102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1609

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-408 new

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if a law enforcement officer detains a minor for an act that if committed by an adult would constitute vehicular hijacking, aggravated vehicular hijacking, or possession of a stolen motor vehicle, the officer shall deliver the minor to the nearest juvenile officer. Provides that the juvenile officer shall deliver the minor to the court or other place designated by rule or order. Provides that the minor shall be brought before a judicial officer within 40 hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays for a detention hearing to determine whether he or she shall be further held in custody. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5adding Section 5-408 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-408 new)
7    Sec. 5-408. Processing of juvenile detained for certain
8offenses.
9    (a) If a law enforcement officer detains a minor for an act
10that if committed by an adult would constitute vehicular
11hijacking, aggravated vehicular hijacking, or possession of a
12stolen motor vehicle, the officer shall deliver the minor to
13the nearest juvenile officer, as provided under subsection (2)
14of Section 5-405 of this Act. The juvenile officer shall
15deliver the minor without unnecessary delay to the court or to
16the place designated by rule or order of court for the
17reception of minors. In no event shall the minor be eligible
18for any other disposition by the juvenile police officer,
19notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of Section
205-405 of this Act.
21    (b) Minors shall be brought before a judicial officer
22within 40 hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
23court-designated holidays, for a detention hearing to

 

 

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1determine whether he or she shall be further held in custody.
2If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that
3the minor is a delinquent minor by virtue of his or her
4violation of Section 18-3 or 18-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961
5or the Criminal Code of 2012 or item (1) of subsection (a) of
6Section 4-103 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that finding shall
7create a presumption that immediate and urgent necessity
8exists under subsection (2) of Section 5-501 of this Act. Once
9the presumption of immediate and urgent necessity has been
10raised, the burden of demonstrating the lack of immediate and
11urgent necessity shall be on any party that is opposing
12detention for the minor. Should the court order detention
13under this Section, the minor shall be detained, pending the
14results of a court-ordered psychological evaluation to
15determine if the minor is a risk to himself, herself, or
16others. Upon receipt of the psychological evaluation, the
17court shall review the determination regarding the existence
18of urgent and immediate necessity. The court shall consider
19the psychological evaluation in conjunction with the other
20factors identified in subsection (2) of Section 5-501 of this
21Act in order to make a de novo determination regarding whether
22it is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the
23protection of the minor or of the person or property of another
24that the minor be detained or placed in a shelter care
25facility. In addition to the pre-trial conditions found in
26Section 5-505 of this Act, the court may order the minor to

 

 

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1receive counseling and any other services recommended by the
2psychological evaluation as a condition for release of the
3minor.
4    (c) Psychological evaluations ordered under subsection (b)
5of this Section and statements made by the minor during the
6course of these evaluations, shall not be admissible on the
7issue of delinquency during the course of any adjudicatory
8hearing held under this Act.