Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 3/22/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2620

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2620 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-6-3 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-3)
7    Sec. 3-6-3. Rules and regulations for sentence credit.
8    (a)(1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe rules
9and regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
10persons committed to the Department which shall be subject to
11review by the Prisoner Review Board.
12    (1.5) As otherwise provided by law, sentence credit may be
13awarded for the following:
14        (A) successful completion of programming while in
15    custody of the Department or while in custody prior to
16    sentencing;

 

 

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1        (B) compliance with the rules and regulations of the
2    Department; or
3        (C) service to the institution, service to a community,
4    or service to the State.
5    (2) Except as provided in this Section paragraph (4.7) of
6this subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence
7credit shall provide, with respect to offenses listed in clause
8(i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after
9June 19, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in clause
10(iv) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June 23, 2005
11(the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or with respect to
12offense listed in clause (vi) committed on or after June 1,
132008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-625) or with respect
14to the offense of being an armed habitual criminal committed on
15or after August 2, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
1694-398) or with respect to the offenses listed in clause (v) of
17this paragraph (2) committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the
18effective date of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the
19offense of aggravated domestic battery committed on or after
20July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) or
21with respect to the offense of attempt to commit terrorism
22committed on or after January 1, 2013 (the effective date of
23Public Act 97-990), the following:
24        (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of
25    imprisonment for first degree murder or for the offense of
26    terrorism shall receive no sentence credit and shall serve

 

 

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1    the entire sentence imposed by the court;
2        (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt to
3    commit terrorism, attempt to commit first degree murder,
4    solicitation of murder, solicitation of murder for hire,
5    intentional homicide of an unborn child, predatory
6    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
7    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
8    kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm as described
9    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or
10    (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as described in
11    Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section 12-3.05,
12    being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated battery of a
13    senior citizen as described in Section 12-4.6 or
14    subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.05, or aggravated
15    battery of a child as described in Section 12-4.3 or
16    subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 shall receive no more
17    than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
18    her sentence of imprisonment;
19        (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for home
20    invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking,
21    aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed violence with a
22    category I weapon or category II weapon, when the court has
23    made and entered a finding, pursuant to subsection (c-1) of
24    Section 5-4-1 of this Code, that the conduct leading to
25    conviction for the enumerated offense resulted in great
26    bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more than 4.5

 

 

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1    days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
2    sentence of imprisonment;
3        (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated
4    discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading
5    to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily harm
6    to the victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
7    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
8    imprisonment;
9        (v) that a person serving a sentence for gunrunning,
10    narcotics racketeering, controlled substance trafficking,
11    methamphetamine trafficking, drug-induced homicide,
12    aggravated methamphetamine-related child endangerment,
13    money laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of
14    Section 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
15    Code of 2012, or a Class X felony conviction for delivery
16    of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled
17    substance with intent to manufacture or deliver,
18    calculated criminal drug conspiracy, criminal drug
19    conspiracy, street gang criminal drug conspiracy,
20    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, aggravated
21    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, delivery
22    of methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver
23    methamphetamine, aggravated delivery of methamphetamine,
24    aggravated possession with intent to deliver
25    methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy when the
26    substance containing the controlled substance or

 

 

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1    methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall receive no more
2    than 7.5 days sentence credit for each month of his or her
3    sentence of imprisonment;
4        (vi) that a prisoner serving a sentence for a second or
5    subsequent offense of luring a minor shall receive no more
6    than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
7    her sentence of imprisonment; and
8        (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated
9    domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
10    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
11    imprisonment.
12    (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in
13subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) committed on or after
14June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or after
15June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or
16subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after August 13, 2007
17(the effective date of Public Act 95-134) or subdivision
18(a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective
19date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii) committed
20on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
2196-1224), and other than the offense of aggravated driving
22under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or
23intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof
24as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection
25(d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and other
26than the offense of aggravated driving under the influence of

 

 

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1alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or
2compounds, or any combination thereof as defined in
3subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section
411-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after
5January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1230), the
6rules and regulations shall provide that a prisoner who is
7serving a term of imprisonment shall receive one day of
8sentence credit for each day of his or her sentence of
9imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9. Each day of
10sentence credit shall reduce by one day the prisoner's period
11of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9.
12    (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life
13imprisonment or a prisoner who has been sentenced to death
14shall receive no sentence credit.
15    (2.3) Except as provided in this Section paragraph (4.7) of
16this subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence
17credit shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
18for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other
19drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
20combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph
21(1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
22Code, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit
23for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
24    (2.4) Except as provided in this Section paragraph (4.7) of
25this subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence
26credit shall provide with respect to the offenses of aggravated

 

 

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1battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
2device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report
3of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a
4firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used
5for silencing the report of a firearm, committed on or after
6July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121), that a
7prisoner serving a sentence for any of these offenses shall
8receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month
9of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
10    (2.5) Except as provided in this Section paragraph (4.7) of
11this subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence
12credit shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
13for aggravated arson committed on or after July 27, 2001 (the
14effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more than
154.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
16sentence of imprisonment.
17    (2.6) Except as provided in this Section paragraph (4.7) of
18this subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence
19credit shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence
20for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other
21drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any
22combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of paragraph
23(1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle
24Code committed on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date
25of Public Act 96-1230) shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
26sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of

 

 

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1imprisonment.
2    (3) In addition to the sentence credits earned under
3paragraphs (2.1), (4), (4.1), and (4.7) of this subsection (a),
4the rules and regulations shall also provide that the Director
5may award up to 180 days of earned sentence credit for good
6conduct in specific instances as the Director deems proper. The
7good conduct may include, but is not limited to, compliance
8with the rules and regulations of the Department, service to
9the Department, service to a community, or service to the
10State.
11    Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary,
12the Director may award earned sentence credit under this
13paragraph (3) to a person who is sentenced to the Department on
14or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
15General Assembly who is required to serve his or her entire
16sentence imposed by the court, a person who receives no more
17than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
18sentence of imprisonment, and a person who receives no more
19than 7.5 days sentence credit for each month of his or her
20sentence of imprisonment. A person serving a term of natural
21life imprisonment may not earn sentence credit. The
22supplemental sentence credit shall be limited as follows:
23        (A) a person who is required to serve the entire
24    sentence imposed by the court may earn not more than 3 days
25    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
26    imprisonment;

 

 

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1        (B) a person who receives no more than 4.5 days of
2    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
3    imprisonment may earn no more than 7.5 days sentence credit
4    for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment; and
5        (C) a person who receives no more than 7.5 days
6    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
7    imprisonment may earn no more than 12 days sentence credit
8    for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
9    Eligible inmates for an award of earned sentence credit
10under this paragraph (3) may be selected to receive the credit
11at the Director's or his or her designee's sole discretion.
12Eligibility for the additional earned sentence credit under
13this paragraph (3) shall be based on, but is not limited to,
14the results of any available risk/needs assessment or other
15relevant assessments or evaluations administered by the
16Department using a validated instrument, the circumstances of
17the crime, any history of conviction for a forcible felony
18enumerated in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the
19inmate's behavior and disciplinary history while incarcerated,
20and the inmate's commitment to rehabilitation, including
21participation in programming offered by the Department.
22    The Director shall not award sentence credit under this
23paragraph (3) to an inmate unless the inmate has served a
24minimum of 60 days of the sentence; except nothing in this
25paragraph shall be construed to permit the Director to extend
26an inmate's sentence beyond that which was imposed by the

 

 

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1court. Prior to awarding credit under this paragraph (3), the
2Director shall make a written determination that the inmate:
3        (A) is eligible for the earned sentence credit;
4        (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to 60
5    days as the sentence will allow;
6        (B-1) has received a risk/needs assessment or other
7    relevant evaluation or assessment administered by the
8    Department using a validated instrument; and
9        (C) has met the eligibility criteria established by
10    rule for earned sentence credit.
11    The Director shall determine the form and content of the
12written determination required in this subsection.
13    (3.5) The Department shall provide annual written reports
14to the Governor and the General Assembly on the award of earned
15sentence credit no later than February 1 of each year. The
16Department must publish both reports on its website within 48
17hours of transmitting the reports to the Governor and the
18General Assembly. The reports must include:
19        (A) the number of inmates awarded earned sentence
20    credit;
21        (B) the average amount of earned sentence credit
22    awarded;
23        (C) the holding offenses of inmates awarded earned
24    sentence credit; and
25        (D) the number of earned sentence credit revocations.
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1subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
2that the sentence credit accumulated and retained under
3paragraph (2.1) of subsection (a) of this Section by any inmate
4during specific periods of time in which such inmate is engaged
5full-time in substance abuse programs, correctional industry
6assignments, educational programs, behavior modification
7programs, life skills courses, or re-entry planning provided by
8the Department under this paragraph (4) and satisfactorily
9completes the assigned program as determined by the standards
10of the Department, shall be multiplied by a factor of 1.25 for
11program participation before August 11, 1993 and 1.50 for
12program participation on or after that date. The rules and
13regulations shall also provide that sentence credit, subject to
14the same offense limits and multiplier provided in this
15paragraph, may be provided to an inmate who was held in
16pre-trial detention prior to his or her current commitment to
17the Department of Corrections and successfully completed a
18full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program,
19educational program, behavior modification program, life
20skills course, or re-entry planning provided by the county
21department of corrections or county jail. Calculation of this
22county program credit shall be done at sentencing as provided
23in Section 5-4.5-100 of this Code and shall be included in the
24sentencing order. However, no inmate shall be eligible for the
25additional sentence credit under this paragraph (4) or (4.1) of
26this subsection (a) while assigned to a boot camp or electronic

 

 

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1detention.
2    Educational, vocational, substance abuse, behavior
3modification programs, life skills courses, re-entry planning,
4and correctional industry programs under which sentence credit
5may be increased under this paragraph (4) and paragraph (4.1)
6of this subsection (a) shall be evaluated by the Department on
7the basis of documented standards. A person serving a term of
8natural life imprisonment may not earn sentence credit. The
9Department shall report the results of these evaluations to the
10Governor and the General Assembly by September 30th of each
11year. The reports shall include data relating to the recidivism
12rate among program participants.
13    Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
14limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General Assembly
15for these purposes. Eligible inmates who are denied immediate
16admission shall be placed on a waiting list under criteria
17established by the Department. The inability of any inmate to
18become engaged in any such programs by reason of insufficient
19program resources or for any other reason established under the
20rules and regulations of the Department shall not be deemed a
21cause of action under which the Department or any employee or
22agent of the Department shall be liable for damages to the
23inmate.
24    (4.1) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
25subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
26that an additional 90 days of sentence credit shall be awarded

 

 

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1to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing
2while the prisoner is committed to the Department of
3Corrections. The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph
4(4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award
5of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this Section,
6but shall also be pursuant to the guidelines and restrictions
7set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
8The sentence credit provided for in this paragraph shall be
9available only to those prisoners who have not previously
10earned a high school diploma or a high school equivalency
11certificate. If, after an award of the high school equivalency
12testing sentence credit has been made, the Department
13determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award
14shall be revoked. The Department may also award 90 days of
15sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school
16equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial
17detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
18Corrections. A person serving a term of natural life
19imprisonment may not earn sentence credit.
20    (4.5) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
21also provide that when the court's sentencing order recommends
22a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the crime was
23committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the effective date of
24Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no sentence
25credit awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
26he or she participates in and completes a substance abuse

 

 

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1treatment program. The Director may waive the requirement to
2participate in or complete a substance abuse treatment program
3in specific instances if the prisoner is not a good candidate
4for a substance abuse treatment program for medical,
5programming, or operational reasons. Availability of substance
6abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of fiscal
7resources appropriated by the General Assembly for these
8purposes. If treatment is not available and the requirement to
9participate and complete the treatment has not been waived by
10the Director, the prisoner shall be placed on a waiting list
11under criteria established by the Department. The Director may
12allow a prisoner placed on a waiting list to participate in and
13complete a substance abuse education class or attend substance
14abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a substance abuse treatment
15program. A prisoner on a waiting list who is not placed in a
16substance abuse program prior to release may be eligible for a
17waiver and receive sentence credit under clause (3) of this
18subsection (a) at the discretion of the Director.
19    (4.6) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
20also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a sex
21offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
22Registration Act shall receive no sentence credit unless he or
23she either has successfully completed or is participating in
24sex offender treatment as defined by the Sex Offender
25Management Board. However, prisoners who are waiting to receive
26treatment, but who are unable to do so due solely to the lack

 

 

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1of resources on the part of the Department, may, at the
2Director's sole discretion, be awarded sentence credit at a
3rate as the Director shall determine.
4    (4.7) On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 100th General Assembly, sentence credit under paragraph
6(3), (4), or (4.1) of this subsection (a) may be awarded to a
7prisoner who is serving a sentence for an offense described in
8paragraph (2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5), or (2.6) for credit earned
9on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10100th General Assembly; provided, the award of the credits
11under this paragraph (4.7) shall not reduce the sentence of the
12prisoner to less than the following amounts:
13        (i) 75% 85% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
14    required to serve 85% of his or her sentence; or
15        (ii) 60% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
16    required to serve 75% of his or her sentence, except if the
17    prisoner is serving a sentence for gunrunning his or her
18    sentence shall not be reduced to less than 75%; or .
19        (iii) 90% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
20    required to serve 100% of his or her sentence.
21    This paragraph (4.7) shall not apply to a prisoner serving
22a sentence for an offense described in subparagraph (i) of
23paragraph (2) of this subsection (a).
24    (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate
25earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of earned
26sentence credit under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this

 

 

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1Section given at any time during the term, the Department shall
2give reasonable notice of the impending release not less than
314 days prior to the date of the release to the State's
4Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate took
5place, and if applicable, the State's Attorney of the county
6into which the inmate will be released. The Department must
7also make identification information and a recent photo of the
8inmate being released accessible on the Internet by means of a
9hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate Early
10Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage. The
11identification information shall include the inmate's: name,
12any known alias, date of birth, physical characteristics,
13commitment offense and county where conviction was imposed. The
14identification information shall be placed on the website
15within 3 days of the inmate's release and the information may
16not be removed until either: completion of the first year of
17mandatory supervised release or return of the inmate to custody
18of the Department.
19    (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
20several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
21shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
22forfeiting of sentence credit.
23    (c) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations
24for revoking sentence credit, including revoking sentence
25credit awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
26Section. The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations

 

 

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1for suspending or reducing the rate of accumulation of sentence
2credit for specific rule violations, during imprisonment.
3These rules and regulations shall provide that no inmate may be
4penalized more than one year of sentence credit for any one
5infraction.
6    When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend or reduce the
7rate of accumulation of any sentence credits for an alleged
8infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges therefor
9against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of sentence
10credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided in
11subparagraph (a)(4) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code, if the
12amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days or when during any 12
13month period, the cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds
1430 days except where the infraction is committed or discovered
15within 60 days of scheduled release. In those cases, the
16Department of Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of sentence
17credit. The Board may subsequently approve the revocation of
18additional sentence credit, if the Department seeks to revoke
19sentence credit in excess of 30 days. However, the Board shall
20not be empowered to review the Department's decision with
21respect to the loss of 30 days of sentence credit within any
22calendar year for any prisoner or to increase any penalty
23beyond the length requested by the Department.
24    The Director of the Department of Corrections, in
25appropriate cases, may restore up to 30 days of sentence
26credits which have been revoked, suspended or reduced. Any

 

 

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1restoration of sentence credits in excess of 30 days shall be
2subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board. However, the
3Board may not restore sentence credit in excess of the amount
4requested by the Director.
5    Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
6Prisoner Review Board from ordering, pursuant to Section
73-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up to one year of the
8sentence imposed by the court that was not served due to the
9accumulation of sentence credit.
10    (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or
11federal court against the State, the Department of Corrections,
12or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any of their officers
13or employees, and the court makes a specific finding that a
14pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the prisoner is
15frivolous, the Department of Corrections shall conduct a
16hearing to revoke up to 180 days of sentence credit by bringing
17charges against the prisoner sought to be deprived of the
18sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided
19in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code. If the
20prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of sentence credit at the
21time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review Board may revoke
22all sentence credit accumulated by the prisoner.
23    For purposes of this subsection (d):
24        (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or other
25    filing which purports to be a legal document filed by a
26    prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the

 

 

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1    following criteria:
2            (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
3        fact;
4            (B) it is being presented for any improper purpose,
5        such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or
6        needless increase in the cost of litigation;
7            (C) the claims, defenses, and other legal
8        contentions therein are not warranted by existing law
9        or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
10        modification, or reversal of existing law or the
11        establishment of new law;
12            (D) the allegations and other factual contentions
13        do not have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
14        identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
15        after a reasonable opportunity for further
16        investigation or discovery; or
17            (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
18        warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
19        identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
20        information or belief.
21        (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section 116-3
22    of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
23    action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or
24    under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
25    under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the federal
26    Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or

 

 

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1    subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under
2    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
3    whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or
4    subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section
5    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
6    (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the
7validity of Public Act 89-404.
8    (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who
9has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection
10under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
11the Criminal Code of 2012, earlier than it otherwise would
12because of a grant of sentence credit, the Department, as a
13condition of release, shall require that the person, upon
14release, be placed under electronic surveillance as provided in
15Section 5-8A-7 of this Code.
16(Source: P.A. 99-241, eff. 1-1-16; 99-275, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
17eff. 7-28-16; 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-3, eff. 1-1-18; 100-575,
18eff. 1-8-18.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2020.".