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HB2749 Engrossed |
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LRB095 00989 RLC 20991 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
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| adding Section 5-8A-2.5 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-2.5 new)
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| Sec. 5-8A-2.5. Counties of more than 3,000,000 |
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| inhabitants. |
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| (a) In counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the |
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| Chief Judge of the Circuit Court shall be responsible for |
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| establishing procedures for the Circuit Court Judges under his |
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| or her authority to order pretrial and sentenced inmates into |
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| an electronic monitoring program run by the supervising |
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| authority. The judge currently presiding over the defendant's |
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| case shall make determinations of eligibility for and order |
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| transfer of inmates to such electronic monitoring program. The |
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| rules of eligibility and guidelines for determining |
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| non-compliance, as well as penalties for non-compliance, shall |
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| also be the responsibility of the Circuit Court. |
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| (b) The supervising authority shall run the day to day |
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| monitoring operations and inform the Circuit Court as to the |
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| progress of detainees on the electronic monitoring program. The |
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| Chief Judge shall be responsible for coordinating with the |