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 1        AN ACT in relation to public and community service.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 5    changing Sections 1-12, 1-13, and 5-105 and  adding  Sections
 6    5-160 and 5-165 as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 405/1-12) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-12)
 8        Sec.   1-12.   Neither  the  State,  any  unit  of  local
 9    government, probation department, public or community service
10    program or site, nor any  official,  volunteer,  or  employee
11    thereof  acting  in the course of their official duties shall
12    be liable for any injury or loss a person might receive while
13    performing public or community service as ordered either  (1)
14    by  the  court  or  (2)  by  any  duly  authorized station or
15    probation adjustment, teen  court,  community  mediation,  or
16    other administrative diversion program authorized by this Act
17    for  a  violation of a penal statute of this State or a local
18    government    ordinance    (whether    penal,    civil,    or
19    quasi-criminal) or for a traffic offense, nor shall  they  be
20    liable  for any tortious acts of any person performing public
21    or community service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or
22    gross negligence on  the  part  of  such  governmental  unit,
23    probation  department, or public or community service program
24    or site or  on  the  part  of  the  official,  volunteer,  or
25    employee.
26    (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

27        (705 ILCS 405/1-13) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-13)
28        Sec.  1-13.   No  minor assigned to a public or community
29    service program by either a court or an authorized  diversion
30    program  shall be considered an employee for any purpose, nor
 
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 1    shall  the  county  board  be  obligated   to   provide   any
 2    compensation to such minor.
 3    (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

 4        (705 ILCS 405/5-105)
 5        Sec. 5-105.  Definitions. As used in this Article:
 6        (1)  "Court"  means  the  circuit  court  in a session or
 7    division assigned to hear proceedings  under  this  Act,  and
 8    includes the term Juvenile Court.
 9        (2)  "Community  service" means uncompensated labor for a
10    community service agency as hereinafter defined.
11        (2.5)  "Community service agency" means a  not-for-profit
12    organization,   community  organization,  church,  charitable
13    organization, individual, public office, or other public body
14    whose purpose is to enhance the physical or mental health  of
15    a  delinquent  minor  or  to  rehabilitate  the  minor, or to
16    improve the environmental quality or social  welfare  of  the
17    community  which  agrees  to  accept  community  service from
18    juvenile delinquents and to report on  the  progress  of  the
19    community  service  to  the  State's  Attorney pursuant to an
20    agreement or to the court or to any agency designated by  the
21    court  or  to  the  authorized  diversion  program  that  has
22    referred  the  delinquent  minor  for community service if so
23    ordered.
24        (3)  "Delinquent minor" means any minor who prior to  his
25    or  her  17th  birthday has violated or attempted to violate,
26    regardless of where the act occurred, any  federal  or  State
27    law, county or municipal ordinance.
28        (4)  "Department"  means the Department of Human Services
29    unless specifically referenced as another department.
30        (5)  "Detention" means the temporary care of a minor  who
31    is  alleged  to be or has been adjudicated delinquent and who
32    requires secure custody for the minor's own protection or the
33    community's protection in a facility designed  to  physically
 
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 1    restrict  the  minor's  movements, pending disposition by the
 2    court or execution of an order of the court for placement  or
 3    commitment.    Design   features   that  physically  restrict
 4    movement include, but are not limited to,  locked  rooms  and
 5    the  secure  handcuffing  of  a  minor  to  a  rail  or other
 6    stationary object.  In  addition,  "detention"  includes  the
 7    court  ordered  care  of an alleged or adjudicated delinquent
 8    minor who requires secure custody pursuant to  Section  5-125
 9    of this Act.
10        (6)  "Diversion"   means  the  referral  of  a  juvenile,
11    without court intervention,  into  a  program  that  provides
12    services  designed  to  educate  the  juvenile  and develop a
13    productive  and  responsible  approach  to  living   in   the
14    community.
15        (7)  "Juvenile  detention  home"  means a public facility
16    with specially trained staff  that  conforms  to  the  county
17    juvenile detention standards promulgated by the Department of
18    Corrections.
19        (8)  "Juvenile   justice   continuum"   means  a  set  of
20    delinquency prevention programs and services designed for the
21    purpose of preventing or reducing delinquent acts,  including
22    criminal  activity  by  youth gangs, as well as intervention,
23    rehabilitation, and prevention services  targeted  at  minors
24    who  have  committed  delinquent  acts,  and  minors who have
25    previously been committed to residential  treatment  programs
26    for        delinquents.         The       term       includes
27    children-in-need-of-services and families-in-need-of-services
28    programs; aftercare and reentry services; substance abuse and
29    mental health programs; community service programs; community
30    service work  programs;  and  alternative-dispute  resolution
31    programs  serving  youth-at-risk  of  delinquency  and  their
32    families,  whether  offered  or  delivered  by State or local
33    governmental  entities,  public  or  private  for-profit   or
34    not-for-profit  organizations,  or  religious  or  charitable
 
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 1    organizations.  This term would also encompass any program or
 2    service  consistent  with  the  purpose of those programs and
 3    services enumerated in this subsection.
 4        (9)  "Juvenile  police  officer"  means  a  sworn  police
 5    officer who has completed a Basic  Recruit  Training  Course,
 6    has  been assigned to the position of juvenile police officer
 7    by his or her chief law enforcement officer and has completed
 8    the necessary juvenile officers training as prescribed by the
 9    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in  the
10    case  of  a  State  police officer, juvenile officer training
11    approved by the Director of State Police.
12        (10)  "Minor" means a person under the age  of  21  years
13    subject to this Act.
14        (11)  "Non-secure  custody"  means  confinement where the
15    minor is not physically  restricted  by  being  placed  in  a
16    locked  cell  or room, by being handcuffed to a rail or other
17    stationary object, or by other means.  Non-secure custody may
18    include, but is not limited to, electronic monitoring, foster
19    home placement, home confinement, group  home  placement,  or
20    physical  restriction  of movement or activity solely through
21    facility staff.
22        (12)  "Public or community service"  means  uncompensated
23    labor  for a not-for-profit non-profit organization or public
24    body whose purpose is to enhance physical or mental stability
25    of the offender, environmental quality or the social  welfare
26    and  which  agrees to accept public or community service from
27    offenders and to report on the progress of the  offender  and
28    the  public  or  community  service  to  the  court or to the
29    authorized diversion program that has referred  the  offender
30    for public or community service.
31        (13)  "Sentencing  hearing"  means a hearing to determine
32    whether a minor should be adjudged a ward of the  court,  and
33    to  determine  what  sentence should be imposed on the minor.
34    It is the intent  of  the  General  Assembly  that  the  term
 
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 1    "sentencing hearing" replace the term "dispositional hearing"
 2    and  be synonymous with that definition as it was used in the
 3    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
 4        (14)  "Shelter" means the temporary care of  a  minor  in
 5    physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition
 6    or execution of court order for placement.
 7        (15)  "Site"    means    a    not-for-profit   non-profit
 8    organization,   or   public    body,    church,    charitable
 9    organization,  or  individual  agreeing  to  accept community
10    service from offenders and  to  report  on  the  progress  of
11    ordered  or required public or community service to the court
12    or to the authorized diversion program that has referred  the
13    offender for public or community service its delegate.
14        (16)  "Station  adjustment"  means the informal or formal
15    handling of an alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
16        (17)  "Trial" means a hearing to  determine  whether  the
17    allegations of a petition under Section 5-520 that a minor is
18    delinquent  are  proved beyond a reasonable doubt.  It is the
19    intent of the General Assembly that the term "trial"  replace
20    the  term  "adjudicatory hearing" and be synonymous with that
21    definition as it was used in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

23        (705 ILCS 405/5-160 new)
24        Sec. 5-160.  Liability  for  injury,  loss,  or  tortious
25    acts.   Neither  the  State  or any unit of local government,
26    probation department, or public or community service  program
27    or  site,  nor  any  official,  volunteer, or employee of the
28    State or a unit of local  government,  probation  department,
29    public  or  community  service  program or site acting in the
30    course of his or her official duties shall be liable for  any
31    injury or loss a person might receive while performing public
32    or  community  service  as ordered either (1) by the court or
33    (2) by any duly authorized station  adjustment  or  probation
 
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 1    adjustment,   teen   court,  community  mediation,  or  other
 2    administrative diversion program authorized by this Act for a
 3    violation of a  penal  statute  of  this  State  or  a  local
 4    government    ordinance    (whether    penal,    civil,    or
 5    quasi-criminal)  or  for a traffic offense, nor shall they be
 6    liable for any tortious acts of any person performing  public
 7    or community service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or
 8    gross  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  governmental unit,
 9    probation department, or public or community service  program
10    or  site  or  on  the  part  of  the  official, volunteer, or
11    employee.

12        (705 ILCS 405/5-165 new)
13        Sec. 5-165.  Minor as employee.  No minor assigned  to  a
14    public  or  community service program by either a court or an
15    authorized diversion program is considered  an  employee  for
16    any  purpose,  nor  is  the county board obligated to provide
17    compensation to the minor.

18        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
19    by changing Section 5-5-7 as follows:

20        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-7)

21        (Text  of  Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-7,
22    which has been held unconstitutional)
23        Sec. 5-5-7.  Neither the  State,  any  local  government,
24    probation  department, public or community service program or
25    site, nor any official, volunteer, or employee thereof acting
26    in the course of their official duties shall  be  liable  for
27    any  injury  or  loss a person might receive while performing
28    public or community service as  ordered  either  (1)  by  the
29    court  or  (2)  by  any  duly authorized station or probation
30    adjustment,  teen  court,  community  mediation,   or   other
31    administrative  diversion  program authorized by the Juvenile
 
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 1    Court Act of 1987 for a violation of a penal statute of  this
 2    State  or a local government ordinance (whether penal, civil,
 3    or quasi-criminal) or for a traffic offense, nor  shall  they
 4    be  liable  for  any  tortious  acts of any person performing
 5    public  or  community  service,  except  for  wilful,  wanton
 6    misconduct  or  gross  negligence  on  the   part   of   such
 7    governmental   unit,   probation  department,  or  public  or
 8    community  service  program  or  site,   or   the   official,
 9    volunteer, or employee.
10    (Source: P.A. 85-449.)

11        Section  15.  The  Probation  Community  Service  Act  is
12    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

13        (730 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 204a-1)
14        Sec.   1.    (a)  "Public  or  Community  Service"  means
15    uncompensated   labor   for   a   not-for-profit   non-profit
16    organization or public  body  whose  purpose  is  to  enhance
17    physical,  or mental stability of the offender, environmental
18    quality or the social welfare  and  which  agrees  to  accept
19    public  or  community service from offenders and to report on
20    the progress of the offender  and  the  public  or  community
21    service  to  the court or to the authorized diversion program
22    that has  referred  the  offender  for  public  or  community
23    service.
24        (b)  "Site"    means    a    not-for-profit    non-profit
25    organization,    or    public    body,   church,   charitable
26    organization, or  individual  agreeing  to  accept  community
27    service  from  offenders  and  to  report  on the progress of
28    ordered or required public or community service to the  court
29    or  to the authorized diversion program that has referred the
30    offender for public or community service its delegate.
31        (c)  The county boards of the several  counties  in  this
32    State  are  authorized  to  establish and operate agencies to
 
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 1    develop and supervise programs of public or community service
 2    for  those  persons  placed  by  the  court   on   probation,
 3    conditional discharge, or supervision.
 4        (d)  The  programs shall be developed in cooperation with
 5    the circuit courts for  the  respective  counties  developing
 6    such  programs and shall conform with any law restricting the
 7    use of public or community service.
 8        (e)  Neither the State, any local  government,  probation
 9    department,  public or community service program or site, nor
10    any official, volunteer, or employee thereof  acting  in  the
11    course  of  their  official  duties  shall  be liable for any
12    injury or loss a person might receive while performing public
13    or community service as ordered either (1) by  the  court  or
14    (2)  by  any duly authorized station or probation adjustment,
15    teen court,  community  mediation,  or  other  administrative
16    diversion  program  authorized  by  the Juvenile Court Act of
17    1987 for a violation of a penal statute of this  State  or  a
18    local   government   ordinance   (whether  penal,  civil,  or
19    quasi-criminal) or for a traffic offense, nor shall  they  be
20    liable  for any tortious acts of any person performing public
21    or community service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or
22    gross negligence on  the  part  of  such  governmental  unit,
23    probation  department, or public or community service program
24    or site or  on  the  part  of  the  official,  volunteer,  or
25    employee.
26        (f)  No  person assigned to a public or community service
27    program shall be considered an employee for any purpose,  nor
28    shall   the   county   board  be  obligated  to  provide  any
29    compensation to such person.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-449.)

31        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
32    becoming law.

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