93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5153

 

Introduced 02/05/04, by Richard P. Myers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 105/25   from Ch. 38, par. 1675

    Amends the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to make 3 attempts to notify the victim of an offense committed by the prisoner at the victim's last known address or e-mail address of all forthcoming parole hearings concerning that prisoner.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Open Parole Hearings Act is amended by
5 changing Section 25 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1675)
7     Sec. 25. Notification of future parole hearings.
8     (a) The Board shall notify the State's Attorney of the
9 committing county of the pending hearing and the victim of all
10 forthcoming parole hearings at least 15 days in advance.
11 Written notification shall contain:
12         (1) notification of the place of the hearing;
13         (2) the date and approximate time of the hearing;
14         (3) their right to enter a statement, to appear in
15     person, and to submit other information by video tape, tape
16     recording, or other electronic means in the form and manner
17     described by the Board or if a victim of a violent crime as
18     defined in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of
19     Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, by calling the toll-free
20     number established in subsection (f) of that Section.
21     Notification to the victims shall be at the last known
22 address of the victim. The Board shall make 3 attempts to
23 notify the victim at the last known address or e-mail address
24 of the victim. It shall be the responsibility of the victim to
25 notify the board of any changes in address and name.
26     (b) However, at any time the victim may request by a
27 written certified statement that the Prisoner Review Board stop
28 sending notice under this Section.
29     (c) (Blank).
30     (d) No later than 7 days after a parole hearing the Board
31 shall send notice of its decision to the State's Attorney and
32 victim. If parole is denied, the Board shall within a

 

 

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1 reasonable period of time notify the victim of the month and
2 year of the next scheduled hearing.
3 (Source: P.A. 93-235, eff. 7-22-03.)