Rep. Kevin Joyce

Filed: 2/10/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 350

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 350 on page 1, line
3 6, by inserting after "5-6-4" the following:
4 "and by adding Article 17 to Chapter III"; and
 
5 on page 2, line 14, by inserting after the semicolon the
6 following:
7 "the provisions of this paragraph do not apply to a person
8 convicted of a sex offense who is placed in a Department of
9 Corrections licensed transitional housing facility for sex
10 offenders;"; and
 
11 on page 10, by inserting below line 13 the following:
 
12     "(730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 17 heading new)
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ARTICLE 17.
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR SEX OFFENDERS

 
14     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-1 new)
15     Sec. 3-17-1. Transitional housing for sex offenders. This
16 Article may be cited as the Transitional Housing For Sex
17 Offenders Law.
 
18     (730 ILCS 5/3-17-5 new)
19     Sec. 3-17-5. Transitional housing; licensing.
20     (a) The Department of Corrections shall license
21 transitional housing facilities for persons convicted of or

 

 

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1 placed on supervision for sex offenses as defined in the Sex
2 Offender Management Board Act.
3     (b) A transitional housing facility must meet the following
4 criteria to be licensed by the Department:
5         (1) The facility shall provide housing to a sex
6     offender for a period not to exceed 90 days.
7         (2) The Department of Corrections must approve a
8     treatment plan and counseling for each sex offender
9     residing in the transitional housing.
10         (3) The transitional housing facility must provide
11     security 24 hours each day and 7 days each week approved by
12     the Department.
13         (4) The facility must notify the police department,
14     public and private elementary and secondary schools,
15     public libraries, and each residential home and apartment
16     complex located within 500 feet of the transitional housing
17     facility of the name and address of the sex offender
18     residing in the facility.
19     (c) The Department of Corrections shall establish rules
20 consistent with this Section establishing licensing procedures
21 for transitional housing facilities for sex offenders. The
22 rules shall be adopted within 60 days after the effective date
23 of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
24     (d) The Department of Corrections shall maintain a file on
25 each sex offender housed in a transitional housing facility.
26 The file shall contain efforts of the Department in placing a
27 sex offender in non-transitional housing, efforts of the
28 Department to place the sex offender in a county from which he
29 or she was convicted, the anticipated length of stay of each
30 sex offender in the transitional housing facility, the number
31 of sex offenders residing in the transitional housing facility,
32 and the services to be provided the sex offender while he or
33 she resides in the transitional housing facility.
34     (e) The Department of Corrections shall, on or before

 

 

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1 December 31 of each year, file a report with the General
2 Assembly on the number of transitional housing facilities for
3 sex offenders licensed by the Department, the addresses of each
4 licensed facility, how many sex offenders are housed in each
5 facility, and the particular sex offense that each resident of
6 the transitional housing facility committed."; and
 
7 on page 12, line 33, by inserting after the semicolon the
8 following:
9 "the provisions of this paragraph do not apply to a person
10 convicted of a sex offense who is placed in a Department of
11 Corrections licensed transitional housing facility for sex
12 offenders;"; and
 
13 on page 27, line 15, by inserting after the period the
14 following:
15 "The provisions of this subsection (o) do not apply to a person
16 convicted of a sex offense who is placed in a Department of
17 Corrections licensed transitional housing facility for sex
18 offenders."; and
 
19 on page 31, by inserting below line 9 the following:
 
20     "Section 15. The Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community
21 Notification Law is amended by changing Section 120 as follows:
 
22     (730 ILCS 152/120)
23     Sec. 120. Community notification of sex offenders.
24     (a) The sheriff of the county, except Cook County, shall
25 disclose to the following the name, address, date of birth,
26 place of employment, school attended, and offense or
27 adjudication of all sex offenders required to register under
28 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act:
29         (1) The boards of institutions of higher education or

 

 

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1     other appropriate administrative offices of each
2     non-public institution of higher education located in the
3     county where the sex offender is required to register,
4     resides, is employed, or is attending an institution of
5     higher education; and
6         (2) School boards of public school districts and the
7     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
8     each nonpublic school located in the county where the sex
9     offender is required to register or is employed; and
10         (3) Child care facilities located in the county where
11     the sex offender is required to register or is employed.
12     (a-2) The sheriff of Cook County shall disclose to the
13 following the name, address, date of birth, place of
14 employment, school attended, and offense or adjudication of all
15 sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex
16 Offender Registration Act:
17         (1) School boards of public school districts and the
18     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
19     each nonpublic school located within the region of Cook
20     County, as those public school districts and nonpublic
21     schools are identified in LEADS, other than the City of
22     Chicago, where the sex offender is required to register or
23     is employed; and
24         (2) Child care facilities located within the region of
25     Cook County, as those child care facilities are identified
26     in LEADS, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex
27     offender is required to register or is employed; and
28         (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or
29     other appropriate administrative offices of each
30     non-public institution of higher education located in the
31     county, other than the City of Chicago, where the sex
32     offender is required to register, resides, is employed, or
33     attending an institution of higher education.
34     (a-3) The Chicago Police Department shall disclose to the

 

 

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1 following the name, address, date of birth, place of
2 employment, school attended, and offense or adjudication of all
3 sex offenders required to register under Section 3 of the Sex
4 Offender Registration Act:
5         (1) School boards of public school districts and the
6     principal or other appropriate administrative officer of
7     each nonpublic school located in the police district where
8     the sex offender is required to register or is employed if
9     the offender is required to register or is employed in the
10     City of Chicago; and
11         (2) Child care facilities located in the police
12     district where the sex offender is required to register or
13     is employed if the offender is required to register or is
14     employed in the City of Chicago; and
15         (3) The boards of institutions of higher education or
16     other appropriate administrative offices of each
17     non-public institution of higher education located in the
18     police district where the sex offender is required to
19     register, resides, is employed, or attending an
20     institution of higher education in the City of Chicago.
21     (a-4) The Department of State Police shall provide a list
22 of sex offenders required to register to the Illinois
23 Department of Children and Family Services.
24     (b) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
25 agency may disclose, in the Department's or agency's
26 discretion, the following information to any person likely to
27 encounter a sex offender, or sexual predator:
28         (1) The offender's name, address, and date of birth.
29         (2) The offense for which the offender was convicted.
30         (3) Adjudication as a sexually dangerous person.
31         (4) The offender's photograph or other such
32     information that will help identify the sex offender.
33         (5) Offender employment information, to protect public
34     safety.

 

 

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1     (c) The name, address, date of birth, and offense or
2 adjudication for sex offenders required to register under
3 Section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall be open to
4 inspection by the public as provided in this Section. Every
5 municipal police department shall make available at its
6 headquarters the information on all sex offenders who are
7 required to register in the municipality under the Sex Offender
8 Registration Act. The sheriff shall also make available at his
9 or her headquarters the information on all sex offenders who
10 are required to register under that Act and who live in
11 unincorporated areas of the county. Sex offender information
12 must be made available for public inspection to any person, no
13 later than 72 hours or 3 business days from the date of the
14 request. The request must be made in person, in writing, or by
15 telephone. Availability must include giving the inquirer
16 access to a facility where the information may be copied. A
17 department or sheriff may charge a fee, but the fee may not
18 exceed the actual costs of copying the information. An inquirer
19 must be allowed to copy this information in his or her own
20 handwriting. A department or sheriff must allow access to the
21 information during normal public working hours. The sheriff or
22 a municipal police department may publish the photographs of
23 sex offenders where any victim was 13 years of age or younger
24 and who are required to register in the municipality or county
25 under the Sex Offender Registration Act in a newspaper or
26 magazine of general circulation in the municipality or county
27 or may disseminate the photographs of those sex offenders on
28 the Internet or on television. The law enforcement agency may
29 make available the information on all sex offenders residing
30 within any county.
31     (d) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
32 agency having jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's
33 discretion, place the information specified in subsection (b)
34 on the Internet or in other media.

 

 

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1     (e) The Department of State Police and any law enforcement
2 agency having jurisdiction may, in the Department's or agency's
3 discretion, only provide the information specified in
4 subsection (b), with respect to an adjudicated juvenile
5 delinquent, to any person when that person's safety may be
6 compromised for some reason related to the juvenile sex
7 offender.
8     (f) The administrator of a transitional housing facility
9 for sex offenders shall comply with the notification procedures
10 established in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section
11 3-17-5 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-48, eff. 7-1-99; 91-221, eff. 7-22-99; 91-224,
13 eff. 7-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-394, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
14 6-28-01; 92-828, eff. 8-22-02.)".