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 1        AN  ACT  creating  the  Criminal  Law   and   Corrections
 2    Commission, amending a named Act.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act
 6    of 1984 is amended by  changing  Sections  1-3  and  1-5  and
 7    adding Article 3B as follows:

 8        (25 ILCS 130/1-3) (from Ch. 63, par. 1001-3)
 9        Sec.  1-3.  Legislative  support  services agencies.  The
10    Joint  Committee   on   Legislative   Support   Services   is
11    responsible  for establishing general policy and coordinating
12    activities among the legislative support  services  agencies.
13    The   legislative   support  services  agencies  include  the
14    following:
15        (1)  Joint Committee on Administrative Rules;
16        (2)  Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission;
17        (3)  Illinois     Commission     on     Intergovernmental
18    Cooperation;
19        (4)  Legislative Information System;
20        (5)  Legislative Reference Bureau;
21        (6)  Legislative Audit Commission;
22        (7)  Space Needs Commission;
23        (8)  Legislative Printing Unit;
24        (9)  Legislative Research Unit;
25        (10)  Citizens Assembly; and
26        (11)  Pension Laws Commission; and.
27        (12)  Criminal Law and Corrections Commission.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-113, eff. 7-7-95.)

29        (25 ILCS 130/1-5) (from Ch. 63, par. 1001-5)
30        Sec. 1-5. Composition of agencies; directors.
 
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 1        (a)(1)  Each legislative support services  agency  listed
 2    in  Section  1-3  is hereafter in this Section referred to as
 3    the Agency.
 4        (2)  The  Citizens  Assembly  shall  consist  of  the  14
 5    co-chairpersons  of  the  Citizens  Councils  created   under
 6    Article 11A.
 7        (2.1)  The  Pension  Laws  Commission  shall consist of 8
 8    members of the General Assembly, of whom 2 shall be appointed
 9    by the President of the Senate, 2 shall be appointed  by  the
10    Minority  Leader  of  the Senate, 2 shall be appointed by the
11    Speaker of the House  of  Representatives,  and  2  shall  be
12    appointed   by   the   Minority   Leader   of  the  House  of
13    Representatives; plus 8  public  members  with  knowledge  of
14    privately  funded and operated pension plans, of whom 2 shall
15    be appointed by the President  of  the  Senate,  2  shall  be
16    appointed  by  the  Minority Leader of the Senate, 2 shall be
17    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
18    2 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the  House  of
19    Representatives.  All  appointments  shall  be in writing and
20    filed with the Secretary of State as a public record.
21        Legislative members of the Pension Laws Commission  shall
22    be appointed during the month of January in each odd-numbered
23    year  for  2-year terms beginning February 1.  Any vacancy on
24    the Commission shall be filled by appointment for the balance
25    of the term in the same manner as the  original  appointment.
26    A vacancy exists when a legislative member ceases to hold the
27    elected  legislative  office held at the time of appointment.
28    The initial legislative members of the  Commission  shall  be
29    appointed  as soon as practicable after the effective date of
30    this amendatory Act and shall serve until January 31, 1997.
31        (2.5)  The  Criminal  Law  and   Corrections   Commission
32    consists  of  8  legislative  members  and  8 public members.
33    Legislative members  are  members  of  the  General  Assembly
34    appointed  2  each  by the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
 
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 1    House of  Representatives  and  the  President  and  Minority
 2    Leader of the Senate.  Public members are appointed 2 each by
 3    the   Speaker   and   Minority   Leader   of   the  House  of
 4    Representatives and the President and Minority Leader of  the
 5    Senate.  The  Commission  also includes 24 advisors appointed
 6    one each by the following:
 7             (i)  Supreme Court of Illinois.
 8             (ii)  Attorney General.
 9             (iii)  Department of Corrections.
10             (iv)  Division of Mental  Health  of  Department  of
11        Human Services.
12             (v)  Chief Judge of Cook County.
13             (vi)  Cook County State's Attorney.
14             (vii)  Cook County Public Defender.
15             (viii)  Chief Judge of DuPage County.
16             (ix)  DuPage County State's Attorney.
17             (x)  DuPage County Public Defender.
18             (xi)  Illinois State's Attorneys Association.
19             (xii)  Illinois Sheriffs Association.
20             (xiii)  Illinois Public Defenders Association.
21             (xiv)  Illinois Judges Association.
22             (xv)  Chief Judges Conference.
23             (xvi)  Illinois   Probation   and   Court   Services
24        Association.
25             (xvii)  State Victims' Rights Organization.
26             (xviii)  Illinois State Bar Association.
27             (xix)  Chicago Bar Association.
28             (xx)  Cook County Judicial Advisory Council.
29             (xxi)  Criminal Justice Information Authority.
30             (xxii)  Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission.
31             (xxiii)  Illinois State Crime Commission.
32             (xxiv)  Chicago Crime Commission.
33        Appointments  must  be  in  writing  and  filed  with the
34    Secretary of State as a public record.
 
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 1        Legislative and public members of the  Criminal  Law  and
 2    Corrections  Commission are voting members.  Advisors may not
 3    vote.  Members and advisors are appointed in January of  each
 4    odd-numbered  year  for  2-year  terms  beginning February 1,
 5    except that initial members and advisors must be appointed as
 6    soon as possible after the effective date of this  amendatory
 7    Act  of  the  91st  General  Assembly  and will serve through
 8    January 31, 2001.
 9        A vacancy on the Criminal Law and Corrections  Commission
10    must  be  filled  by  appointment  of the original appointing
11    authority for the balance of the unexpired term.   Except  in
12    the  case  of  initial  legislative members, a vacancy exists
13    when  a  legislative  member  ceases  to  hold  the   elected
14    legislative office he or she held at the time of appointment.
15    
16        (3)  The  other  legislative  support  services  agencies
17    shall  each consist of 12 members of the General Assembly, of
18    whom 3 shall be appointed by the President of the  Senate,  3
19    shall  be  appointed  by the Minority Leader of the Senate, 3
20    shall  be  appointed  by  the  Speaker  of   the   House   of
21    Representatives,  and  3  shall  be appointed by the Minority
22    Leader of the House  of  Representatives.   All  appointments
23    shall  be in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as
24    a public record.
25        Members  shall  serve  a  two  year  term,  and  must  be
26    appointed by the Joint Committee during the month of  January
27    in  each  odd-numbered  year  for terms beginning February 1.
28    Any vacancy in an Agency shall be filled by  appointment  for
29    the  balance  of  the term in the same manner as the original
30    appointment.  A vacancy shall exist when a member  no  longer
31    holds  the elected legislative office held at the time of the
32    appointment or at the termination of the member's legislative
33    service.
34        (b)  (Blank).
 
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 1        (c)  Every two years the members  of  each  Agency  shall
 2    elect,  during  the  month  of  February of each odd-numbered
 3    year, 2 co-chairmen and such  other  officers  as  they  deem
 4    necessary.   If  members  of  the  Agency cannot agree on the
 5    co-chairmen  by  March  1  of  the  odd-numbered  year,   the
 6    co-chairmen  shall  be selected from among the members by the
 7    Joint  Committee  on  Legislative  Support   Services.    The
 8    co-chairmen  of  each Agency shall serve for a two-year term,
 9    beginning February 1 of the  odd-numbered  year,  and  the  2
10    co-chairmen  shall  not  be members of or identified with the
11    same house or the same political party.  If a co-chairman  of
12    the  Citizens  Assembly  is  not  a  member  of  the  General
13    Assembly,  he  shall  be considered to be identified with the
14    house and the political party of the  legislative  leader  by
15    whom  he  was appointed.  The co-chairmen of the Pension Laws
16    Commission and the Criminal Law  and  Corrections  Commission
17    shall be legislative members of the commissions Commission.
18        Each  Agency shall meet twice annually or more often upon
19    the call of the chair or a  majority  of  the  voting  any  9
20    members.   A quorum of the Agency shall consist of a majority
21    of the appointed members.
22        (d)  Members  of  each   Agency   shall   serve   without
23    compensation,  but  shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred
24    in carrying out the duties of the Agency  pursuant  to  rules
25    and regulations adopted by the Joint Committee on Legislative
26    Support Services.
27        (e)  Beginning  February  1,  1985,  and  every two years
28    thereafter, the Joint Committee  shall  select  an  Executive
29    Director  who  shall be the chief executive officer and staff
30    director of each Agency.  The Joint Committee shall select an
31    Executive  Director  of  the  Criminal  Law  and  Corrections
32    Commission as soon as possible after the  effective  date  of
33    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  91st  General  Assembly.  The
34    Executive Director shall receive a salary  as  fixed  by  the
 
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 1    Joint Committee and shall be authorized to employ and fix the
 2    compensation   of   necessary   professional,  technical  and
 3    secretarial staff and prescribe their duties, sign contracts,
 4    and issue vouchers for the payment of obligations pursuant to
 5    rules and regulations  adopted  by  the  Joint  Committee  on
 6    Legislative  Support  Services.   The  Executive Director and
 7    other employees of the Agency shall not  be  subject  to  the
 8    Personnel Code.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-113, eff. 7-7-95.)

10        (25 ILCS 130/Art. 3B heading new)
11                             ARTICLE 3B

12        (25 ILCS 130/3B-1 new)
13        Sec. 3B-1. Criminal Law and Corrections Commission.
14        (a)  The  Criminal  Law  and  Corrections  Commission  is
15    established  as  a  legislative support services agency.  The
16    Commission is subject to the provisions of this Act.  It  has
17    the powers and duties delegated to it under this Act and must
18    perform any other functions that may be provided by law.
19        (b)  It  is  the duty of the Criminal Law and Corrections
20    Commission to study and make recommendations  concerning  the
21    recodification  of  the  laws  pertaining to criminal law and
22    corrections as necessary.
23        (c)  The Commission must report to the  General  Assembly
24    annually or as it deems necessary or useful on the results of
25    the performance of its duties.
26        (d)  The Commission may request assistance from any other
27    entity  as  necessary  or  useful  for the performance of its
28    duties.
29        (e)  The Commission is abolished on July 1, 2002.
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State of Illinois 91st General Assembly Legislation

State of Illinois
91st General Assembly
Legislation
