HB3795 Enrolled LRB096 09944 RLC 20108 b

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 Drug Court Treatment Act is amended by
5 changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 166/15)
7     Sec. 15. Authorization.
8     (a) The Chief Judge of each judicial circuit must may
9 establish a drug court program including the format under which
10 it operates under this Act.
11     (b) Whenever the county boards of 2 or more counties within
12 the same judicial circuit shall determine that a single drug
13 court program would best serve those counties, the county board
14 of each such county shall adopt a resolution to the effect that
15 there shall be a single drug court program serving those
16 counties, and shall provide a copy of the resolution to the
17 Chief Judge of the judicial circuit. Upon receipt of those
18 resolutions, the Chief Judge shall establish or, in the case of
19 an existing drug court program, re-organize a single drug court
20 program to serve those counties.
21     (c) Upon petition of the county board by the State's
22 Attorney, the court may, for good cause shown of financial
23 hardship or lack of necessary resources, enter an order

 

 

HB3795 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 09944 RLC 20108 b

1 delaying the implementation of the requirements of subsection
2 (a) of this Section for an individual county, for a period not
3 to exceed 2 years.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-58, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
6 1, 2010.