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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
7    Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
8    (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release,
9final discharge or pardon the Department shall return all
10property held for him, provide him with suitable clothing and
11procure necessary transportation for him to his designated
12place of residence and employment. It may provide such person
13with a grant of money for travel and expenses which may be paid
14in installments. The amount of the money grant shall be
15determined by the Department.
16    (a-1) The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned
17person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is discharged
18from the Department, provide him or her with any documents
19necessary after discharge, including an identification card
20under subsection (e) of this Section.
21    (a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and
22maintain, in any institution it administers, revolving funds to
23be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These

 

 

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1revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
2allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners.
3The moneys paid into such revolving funds shall be from
4appropriations to the Department for Committed, Paroled, and
5Discharged Prisoners.
6    (b) (Blank).
7    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
8Department shall establish procedures to provide written
9notification of any release of any person who has been
10convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of
11the county from which the offender was committed, and the
12State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the
13offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise
14provided in this Code, the Department shall establish
15procedures to provide written notification to the proper law
16enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
17person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the
18offender or the commission of the offense took place in the
19municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or released into
20the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
21municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a
22person convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the
23Department of Corrections or on parole or mandatory supervised
24release informs the Department that he or she has resided,
25resides, or will reside at an address that is a housing
26facility owned, managed, operated, or leased by a public

 

 

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1housing agency, the Department must send written notification
2of that information to the public housing agency that owns,
3manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
4notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days
5before release of the person from custody, or as soon
6thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be
7provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff,
8proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has
9provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email
10address.
11    (c-1) (Blank).
12    (c-2) The Department shall establish procedures to provide
13notice to the Department of State Police of the release or
14discharge of persons convicted of violations of the
15Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or a
16violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. The
17Department of State Police shall make this information
18available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies
19upon request.
20    (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release
21becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the
22Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public
23Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
24Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following
25information to the appropriate licensing or regulating
26Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the

 

 

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1person becomes a resident:
2        (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation
3    reports.
4        (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section
5    3-8-2.
6        (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to
7    subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2.
8        (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and
9    dispositions.
10        (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the
11    Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and
12    dispositions.
13        (6) The name and contact information for the assigned
14    parole agent and parole supervisor.
15    This information shall be provided within 3 days of the
16person becoming a resident of the facility.
17    (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised
18release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated
19by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of
20Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
21Department of Corrections shall provide written notification
22of such residence to the following:
23        (1) The Prisoner Review Board.
24        (2) The chief of police and sheriff in the municipality
25    and county in which the licensed facility is located.
26    The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the

 

 

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1person becoming a resident of the facility.
2    (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
3mandatory supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the
4Department shall provide such person with information
5concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department of
6Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been exposed
7to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
8causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
9    (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
10mandatory supervised release, final discharge, pardon, or who
11has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall provide
12the person who has met the criteria established by the
13Department with an identification card identifying the person
14as being on parole, mandatory supervised release, final
15discharge, pardon, or wrongfully imprisoned, as the case may
16be. The Department, in consultation with the Office of the
17Secretary of State, shall prescribe the form of the
18identification card, which may be similar to the form of the
19standard Illinois Identification Card. The Department shall
20inform the committed person that he or she may present the
21identification card to the Office of the Secretary of State
22upon application for a standard Illinois Identification Card in
23accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act. The
24Department shall require the committed person to pay a $1 fee
25for the identification card.
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1identification card issued by the Department under this
2subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
3committed person must meet before the card is issued. It is the
4sole responsibility of the committed person requesting the
5identification card issued by the Department to meet the
6established criteria. The person's failure to meet the criteria
7is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the
8identification card. An identification card issued by the
9Department under this subsection shall be valid for a period of
10time not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date the card is
11issued. The Department shall not be held civilly or criminally
12liable to anyone because of any act of any person utilizing a
13card issued by the Department under this subsection.
14    The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance of
15identification cards to committed persons being released on
16parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
17pardon.
18(Source: P.A. 96-1550, eff. 7-1-11; 97-560, eff. 1-1-12;
1997-813, eff. 7-13-12.)