Sen. Mattie Hunter

Filed: 5/14/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3795

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3795 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 7 with the following:
4     "Sec. 15. Authorization.
5     (a) The Chief Judge of each judicial"; and
 
6 on page 1, by inserting immediately below line 9 the following:
7     "(b) Whenever the county boards of 2 or more counties
8 within the same judicial circuit shall determine that a single
9 drug court program would best serve those counties, the county
10 board of each such county shall adopt a resolution to the
11 effect that there shall be a single drug court program serving
12 those counties, and shall provide a copy of the resolution to
13 the Chief Judge of the judicial circuit. Upon receipt of those
14 resolutions, the Chief Judge shall establish or, in the case of
15 an existing drug court program, re-organize a single drug court
16 program to serve those counties.
17     (c) Upon petition of the county board by the State's

 

 

09600HB3795sam002 - 2 - LRB096 09944 RLC 26825 a

1 Attorney, the court may, for good cause shown of financial
2 hardship or lack of necessary resources, enter an order
3 delaying the implementation of the requirements of subsection
4 (a) of this Section for an individual county, for a period not
5 to exceed 2 years.".