceed under the Criminal Code of 1961
 9    on a lesser  charge  if  before  trial  the  minor  defendant
10    knowingly  and with advice of counsel waives, in writing, his
11    or her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
12        (ii)  If  before  trial  or  plea   an   information   or
13    indictment  is  filed  that  includes  one  or  more  charges
14    specified  in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subsection  (1)  and
15    additional  charges that are not specified in that paragraph,
16    all of the charges arising out of the same incident shall  be
17    prosecuted under the Criminal Code of 1961.
18        (c) (i)  If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
19    any  offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection (1),
20    then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
21    any or all dispositions prescribed  for  that  offense  under
22    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
23        (ii)  If  after  trial  or  plea the court finds that the
24    minor committed an offense not covered by  paragraph  (a)  of
25    this  subsection  (1),  that finding shall not invalidate the
26    verdict or the prosecution of the minor  under  the  criminal
27    laws  of  the  State;   however,  unless the State requests a
28    hearing for the purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter
29    V of the Unified Code of Corrections, the Court must  proceed
30    under Sections 5-705 and 5-710 of this Article.  To request a
31    hearing,  the State must file a written motion within 10 days
32    following the entry of a finding or the return of a  verdict.
33    Reasonable  notice  of the motion shall be given to the minor
34    or his or her counsel.  If the motion is made by  the  State,
 
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 1    the  court shall conduct a hearing to determine if  the minor
 2    should be sentenced under Chapter V of the  Unified  Code  of
 3    Corrections.   In  making  its determination, the court shall
 4    consider among other matters: (a) whether there  is  evidence
 5    that   the   offense  was  committed  in  an  aggressive  and
 6    premeditated manner; (b)  the  age  of  the  minor;  (c)  the
 7    previous   history  of  the  minor;  (d)  whether  there  are
 8    facilities particularly available to the  Juvenile  Court  or
 9    the  Department  of  Corrections,  Juvenile Division, for the
10    treatment and rehabilitation of the minor;  (e)  whether  the
11    security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
12    the  Unified  Code  of Corrections; and (f) whether the minor
13    possessed a deadly weapon when committing the  offense.   The
14    rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial.  If after
15    the  hearing  the  court  finds  that  the  minor  should  be
16    sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections,
17    then  the  court  shall sentence the minor accordingly having
18    available to it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
19        (2) (a)  The  definition  of  a  delinquent  minor  under
20    Section 5-120 of this Article shall not apply  to  any  minor
21    who  at  the time of the offense was at least 15 years of age
22    and who is charged with an offense under Section 401  of  the
23    Illinois  Controlled  Substances  Act,  while  in  a  school,
24    regardless  of  the  time  of day or the time of year, or any
25    conveyance  owned,  leased  or  contracted  by  a  school  to
26    transport students to or from  school  or  a  school  related
27    activity, or residential property owned, operated and managed
28    by  a  public housing agency, on the real property comprising
29    any school, regardless of the time of  day  or  the  time  of
30    year,  or residential property owned, operated and managed by
31    a public housing agency, or on a public way within 1,000 feet
32    of the real property comprising any school, regardless of the
33    time of day or the time  of  year,  or  residential  property
34    owned,  operated  and  managed  by  a  public housing agency.
 
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 1    School is defined, for the purposes of this Section,  as  any
 2    public  or  private elementary or secondary school, community
 3    college, college, or university.  These charges and all other
 4    charges arising out of the same incident shall be  prosecuted
 5    under the criminal laws of this State.
 6        (b) (i)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
 7    indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
 8    in  paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) the State's Attorney
 9    may proceed on any lesser charge  or  charges,  but  only  in
10    Juvenile  Court  under  the  provisions of this Article.  The
11    State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal laws of  this
12    State  on a lesser charge if before trial the minor defendant
13    knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in writing,  his
14    or her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
15        (ii)  If   before   trial   or  plea  an  information  or
16    indictment  is  filed  that  includes  one  or  more  charges
17    specified  in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subsection  (2)  and
18    additional charges that are not specified in that  paragraph,
19    all  of the charges arising out of the same incident shall be
20    prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.
21        (c) (i)  If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
22    any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection  (2),
23    then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
24    any  or  all  dispositions  prescribed for that offense under
25    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
26        (ii)  If after trial or plea the  court  finds  that  the
27    minor  committed  an  offense not covered by paragraph (a) of
28    this subsection (2), that finding shall  not  invalidate  the
29    verdict  or  the  prosecution of the minor under the criminal
30    laws of the State;  however,  unless  the  State  requests  a
31    hearing for the purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter
32    V  of the Unified Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed
33    under Sections 5-705 and 5-710 of this Article.  To request a
34    hearing, the State must file a written motion within 10  days
 
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 1    following  the entry of a finding or the return of a verdict.
 2    Reasonable notice of the motion shall be given to  the  minor
 3    or  his  or her counsel.  If the motion is made by the State,
 4    the court shall conduct a hearing to determine if  the  minor
 5    should  be  sentenced  under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
 6    Corrections.  In making its determination,  the  court  shall
 7    consider  among  other matters: (a) whether there is evidence
 8    that  the  offense  was  committed  in  an   aggressive   and
 9    premeditated  manner;  (b)  the  age  of  the  minor; (c) the
10    previous  history  of  the  minor;  (d)  whether  there   are
11    facilities  particularly  available  to the Juvenile Court or
12    the Department of Corrections,  Juvenile  Division,  for  the
13    treatment  and  rehabilitation  of the minor; (e) whether the
14    security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
15    the Unified Code of Corrections; and (f)  whether  the  minor
16    possessed  a  deadly weapon when committing the offense.  The
17    rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial.  If after
18    the  hearing  the  court  finds  that  the  minor  should  be
19    sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections,
20    then the court shall sentence the  minor  accordingly  having
21    available to it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
22        (3) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
23    5-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
24    time  of  the offense was at least 15 years of age and who is
25    charged with a violation of the provisions of paragraph  (1),
26    (3),  (4),  or  (10) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the
27    Criminal Code of 1961 while in school, regardless of the time
28    of day  or  the  time  of  year,  or  on  the  real  property
29    comprising  any  school, regardless of the time of day or the
30    time of year. School is defined, for purposes of this Section
31    as any public or  private  elementary  or  secondary  school,
32    community  college, college, or university. These charges and
33    all other charges arising out of the same incident  shall  be
34    prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.
 
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 1        (b) (i)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
 2    indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
 3    in  paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) the State's Attorney
 4    may proceed on any lesser charge  or  charges,  but  only  in
 5    Juvenile  Court  under  the  provisions of this Article.  The
 6    State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal laws of  this
 7    State  on a lesser charge if before trial the minor defendant
 8    knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in writing,  his
 9    or her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
10        (ii)  If   before   trial   or  plea  an  information  or
11    indictment  is  filed  that  includes  one  or  more  charges
12    specified  in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subsection  (3)  and
13    additional charges that are not specified in that  paragraph,
14    all  of the charges arising out of the same incident shall be
15    prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.
16        (c) (i)  If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
17    any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection  (3),
18    then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
19    any  or  all  dispositions  prescribed for that offense under
20    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
21        (ii)  If after trial or plea the  court  finds  that  the
22    minor  committed  an  offense not covered by paragraph (a) of
23    this subsection (3), that finding shall  not  invalidate  the
24    verdict  or  the  prosecution of the minor under the criminal
25    laws of the State;  however,  unless  the  State  requests  a
26    hearing for the purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter
27    V  of the Unified Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed
28    under Sections 5-705 and 5-710 of this Article.  To request a
29    hearing, the State must file a written motion within 10  days
30    following  the entry of a finding or the return of a verdict.
31    Reasonable notice of the motion shall be given to  the  minor
32    or  his  or her counsel.  If the motion is made by the State,
33    the court shall conduct a hearing to determine if  the  minor
34    should  be  sentenced  under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
 
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 1    Corrections.  In making its determination,  the  court  shall
 2    consider  among  other matters: (a) whether there is evidence
 3    that  the  offense  was  committed  in  an   aggressive   and
 4    premeditated  manner;  (b)  the  age  of  the  minor; (c) the
 5    previous  history  of  the  minor;  (d)  whether  there   are
 6    facilities  particularly  available  to the Juvenile Court or
 7    the Department of Corrections,  Juvenile  Division,  for  the
 8    treatment  and  rehabilitation  of the minor; (e) whether the
 9    security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
10    the Unified Code of Corrections; and (f)  whether  the  minor
11    possessed  a  deadly weapon when committing the offense.  The
12    rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial.  If after
13    the  hearing  the  court  finds  that  the  minor  should  be
14    sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections,
15    then the court shall sentence the  minor  accordingly  having
16    available to it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
17        (4) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
18    5-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
19    time  of  an  offense was at least 13 years of age and who is
20    charged with first degree murder committed during the  course
21    of either aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
22    assault,  or  aggravated kidnaping.  However, this subsection
23    (4) does not include a minor charged with first degree murder
24    based exclusively upon the accountability provisions  of  the
25    Criminal Code of 1961.
26        (b) (i)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
27    indictment  is filed that does not charge first degree murder
28    committed during the course  of  aggravated  criminal  sexual
29    assault,  criminal  sexual  assault, or aggravated kidnaping,
30    the State's Attorney may proceed  on  any  lesser  charge  or
31    charges,  but  only in Juvenile Court under the provisions of
32    this Article.  The State's Attorney  may  proceed  under  the
33    criminal  laws  of  this  State  on a lesser charge if before
34    trial the  minor  defendant  knowingly  and  with  advice  of
 
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 1    counsel  waives,  in  writing,  his  or her right to have the
 2    matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
 3        (ii)  If  before  trial  or  plea   an   information   or
 4    indictment   is  filed  that  includes  first  degree  murder
 5    committed during the course  of  aggravated  criminal  sexual
 6    assault,  criminal  sexual  assault, or aggravated kidnaping,
 7    and additional charges that are not  specified  in  paragraph
 8    (a) of this subsection, all of the charges arising out of the
 9    same  incident shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of
10    this State.
11        (c) (i)  If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
12    first degree murder committed during the course of aggravated
13    criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal   sexual   assault,   or
14    aggravated  kidnaping,  in  sentencing  the  minor, the court
15    shall have available any or all dispositions  prescribed  for
16    that  offense  under  Chapter  V   of  the  Unified  Code  of
17    Corrections.
18        (ii)  If  the  minor  was  not yet 15 years of age at the
19    time of the offense, and if after trial  or  plea  the  court
20    finds  that  the  minor committed an offense other than first
21    degree  murder  committed  during  the   course   of   either
22    aggravated  criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault,
23    or aggravated kidnapping, the finding  shall  not  invalidate
24    the  verdict  or  the  prosecution  of  the  minor  under the
25    criminal  laws  of  the  State;  however,  unless  the  State
26    requests a hearing for the purpose of  sentencing  the  minor
27    under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections, the Court
28    must  proceed under Sections 5-705 and 5-710 of this Article.
29    To request a hearing, the State must file  a  written  motion
30    within 10 days following the entry of a finding or the return
31    of a verdict.  Reasonable notice of the motion shall be given
32    to the minor or his or her counsel.  If the motion is made by
33    the  State,  the  court  shall conduct a hearing to determine
34    whether the minor should be sentenced under Chapter V of  the
 
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 1    Unified  Code  of  Corrections.  In making its determination,
 2    the court shall consider among other  matters:   (a)  whether
 3    there  is  evidence  that  the  offense  was  committed in an
 4    aggressive and premeditated  manner;   (b)  the  age  of  the
 5    minor;   (c)  the  previous  delinquent history of the minor;
 6    (d) whether there are facilities  particularly  available  to
 7    the Juvenile Court or the Department of Corrections, Juvenile
 8    Division,  for the treatment and rehabilitation of the minor;
 9    (e) whether the best interest of the minor and  the  security
10    of  the  public  require  sentencing  under  Chapter V of the
11    Unified Code of  Corrections;   and  (f)  whether  the  minor
12    possessed  a  deadly weapon when committing the offense.  The
13    rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial.  If after
14    the  hearing  the  court  finds  that  the  minor  should  be
15    sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections,
16    then the court shall sentence the  minor  accordingly  having
17    available to it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
18        (5) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
19    5-120  of  this  Article  shall not apply to any minor who is
20    charged with a violation of subsection (a) of Section 31-6 or
21    Section 32-10 of the Criminal Code of 1961 when the minor  is
22    subject  to prosecution under the criminal laws of this State
23    as a result of the application of the provisions  of  Section
24    5-125,  or  subsection  (1)  or  (2)  of this Section.  These
25    charges and  all  other  charges  arising  out  of  the  same
26    incident  shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of this
27    State.
28        (b) (i)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
29    indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
30    in paragraph (a) of this subsection (5), the State's Attorney
31    may proceed on any lesser charge  or  charges,  but  only  in
32    Juvenile  Court  under  the  provisions of this Article.  The
33    State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal laws of  this
34    State  on a lesser charge if before trial the minor defendant
 
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 1    knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in writing,  his
 2    or her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
 3        (ii)  If   before   trial   or  plea  an  information  or
 4    indictment  is  filed  that  includes  one  or  more  charges
 5    specified  in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subsection  (5)  and
 6    additional charges that are not specified in that  paragraph,
 7    all  of the charges arising out of the same incident shall be
 8    prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.
 9        (c) (i)  If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
10    any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection  (5),
11    then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
12    any  or  all  dispositions  prescribed for that offense under
13    Chapter V  of the Unified Code of Corrections.
14        (ii)  If after trial or plea the  court  finds  that  the
15    minor  committed  an  offense not covered by paragraph (a) of
16    this subsection (5), the conviction shall not invalidate  the
17    verdict  or  the  prosecution of the minor under the criminal
18    laws of this State;  however, unless  the  State  requests  a
19    hearing for the purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter
20    V  of the Unified Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed
21    under Sections 5-705 and 5-710 of this Article. To request  a
22    hearing,  the State must file a written motion within 10 days
23    following the entry of a finding or the return of a  verdict.
24    Reasonable  notice  of the motion shall be given to the minor
25    or his or her counsel.  If the motion is made by  the  State,
26    the court shall conduct a hearing to determine if whether the
27    minor should be sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code
28    of Corrections.  In making its determination, the court shall
29    consider  among other matters:  (a) whether there is evidence
30    that  the  offense  was  committed  in  an   aggressive   and
31    premeditated  manner;   (b)  the  age  of the minor;  (c) the
32    previous delinquent history of the minor;  (d) whether  there
33    are  facilities  particularly available to the Juvenile Court
34    or the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, for  the
 
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 1    treatment  and  rehabilitation of the minor;  (e) whether the
 2    security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
 3    the Unified Code of Corrections;  and (f) whether  the  minor
 4    possessed  a  deadly weapon when committing the offense.  The
 5    rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial.  If after
 6    the  hearing  the  court  finds  that  the  minor  should  be
 7    sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections,
 8    then the court shall sentence the  minor  accordingly  having
 9    available to it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
10        (6)  The  definition  of  delinquent  minor under Section
11    5-120 of this Article shall  not  apply  to  any  minor  who,
12    pursuant  to subsection (1), (2), or (3) or Section 5-805, or
13    5-810, has previously been placed under the  jurisdiction  of
14    the criminal court and has been convicted of a crime under an
15    adult  criminal  or  penal  statute.  Such  a  minor shall be
16    subject to prosecution under the criminal laws of this State.
17        (7)  The procedures set  out  in  this  Article  for  the
18    investigation,  arrest  and prosecution of juvenile offenders
19    shall not apply to minors who are excluded from  jurisdiction
20    of  the  Juvenile Court, except that minors under 17 years of
21    age shall be kept separate from confined adults.
22        (8)  Nothing  in  this  Act  prohibits  or   limits   the
23    prosecution of any minor for an offense committed on or after
24    his or her 17th birthday even though he or she is at the time
25    of the offense a ward of the court.
26        (9)  If an original petition for adjudication of wardship
27    alleges  the commission by a minor 13 years of age or over of
28    an act that constitutes a crime under the laws of this State,
29    the minor, with the consent of his or her  counsel,  may,  at
30    any  time  before  commencement  of the adjudicatory hearing,
31    file with the court a motion  that  criminal  prosecution  be
32    ordered and that the petition be dismissed insofar as the act
33    or  acts  involved in the criminal proceedings are concerned.
34    If such a motion is filed as herein provided, the court shall
 
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 1    enter its order accordingly.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

 3        (705 ILCS 405/5-805)
 4        Sec. 5-805.  Transfer of jurisdiction.
 5        (1)  Mandatory transfers.
 6             (a)  If a petition alleges commission by a minor  15
 7        years  of  age  or  older  of  an  act that constitutes a
 8        forcible felony under the laws of this State,  and  if  a
 9        motion  by  the  State's  Attorney to prosecute the minor
10        under the criminal  laws  of  Illinois  for  the  alleged
11        forcible felony alleges that (i) the minor has previously
12        been   adjudicated   delinquent   or   found  guilty  for
13        commission of an act that constitutes a felony under  the
14        laws  of  this  State or any other state and (ii) the act
15        that constitutes the offense was committed in furtherance
16        of criminal activity by an organized gang,  the  Juvenile
17        Judge assigned to hear and determine those motions shall,
18        upon  determining  that there is probable cause that both
19        allegations  are  true,   enter   an   order   permitting
20        prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois.
21             (b)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 15
22        years of age or older of an act that constitutes a felony
23        under the laws of this  State,  and  if  a  motion  by  a
24        State's   Attorney  to  prosecute  the  minor  under  the
25        criminal laws of Illinois for the alleged felony  alleges
26        that  (i)  the  minor  has  previously  been  adjudicated
27        delinquent  or found guilty for commission of an act that
28        constitutes a forcible felony  under  the  laws  of  this
29        State   or   any  other  state  and  (ii)  the  act  that
30        constitutes the offense was committed in  furtherance  of
31        criminal  activities  by  an organized gang, the Juvenile
32        Judge assigned to hear and determine those motions shall,
33        upon determining that there is probable cause  that  both
 
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 1        allegations   are   true,   enter   an  order  permitting
 2        prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois.
 3             (c)  If a petition alleges commission by a minor  15
 4        years  of age or older of: (i) an act that constitutes an
 5        offense enumerated in the presumptive transfer provisions
 6        of subsection (2); and (ii) the minor has previously been
 7        adjudicated delinquent or  found  guilty  of  a  forcible
 8        felony,   the  Juvenile  Judge  designated  to  hear  and
 9        determine those  motions  shall,  upon  determining  that
10        there  is  probable cause that both allegations are true,
11        enter an order permitting prosecution under the  criminal
12        laws of Illinois.
13             (d)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 15
14    years of age or older of an act that constitutes the  offense
15    of  aggravated  discharge of a firearm committed in a school,
16    on the real property comprising a school, within  1,000  feet
17    of the real property comprising a school, at a school related
18    activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned,
19    leased,  or  contracted  by  a  school  or school district to
20    transport students to or from  school  or  a  school  related
21    activity,  regardless of the time of day or the time of year,
22    the juvenile judge designated to  hear  and  determine  those
23    motions  shall, upon determining that there is probable cause
24    that the allegations are  true,  enter  an  order  permitting
25    prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois.
26        For purposes of this paragraph (d) of subsection (1):
27        "School"   means   a  public  or  private  elementary  or
28    secondary school, community college, college, or university.
29        "School related activity"  means  any  sporting,  social,
30    academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
31    participation  is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or
32    in part by a school or school district.
33        (2)  Presumptive transfer.
34             (a)  If the State's Attorney files  a  petition,  at
 
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 1        any  time  prior to commencement of the minor's trial, to
 2        permit  prosecution  under  the  criminal  laws  and  the
 3        petition alleges the commission by a minor  15  years  of
 4        age  or  older  of: (i) a Class X felony other than armed
 5        violence; (ii) aggravated discharge of a firearm;   (iii)
 6        armed  violence with a firearm when the predicate offense
 7        is a Class 1 or Class 2 felony and the State's Attorney's
 8        motion to transfer the  case  alleges  that  the  offense
 9        committed is in furtherance of the criminal activities of
10        an  organized  gang;  (iv)  armed violence with a firearm
11        when the predicate offense is a violation of the Illinois
12        Controlled Substances Act or a violation of the  Cannabis
13        Control  Act; (v) armed violence when the weapon involved
14        was a machine gun or other weapon described in subsection
15        (a)(7) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and,
16        if the juvenile judge  assigned  to  hear  and  determine
17        motions  to  transfer  a  case  for  prosecution  in  the
18        criminal court determines that there is probable cause to
19        believe  that  the allegations in the petition and motion
20        are true, there is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that  the
21        minor  is  not  a fit and proper subject to be dealt with
22        under the Juvenile  Justice  Reform  Provisions  of  1998
23        (Public  Act  90-590),  and  that,  except as provided in
24        paragraph (b), the case  should  be  transferred  to  the
25        criminal court.
26             (b)  The  judge  shall  enter  an  order  permitting
27        prosecution  under  the  criminal laws of Illinois unless
28        the judge makes a finding based on clear  and  convincing
29        evidence  that  the  minor would be amenable to the care,
30        treatment, and training programs  available  through  the
31        facilities  of  the juvenile court based on an evaluation
32        of the following:
33             (i)  The seriousness of the alleged offense;
34             (ii)  The minor's history of delinquency;
 
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 1             (iii)  The age of the minor;
 2             (iv)   The culpability of the  minor  in  committing
 3        the alleged offense;
 4             (v)  Whether   the   offense  was  committed  in  an
 5        aggressive or premeditated manner;
 6             (vi)  Whether the minor used or possessed  a  deadly
 7        weapon when committing the alleged offense;
 8             (vii)  The  minor's  history  of services, including
 9        the minor's willingness to  participate  meaningfully  in
10        available services;
11             (viii) Whether there is a reasonable likelihood that
12        the  minor  can be rehabilitated before the expiration of
13        the juvenile court's jurisdiction;
14             (ix)  The adequacy of  the  punishment  or  services
15        available in the juvenile justice system.
16        In  considering  these  factors,  the  court  shall  give
17    greater  weight to the seriousness of the alleged offense and
18    the minor's prior record of delinquency  than  to  the  other
19    factors listed in this subsection.
20        (3)  Discretionary transfer.
21             (a)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 13
22        years of age or over of an act that constitutes  a  crime
23        under  the  laws  of  this  State  and,  on motion of the
24        State's Attorney to permit prosecution of the minor under
25        the criminal laws, a Juvenile Judge assigned by the Chief
26        Judge of the Circuit to hear and determine those motions,
27        after hearing but before commencement of the trial, finds
28        that  there  is  probable  cause  to  believe  that   the
29        allegations  in the motion are true and that it is not in
30        the best interests of the public to  proceed  under  this
31        Act,  the court may enter an order permitting prosecution
32        under the criminal laws.
33             (b)  In making its determination on  the  motion  to
34        permit  prosecution  under  the  criminal laws, the court
 
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 1        shall consider among other matters:
 2             (i)  The seriousness of the alleged offense;
 3             (ii)  The minor's history of delinquency;
 4             (iii)  The age of the minor;
 5             (iv)  The culpability of the minor in committing the
 6        alleged offense;
 7             (v)  Whether  the  offense  was  committed   in   an
 8        aggressive or premeditated manner;
 9             (vi)  Whether  the  minor used or possessed a deadly
10        weapon when committing the alleged offense;
11             (vii)  The minor's history  of  services,  including
12        the  minor's  willingness  to participate meaningfully in
13        available services;
14             (viii)  The adequacy of the punishment  or  services
15        available in the juvenile justice system.
16        In  considering  these  factors,  the  court  shall  give
17    greater  weight to the seriousness of the alleged offense and
18    the minor's prior record of delinquency  than  to  the  other
19    factors listed in this subsection.
20        (4)  The  rules of evidence for this hearing shall be the
21    same as under Section 5-705 of this Act.   A  minor  must  be
22    represented  in  court  by  counsel before the hearing may be
23    commenced.
24        (5)  If criminal proceedings are instituted, the petition
25    for adjudication of wardship shall be  dismissed  insofar  as
26    the act or acts involved in the criminal proceedings.  Taking
27    of  evidence  in  a  trial  on  petition  for adjudication of
28    wardship is a bar to  criminal  proceedings  based  upon  the
29    conduct alleged in the petition.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99; revised 10-28-98.)

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